NOW MULLINS EYES CUP DOUBLE

ABSURDE is “in good shape” for the Melbourne Cup as Willie Mullins’ plan for world domination, boosted by Ethical Diamond’s victory in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, returns to Flemington tomorrow.

- BY DAVID YATES

Mullins broke new ground at Del Mar on Saturday night when Ethical Diamond, his first runner at the Breeders’ Cup, flew down the outside under Dylan Browne McMonagle to deny Rebel's Romance a third Turf triumph. Now the record-breaking trainer's focus switches from the northern to southern hemisphere as the seven-year-old Absurde seeks to make it third time lucky in ‘the race that