Ethical Diamond (14), ridden by jockey Dylan McMonagle, wins the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf on Breeders’ Cup Championship Saturday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on November 1, 2025. Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders Cup

Ethical Diamond (14), ridden by jockey Dylan McMonagle, wins the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf on Breeders’ Cup Championship Saturday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on November 1, 2025. Bentley Breland/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders Cup

From the Breeders’ Cup Media Team:

ETHICAL DIAMOND (IRE) SPRINGS $57.40 TURF UPSET

DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 1, 2025) – H O S Syndicate’s Ethical Diamond (IRE) ($57.40)

launched a huge run from the back of the pack to post a 1 ¼-length victory over two-time race

winner Rebel’s Romance (IRE) to capture the 42nd running of the $5 million Longines Breeders’

Cup Turf (G1) for 3-year-olds and up at Del Mar Saturday afternoon.

Trained by Willie Mullins and ridden by Dylan McMonagle, Ethical Diamond completed the 1 ½

miles on firm ground in a course-record 2:25.45. It is the first victory in the World

Championships for both trainer and jockey.

Longshots Silawi (IRE) and Rashabar (IRE) set the pace through fractions of :23.22, :47.53 and

1:11.99 as Rebel’s Romance received a ground-saving trip behind the leaders with Ethical

Diamond having only two horses beat in the field of 14 going down the backstretch.

Approaching the far turn, the leaders began to retreat as favored Minnie Hauk (IRE) hit the front

with Rebel’s Romance right on her heels after exiting traffic. Meanwhile, Ethical Diamond was

coming with a six-wide move at the head of the lane and blew past the leaders to secure the

victory.

Ethical Diamond is a 5-year-old son of Awtaad (IRE) out of the Areion (GER) mare Pearl

Diamond (GER). The victory was worth $2,600,000 and boosted Ethical Diamond’s earnings to

$3,121,001 with a record of 15-5-1-1.

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Quotes:

Winning trainer William Mullins (Ethical Diamond (IRE)) –

“Today was pure excitement

and surprise. I’m absolutely delighted for Dylan (McMonagle), delighted for the Heffernansfrom the HOS Syndicate. I’m just overjoyed. The wins that you don’t expect are more fun. I was

hoping to finish in the top six as I didn’t think we could finish in front of the top three in the

betting. Dylan gave him a brilliant ride. It’s just extraordinary. The horses we have on the flat we

target races like the Melbourne Cup which are for the staying horses but to come and win over a

mile and a half race in California on a track like Del Mar is amazing. I’ve always watched the

racing from here on tv and always wanted to have a runner here, but never in my wildest dreams

did I think we’d have a Breeders Cup winner. I’m now heading to Australia for the Melbourne

Cup with Absurd where we have some unfinished business, so we’ll see how that goes.”

Winning jockey Dylan McMonagle (Ethical Diamond (IRE) – “We decided to get back (in

the field) and get him to relax, waiting for a bit of luck. Thankfully, halfways, the gallop was

strong and it give me a good chance to finish, but once I was able to angle out off the turn, I was

just pushing the button, and the way he went and he bolted up the lines.”

On riding for Mullins:

“Always, you’ve always got a chance. One hundred precent. He’s a different class: jumps, flat,

anywhere around the world. He turns up every time and he had the horse in good order. A

massive thanks to the team, and well done the connections as well.

On winning this after being champion jockey in Ireland this season.

“This is an extra. It’s great to top off a year that we’ve had. It is unbelievable, so I must thanks to

everyone who deserves it.”

Second and third-place trainer Charlie Appleby (Rebel’s Romance (IRE) and El Cordobes

(IRE)) – “Both ran well. Delighted with them. I’m just glad Willie Mullins doesn’t train too

many flat horses. A little bit of (traffic) for Rebel’s Romance, but in fairness, I don’t think it

made that much difference, really, as the winner’s picked up well, hasn’t he. They’ve gone hard

fractions. You couldn’t fault him around there, really. Will’s had to take back and come around a

little bit probably at the business end where I’d say I would have liked to have kicked, but the

winner’s picked up, there was no beating him. El Cordobes always puts forth a good effort and

again really ran well. He’ll be a really nice going forward, old El Cordobes, won’t he?”

Second-place jockey William Buick (Rebel’s Romance (IRE)) – “Beautiful trip, the trip we

wanted and the trip we worked out beforehand, but (stuff) happened. Look, I’m so proud of this

horse. You’d love to have seen him win, of course, but he ran his heart out. He’s so consistent.

He had a beautiful trip and he laid it down today. I did think for a second we had it, but he’s ran

a good race and it’d be lovely to see him carry on.

“The pace was nice and even throughout the race. Lovely, even gallop. You’d imagine from

where I was sitting it was ideal for us, but I guess the winner was a closer. A good run, and I

don’t think we have any complaints.”

“He’s ran an absolute screamer. It

Fourth-place jockey Rossa Ryan jockey (Amiloc (GB)) –

was a rough race as there was a lot of pressure on us throughout. Definitely would have gotten

second if had got a better run in the race. Rebel’s Romance was right on him all the way. Westayed on strongly to the line. He’s enjoyed traveling and didn’t mind the ground. He deserves a

seat at top table now running in these major racing and he’s thrived off the traveling.”

Sixth-place trainer Aidan O’Brien (Mini Hauk (IRE)) – “They just went very fast and she

just got trapped out a little bit. I think she’ll stay (in training) next year.”

Sixth-place jockey Christophe Soumillion (Mini Hauk (IRE)) – “She never really settled, and

when I asked her to take some blows, she never took it. So I think she just over-raced today.

“The tempo was on, we got good pace. And for sure with that start, I was hoping not staying

three deep the whole way. I was happy behind Mickael (Barzalona on Goliath (GER)), and when

we made our moves in the first strait, he goes beside the leaders, and I stayed there.

She was trying to go a bit early.

“I don’t know if you could say this race today was too much, but she wasn’t like she was last time

in Longchamp.,She was a little bit more nervous today and the race didn’t suit us. When Silawi

(IRE) starts to get tired before the last corner, it makes myself and Mickael have to come on the

bridle a little bit early. But she never responded like she used to do I think she over raced the

main problem. She didn’t have the nice blow like she could have sometimes.”