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Paddy Power "How Many Days 'Til Christmas?" Irish EBF Novice Hurdle ()

Cork · Sun 2nd Nov 2025 · 14:10
📏 3m½f 🌿 Yielding 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Good Girl Kathleen
9/4
Donagh Meyler
1st
Tackletommywoowoo (IRE)
3/1
Sean O'Keeffe
3rd
Cardcounter (IRE)
13/8F
Jack Kennedy
📏
Distance
3m½f
🌿
Going
Yielding
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
7
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥉 3rd 5y
lbs
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
13/8F
5
Faceman Form:
6y
lbs
Brian Hayes
David Harry Kelly
20/1
🥇 1st 5y
lbs
Sean O'Keeffe
Declan Queally
3/1
7 7y
lbs
Sam Ewing
D E Fitzgerald
20/1
4 5y
lbs
Darragh O'Keeffe
Jeremiah Patrick Baragry
10/1
6 6y
lbs
James Smith(5)
Ms Claire O'Connell
66/1
🥈 2nd 5y
lbs
Donagh Meyler
Emmet Mullins
9/4

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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.