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Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle

Sligo · Wed 20th Aug 2025 · 18:38
📏 3m1½f 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Themanintheboots (IRE)
11/1
Finn Brickley(4)
1st
Tango Theatre
4/1F
Alex Harvey
3rd
Ballyglass Beauty
6/1
Charlie O'Dwyer(3)
📏
Distance
3m1½f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
12
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
7 12y
lbs
Paddy Hanlon
Denis Gerard Hogan
8/1
4 4y
lbs
Aidan Kelly(3)
Padraig Roche
10/1
11 12y
lbs
Alan King(7)
V T O'Brien
100/1
9
Back The West Form:
10y
lbs
Gavin Brouder
I Madden
22/1
10
Sphagnum Form:
8y
lbs
Dillon Maxwell(5)
J P Broderick
11/2
PU 7y
lbs
Calum Hogan(5)
E McNamara
11/2
5 8y
lbs
James Smith(5)
Matthew J Smith
8/1
6 10y
lbs
Harry Sexton(7)
John Patrick Ryan
8/1
🥈 2nd 7y
lbs
Finn Brickley(4)
Gordon Elliott
11/1
🥉 3rd 9y
lbs
Charlie O'Dwyer(3)
Liam P Cusack
6/1
8
Captain P Form:
5y
lbs
Eoin Staples(5)
Cian Collins
22/1
🥇 1st
Tango Theatre Form:
10y
lbs
Alex Harvey
John C McConnell
4/1F

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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.