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Jack Challis Turns 12 Handicap Hurdle

Newton Abbot · Sun 20th Jul 2025 · 15:07
📏 2m2½f 🏷️ Class Class 5 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Square Du Roule
6/1
James Davies
1st
Stinginhisstep
13/2
Sean Houlihan
3rd
Sassified (IRE)
11/8F
Micheal Nolan
🏷️
Class
Class 5
📏
Distance
2m2½f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
9
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
4 7y
lbs
Sean Bowen
Hayley Burton
9/2
9
Zufal (GB) Form:
8y
lbs
Ben Jones
Jimmy Frost
40/1
5 9y
lbs
James Turner(5)
John O'Shea
25/1
7 4y
lbs
Ellis Collier(5)
Seamus Mullins
14/1
🥇 1st 6y
lbs
Sean Houlihan
Sue Gardner
13/2
🥉 3rd 7y
lbs
Micheal Nolan
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
11/8F
6 9y
lbs
Miss Heidi Palin
Richard Hawker
6/1
8 5y
lbs
Adam Wedge
Evan Williams
33/1
🥈 2nd 5y
lbs
James Davies
Nigel Hawke
6/1

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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.