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Newbury · Sat 22nd Mar 2025 · 14:05
📏 2m3f 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Norn Iron
15/8F
Paul O'Brien
1st
Kalium
8/1
Alan Johns
3rd
Old Cowboy
9/1
Niall Houlihan
🏷️
Class
Class 3
📏
Distance
2m3f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
9
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
5
Glynn Brae Form:
5y
lbs
Sam Twiston-Davies
Nigel Twiston-Davies
15/2
🥈 2nd
Norn Iron Form:
7y
lbs
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham
15/8F
9 7y
lbs
James Davies
David Weston
40/1
8
Alexei Form:
5y
lbs
Brendan Powell
Joe Tizzard
6/1
7 5y
lbs
Sean Houlihan
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
15/2
🥉 3rd
Old Cowboy Form:
5y
lbs
Niall Houlihan
Gary & Josh Moore
9/1
🥇 1st
Kalium Form:
5y
lbs
Alan Johns
Tim Vaughan
8/1
6
Beau Quali Form:
5y
lbs
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
16/1
4 6y
lbs
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls
15/2

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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.