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GAIN Equine Nutrition Novice Handicap Hurdle

Gowran Park · Sat 8th Nov 2025 · 15:20
📏 2m 🌿 Heavy 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Kentucky Beach
10/1
Tiernan Power Roche
1st
Welluknow (IRE)
11/2
Daniel King
3rd
Los Blanco
5/4F
Darragh O'Keeffe
📏
Distance
2m
🌿
Going
Heavy
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
10
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥉 3rd
Los Blanco Form:
6y
lbs
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry De Bromhead
5/4F
7 5y
lbs
Jake Coen
A J Martin
7/1
8 5y
lbs
Philip Byrnes
C Byrnes
50/1
4
Fierce Handay Form:
5y
lbs
Mark Walsh
Noel Meade
8/1
10 4y
lbs
Mike O'Connor
Henry De Bromhead
14/1
🥈 2nd 5y
lbs
Tiernan Power Roche
P J Rothwell
10/1
🥇 1st 6y
lbs
Daniel King
M A Molloy
11/2
6 7y
lbs
Michael Kenneally(5)
John Patrick Ryan
16/1
9 5y
lbs
Mr H C Swan
Denis Gerard Hogan
12/1
5 5y
lbs
Anna McGuinness(7)
P J Rothwell
16/1

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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.