November's GI Breeders' Cup turf hero Ethical Diamond (Awtaad) had suffered two defeats in hot company since that career high, but regained the winning thread with a battling display in a pulsating renewal of Thursday's G3 Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown.The 11-10 favourite adopted patient tactics off the pace in fifth as stablemate Gaucher (Frankel) set the tempo up front. Making eyecatching headway out wide in the straight, he stayed on relentlessly under continued rousting to deny Green Impact (Wootton Bassett) by a short-head in a ding-dong bobber. Gaucher kept on to finish one length back in third. Pedigree NotesEthical Diamond is the third of five foals and leading performer produced by a sibling of G1 Bayerisches Zuchtrennen runner-up and multiple Group-winning G2 German 2000 Guineas hero Precious Boy (Big Shuffle) and G3 Preis der Winterkonigin second Prema (Big Shuffle).Prema, in turn, produced Listed Prix La Fleche third Preciously (Lord Of England), herself the dam of GII Nassau Stakes heroine Crystal Cliffs (Canford Cliffs).Hailing from the family of G1 Prix Lupin-winning sire Gracioso (Nureyev), Ethical Diamond is full to a yearling colt and half to a weanling filly by Australia. Back to winning ways!Ethical Diamond strikes for the first time since @BreedersCup glory with victory in the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes for Ryan Moore and Willie Mullins @LeopardstownRC pic.twitter.com/wBcdAmJkry— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 6, 2026The post Breeders’ Cup Turf Hero Ethical Diamond Back in the Winning Groove at Leopardstown appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.