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Betfred Howard Wright Doncaster Cup Stakes

Doncaster · Fri 12th Sep 2025 · 14:00
📏 2m2f 🏷️ Class Class 1 🌿 Good To Soft 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Flat
2nd
Pendragon (IRE)
9/2
Luke Morris
1st
Sweet William
10/11F
Robert Havlin
3rd
Hipop De Loire
9/1
William Buick
🏷️
Class
Class 1
📏
Distance
2m2f
🌿
Going
Good To Soft
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
8
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
5 8y
lbs
P J McDonald
Andrew Balding
14/1
🥉 3rd 8y
lbs
William Buick
W P Mullins
9/1
4 5y
lbs
Tom Marquand
Hughie Morrison
18/1
7
Sunway Form:
4y
lbs
Oisin Murphy
David Menuisier
6/1
🥇 1st
Sweet William Form:
6y
lbs
Robert Havlin
John & Thady Gosden
10/11F
6
Tashkhan Form:
7y
lbs
Colin Keane
Brian Ellison
66/1
8 4y
lbs
Hector Crouch
Ralph Beckett
33/1
🥈 2nd 3y
lbs
Luke Morris
Sir Mark Prescott Bt
9/2

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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.