✅ Result In

Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes

Leopardstown · Sat 13th Sep 2025 · 16:30
📏 1m2f 🌿 Good To Yielding 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Flat
2nd
Anmaat (IRE)
4/1
Chris Hayes
1st
Delacroix (IRE)
2/1F
Christophe Soumillon
3rd
Royal Champion (IRE)
18/1
Clifford Lee
📏
Distance
1m2f
🌿
Going
Good To Yielding
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
8
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥈 2nd
Anmaat (IRE) Form:
7y
lbs
Chris Hayes
Owen Burrows
4/1
🥉 3rd 7y
lbs
Clifford Lee
K R Burke
18/1
6 4y
lbs
Ryusei Sakai
Yoshito Yahagi
4/1
5 5y
lbs
Dylan Browne McMonagle
John Joseph Murphy
13/2
🥇 1st 3y
lbs
Christophe Soumillon
A P O'Brien
2/1F
4
Hotazhell Form:
3y
lbs
Shane Foley
Mrs John Harrington
18/1
8 3y
lbs
Ronan Whelan
A P O'Brien
50/1
7
Zahrann (IRE) Form:
3y
lbs
Ben Coen
J P Murtagh
11/2

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15:05 Ascot
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.