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Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle (IRE Incentive Race)

Wexford · Fri 4th Apr 2025 · 14:45
📏 2m4½f 🌿 Yielding 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Watchful Protector
14/1
Donagh Meyler
1st
Kish Bank
6/4F
James Smith(5)
3rd
Happy Me
11/2
Ben Harvey
📏
Distance
2m4½f
🌿
Going
Yielding
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
10
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥇 1st
Kish Bank Form:
6y
lbs
James Smith(5)
Gordon Elliott
6/4F
5 7y
lbs
Philip Byrnes
C Byrnes
2/1
6 5y
lbs
Ryan Treacy
Josh Halley
66/1
7
Tennesse Boy Form:
6y
lbs
Phillip Enright
Robert Tyner
250/1
🥈 2nd 5y
lbs
Donagh Meyler
Emmet Mullins
14/1
F 6y
lbs
Shane Fitzgerald
C A McBratney
25/1
PU
Pacheco (IRE) Form:
5y
lbs
Ross Berry(7)
C A Murphy
125/1
PU
Stonecarthy Form:
6y
lbs
Paddy Cody(7)
Kieran Purcell
125/1
🥉 3rd
Happy Me Form:
5y
lbs
Ben Harvey
W J Burke
11/2
4
Ufouria Form:
7y
lbs
Sean Flanagan
Paul Nolan
4/1

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.