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BoyleSports Supporting Irish Racing Handicap Hurdle

Bellewstown · Sat 12th Apr 2025 · 14:15
📏 2m1f 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Cleopatra's Needle
4/1
Kieren Buckley
1st
Imadpour (IRE)
7/4F
Conor Stone-Walsh
3rd
Next Stop Paris (IRE)
2/1
Keith Donoghue
📏
Distance
2m1f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
7
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
4 6y
lbs
Danny Gilligan
Gordon Elliott
15/2
7 5y
lbs
Ben Harvey
Joseph Anthony Murray
28/1
🥉 3rd 6y
lbs
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
2/1
🥈 2nd 7y
lbs
Kieren Buckley
H Rogers
4/1
🥇 1st 5y
lbs
Conor Stone-Walsh
Ian Patrick Donoghue
7/4F
6 5y
lbs
Jordan Gainford
E D Delany
50/1
5 8y
lbs
Richard Deegan
Liz Doyle
18/1

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15:05 AscotFinished 6th
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.