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Book Haldon Gold Cup Hospitality Novices' Selling Hurdle

Exeter · Wed 2nd Apr 2025 · 13:25
📏 2m2½f 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Denzil (GB)
9/4
Harry Atkins(5)
1st
Breccia (GB)
14/1
Ciaran Gethings
3rd
Kintaro (GB)
8/1
Ben Bromley
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Class
Class 4
📏
Distance
2m2½f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
5
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
5 10y
lbs
Nathan Andrews
Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls
8/13F
🥉 3rd
Kintaro (GB) Form:
5y
lbs
Ben Bromley
David Pipe
8/1
4 5y
lbs
Harry Kimber
Bill Turner
100/1
🥈 2nd
Denzil (GB) Form:
4y
lbs
Harry Atkins(5)
Dan Skelton
9/4
🥇 1st
Breccia (GB) Form:
7y
lbs
Ciaran Gethings
Robert Stephens
14/1

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.