Dettori, who later completed a double on Maiden Stakes winner Salvo, remained non-committal afterwards about his apparent love of the bagpipes – "it's half-and-half", he said – and also a little surprised about the location of the new paving stone that bears his name on Newmarket's Walk of Fame.
There was the one-off wonder of Lionel Messi and the repeat marvel of Usain's sprint double, a maiden British winner of the Tour de France and the first Grand Slam victory for several generations in the form of Andy Murray's late-night triumph in New York.
Iron Maiden was the surprise winner in the British group category, while Kings of Leon won for international act and international album (for "Only by the Night").
Miuccia Prada, following in the footsteps of Vivienne Westwood and Karl Lagerfeld, designed this year's costume for an 18th-century-style porcelain maiden given to the winner of Buch Press's Corine literary prize, one of the more than 1,700 figurines in the Nymphenburg archives.
Mullins had earlier saddled an impressive winner of the maiden hurdle in So Young, who had previously won three bumpers in his native France.
