Willie Mullins has no Down Royal runner but does have a shot at more Breeders’ Cup glory

Racing’s codes are in flux right now, a point underlined by how Willie Mullins bids for more Breeders’ Cup glory in Keeneland, Kentucky, on Saturday night but doesn’t have a single runner on jump racing’s first Grade One programme of the season at Down Royal hours earlier.

Ethical Diamond sprang a 28/1 shock in last year’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup Turf in Del Mar and will again have Dylan Browne McMonagle on board in the mile-and-a-half grass highlight due off at 9.36pm Irish time.