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Driving Range At High Gosforth Park Handicap Hurdle

Newcastle · Mon 31st Mar 2025 · 15:00
📏 2m4½f 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Lihyan
13/2
Charlie Maggs(3)
1st
Fingal's Hill
11/4
Brian Hughes
3rd
Pay The Piper (IRE)
6/1
Sean Quinlan
🏷️
Class
Class 3
📏
Distance
2m4½f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
6
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
6 8y
lbs
Richie McLernon
Ben Haslam
9/2
🥉 3rd 10y
lbs
Sean Quinlan
Ann Hamilton
6/1
🥈 2nd
Lihyan Form:
7y
lbs
Charlie Maggs(3)
Rebecca Menzies
13/2
5 7y
lbs
Danny McMenamin
Nicky Richards
15/8F
🥇 1st
Fingal's Hill Form:
9y
lbs
Brian Hughes
Peter Atkinson
11/4
4 7y
lbs
Jamie Hamilton
Sandy Thomson
22/1

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.