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Alan Dunlop Agri Machinery Maiden Hurdle

Downpatrick · Sun 10th Aug 2025 · 15:22
📏 2m6f 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Cut The Rope
11/4
Kieren Buckley
1st
Dramatic License
6/1
J J Slevin
3rd
Coded Welder
11/8F
Sam Ewing
📏
Distance
2m6f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
6
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥈 2nd
Cut The Rope Form:
6y
lbs
Kieren Buckley
Eddie & Patrick Harty
11/4
6 5y
lbs
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
7/2
5
Beltoy (IRE) Form:
5y
lbs
Mr T C Kileff(7)
S R B Crawford
66/1
🥉 3rd
Coded Welder Form:
6y
lbs
Sam Ewing
Paul Mulligan
11/8F
🥇 1st 5y
lbs
J J Slevin
S R B Crawford
6/1
4 5y
lbs
Paul Townend
W P Mullins
14/1

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.