✅ Result In

Ishka Irish Spring Water Handicap Hurdle

Limerick · Thu 10th Apr 2025 · 15:37
📏 2m5½f 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Slip Jig (IRE)
7/2
Darragh O'Keeffe
1st
Grange Walk
10/1
Daniel King
3rd
Ballinoe Blaze (IRE)
15/2
G B Noonan(5)
📏
Distance
2m5½f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
8
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
5 7y
lbs
Patrick M O'Brien(2)
E McNamara
4/1
4 7y
lbs
Dylan Kidd(7)
John C McConnell
16/5F
7 10y
lbs
Liam Quinlan
Ray Hackett
22/1
6 8y
lbs
Paddy Hanlon
John Joseph Hanlon
11/2
🥇 1st
Grange Walk Form:
10y
lbs
Daniel King
John Patrick Ryan
10/1
PU 10y
lbs
Conor McNamara
E McNamara
8/1
🥉 3rd 5y
lbs
G B Noonan(5)
Eoin Christopher McCarthy
15/2
🥈 2nd 7y
lbs
Darragh O'Keeffe
Colin Motherway
7/2

Today's NAP of The Day

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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.