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Grant Thornton Nursery Handicap

Down Royal · Fri 5th Sep 2025 · 16:54
📏 7f 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Flat
2nd
Venetian Star
9/2
Ben Coen
1st
Sovereign Thought (IRE)
16/1
Gavin Ryan
3rd
Zheleznaya Dama
3/1F
Luke McAteer
📏
Distance
7f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
14
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥈 2nd
Venetian Star Form:
2y
lbs
Ben Coen
J P Murtagh
9/2
7 2y
lbs
Jamie Powell
K J Condon
10/1
10 2y
lbs
Wesley Joyce
Michael Mulvany
14/1
11 2y
lbs
Declan McDonogh
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
12/1
🥉 3rd 2y
lbs
Luke McAteer
Brendan W Duke
3/1F
5 2y
lbs
Patrick McGettigan(5)
J P Murtagh
11/1
6 2y
lbs
Dylan Browne McMonagle
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
13/2
12 2y
lbs
Terry Casey(7)
Michael Mulvany
18/1
8
Down The Glen Form:
2y
lbs
Donagh O'Connor
Ross O'Sullivan
8/1
14
One Cool Bear Form:
2y
lbs
Adam Caffrey
Adrian McGuinness
50/1
9
Cisterna Form:
2y
lbs
J M Sheridan
Andrew Slattery
17/2
🥇 1st 2y
lbs
Gavin Ryan
Donnacha Aidan O'Brien
16/1
13
Taiyi (IRE) Form:
2y
lbs
Shane Foley
Mrs John Harrington
25/1
4 2y
lbs
Jack Kearney(3)
Stephen Thorne
28/1

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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.