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Deacy Gilligan Hurdle

Galway · Mon 8th Sep 2025 · 15:50
📏 2m5½f 🌿 Good To Yielding 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Run For Oscar (IRE)
5/2J
Philip Byrnes
1st
Lord Erskine
11/4
Darragh O'Keeffe
3rd
Busselton
6/1
J J Slevin
📏
Distance
2m5½f
🌿
Going
Good To Yielding
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
6
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
UR 7y
lbs
Peter Smithers(7)
Paul Nolan
15/2
🥈 2nd 10y
lbs
Philip Byrnes
C Byrnes
5/2J
4
Brazil (IRE) Form:
7y
lbs
Aidan Kelly(3)
Padraig Roche
28/1
🥉 3rd
Busselton Form:
8y
lbs
J J Slevin
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
6/1
🥇 1st
Lord Erskine Form:
12y
lbs
Darragh O'Keeffe
H Rogers
11/4
CO 6y
lbs
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
5/2J

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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.