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Sharon Knapp Memorial Cup EBF "National Hunt" Novices' Hurdle (Qualifier) (GBB Race)

Lingfield · Tue 11th Nov 2025 · 12:42
📏 2m3½f 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 Good To Soft 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Can You Hear Me
18/1
Callum Pritchard
1st
Minella Marathon (GB)
5/6F
Harry Skelton
3rd
Laurier Des Obeaux
28/1
Caoilin Quinn
🏷️
Class
Class 3
📏
Distance
2m3½f
🌿
Going
Good To Soft
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
6
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
6
Korkoran (FR) Form:
5y
lbs
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham
4/1
4 6y
lbs
Ben Jones
Ben Pauling
13/2
5
Purple Owl Form:
5y
lbs
Jack Tudor
David Pipe
5/1
🥈 2nd 4y
lbs
Callum Pritchard
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
18/1
🥉 3rd 4y
lbs
Caoilin Quinn
Gary & Josh Moore
28/1
🥇 1st 4y
lbs
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
5/6F

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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.