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Bluegrass Mare Prepare Hunters Chase

Down Royal · Mon 17th Mar 2025 · 16:47
📏 2m3½f 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Chase
2nd
Bold Fury (IRE)
11/2
Mr T C Kileff(7)
1st
Milan Forth
9/4F
Kevin Healy(7)
3rd
Big Interest
11/4
Mr B O'Neill
📏
Distance
2m3½f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
8
🔖
Type
Chase
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
5 7y
lbs
Mr N McParlan
Mrs Caroline McCaldin
7/1
🥉 3rd
Big Interest Form:
6y
lbs
Mr B O'Neill
D M Christie
11/4
🥇 1st
Milan Forth Form:
6y
lbs
Kevin Healy(7)
Adrian Murray
9/4F
7 6y
lbs
Mr Derek O'Connor
E Bolger
5/1
🥈 2nd 6y
lbs
Mr T C Kileff(7)
S R B Crawford
11/2
4
Dromleigh Form:
9y
lbs
Miss L Costello(7)
Seamus Murnane
28/1
F 6y
lbs
Mr O McGill(5)
R J Tumilty
15/2
6 8y
lbs
Mr Finian Maguire
Patrick Griffin
66/1

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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.