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Happy Birthday Malcolm & Danielle Handicap Hurdle

Hereford · Tue 22nd Apr 2025 · 18:13
📏 2m 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Black Hawk Eagle
100/30F
Richard Patrick
1st
Goblet Of Fire
4/1
James Bowen
3rd
Plantaroma (FR)
9/1
Ben Poste
🏷️
Class
Class 4
📏
Distance
2m
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
11
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
5
Tapley Form:
8y
lbs
Elizabeth Gale(2)
Suzy Smith
5/1
🥉 3rd 5y
lbs
Ben Poste
Tom Symonds
9/1
7
Virtual Hug Form:
7y
lbs
Lee Edwards
Nikki Evans
250/1
4 8y
lbs
Sam Twiston-Davies
Nigel Twiston-Davies
15/2
🥈 2nd 7y
lbs
Richard Patrick
Kerry Lee
100/30F
9 6y
lbs
Gavin Sheehan
Katy Price
15/2
6 7y
lbs
Jonjo O'Neill Jr
Jonjo & A J O'Neill
11/1
8
Cornish Storm Form:
6y
lbs
David Noonan
Stuart Kittow
18/1
🥇 1st 5y
lbs
James Bowen
Nicky Henderson
4/1
10 11y
lbs
Rex Dingle
Michael Blake
150/1
F
Zhang Fei Form:
7y
lbs
Fern O'Brien(5)
Fergal O'Brien
11/1

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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.