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Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle

Clonmel · Thu 6th Nov 2025 · 13:12
📏 2m½f 🌿 Soft 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Themanintheanorak
22/1
J J Slevin
1st
Scope To Improve (GB)
2/7F
Darragh O'Keeffe
3rd
Big Dispute
8/1
Phillip Enright
📏
Distance
2m½f
🌿
Going
Soft
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
9
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
4 4y
lbs
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
5/1
8
Button Rock Form:
5y
lbs
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
25/1
🥉 3rd
Big Dispute Form:
6y
lbs
Phillip Enright
Con McSweeney
8/1
6 4y
lbs
Danny Mullins
Ms Margaret Mullins
20/1
🥇 1st 5y
lbs
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry De Bromhead
2/7F
9
Sock It To Me Form:
4y
lbs
Tiernan Power Roche
P J Rothwell
100/1
🥈 2nd 5y
lbs
J J Slevin
Eugene M O'Sullivan
22/1
7 4y
lbs
Jake Coen
Gordon Elliott
33/1
5 4y
lbs
Philip Donovan(3)
P M J Doyle
50/1

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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.