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Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle (IRE Incentive Race)

Fairyhouse · Sat 21st Feb 2026 · 13:00
📏 2m½f 🌿 Heavy 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Simply Natural
3/1
Kieren Buckley
1st
Eagle's Quest
2/1F
Danny Mullins
3rd
Desmond George (IRE)
6/1
Paddy Cody(7)
📏
Distance
2m½f
🌿
Going
Heavy
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
8
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
1 y
166 lbs
Phillip Enright
Eoin Doyle
-
6 6y
lbs
Jordan Canavan(7)
J P Flavin
22/1
🥉 3rd 5y
lbs
Paddy Cody(7)
R P Cody
6/1
🥇 1st
Eagle's Quest Form:
6y
lbs
Danny Mullins
Ms Margaret Mullins
2/1F
7
Elbow Lane Form:
5y
lbs
Dylan Robinson
P J Rothwell
100/1
5
Fabhcun Form:
5y
lbs
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
9/1
4 6y
lbs
Tiernan Power Roche
P J Rothwell
5/2
🥈 2nd 6y
lbs
Kieren Buckley
Gavin Cromwell
3/1

Today's NAP of The Day

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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.