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Boodles Champion Hurdle

Punchestown · Fri 2nd May 2025 · 17:40
📏 2m 🌿 Yielding 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Golden Ace
14/1
Lorcan Williams
1st
State Man (FR)
9/4
Paul Townend
3rd
Kargese
15/2
Danny Mullins
📏
Distance
2m
🌿
Going
Yielding
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
6
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
6 5y
lbs
Danny Gilligan
Aidan Melia
250/1
5 8y
lbs
James Bowen
Nicky Henderson
8/13F
🥇 1st 8y
lbs
Paul Townend
W P Mullins
9/4
4
Break My Soul Form:
6y
lbs
Keith Donoghue
Ian Patrick Donoghue
125/1
🥈 2nd
Golden Ace Form:
7y
lbs
Lorcan Williams
Jeremy Scott
14/1
🥉 3rd
Kargese Form:
5y
lbs
Danny Mullins
W P Mullins
15/2

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15:05 Ascot
Racecard
Horse Silk
Confucius
J : Ryan Moore
T : A P O'Brien
15:05
Age: 2
Form: 21
Weight: 129 lbs
OR:
This 22-runner contest looks an absolute minefield and there is 1 horse that immediately grabbed my attention
- CONFUCIUS. I watched his win in Ireland and what stood out most was how green he looked during the early stages of the race. However, once he started to understand what was being asked of him, he simply took off and won almost on the bridle by nearly four lengths.

As always, Ryan Moore has had plenty of options and the fact he has chosen to ride this €1.7 million colt speaks volumes. Out of all the runners Aidan O\'Brien sends to the race, this is the one Moore wants to be on. If CONFUCIUS improves again from his debut effort, we could be looking at a very special performance.