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Horse & Jockey Hotel Rated Novice Hurdle

Thurles · Sat 20th Dec 2025 · 15:05
📏 2m6½f 🌿 Yielding To Soft 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
He Can't Dance
5/2F
Jack Kennedy
1st
Long Branch
6/1
Michael Kenneally(5)
3rd
Alpha Zeta (FR)
66/1
Richard Deegan
📏
Distance
2m6½f
🌿
Going
Yielding To Soft
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
9
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥈 2nd 5y
lbs
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
5/2F
PU 5y
lbs
Dylan Kidd(7)
John C McConnell
22/1
PU
Some Song Form:
5y
lbs
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry De Bromhead
4/1
6
William Tell Form:
6y
lbs
Cian Quirke
David Harry Kelly
4/1
4 5y
lbs
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
7/1
🥉 3rd 5y
lbs
Richard Deegan
Liz Doyle
66/1
5
Jisco Du Brem Form:
6y
lbs
Alan O'Sullivan(7)
Jonathan Sweeney
40/1
PU 5y
lbs
Tiernan Power Roche
P J Rothwell
6/1
🥇 1st
Long Branch Form:
5y
lbs
Michael Kenneally(5)
Seamus Neville
6/1

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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.