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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Sheila Bourke Novice Hurdle ()

Punchestown · Sun 15th Feb 2026 · 15:00
📏 2m 🌿 Heavy 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Lazare de Star
4/6F
Jack Kennedy
1st
Heads Up
5/2
Danny Mullins
3rd
Stede Bonnet
11/2
Danny Gilligan
📏
Distance
2m
🌿
Going
Heavy
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
5
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
4
Jony R Form:
7y
lbs
Darragh O'Keeffe
S R B Crawford
16/1
🥉 3rd
Stede Bonnet Form:
5y
lbs
Danny Gilligan
Gordon Elliott
11/2
3
Zeus Power Form: 23211
y
166 lbs
J J Slevin
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
131
🥇 1st
Heads Up Form:
6y
lbs
Danny Mullins
John C McConnell
5/2
🥈 2nd 5y
lbs
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
4/6F

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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.