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Michael John Kennedy Curragh Cup

Curragh · Sat 19th Jul 2025 · 15:15
📏 1m6f 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Flat
2nd
Shackleton (IRE)
3/1
Ryan Moore
1st
Al Riffa
4/5F
Dylan Browne McMonagle
3rd
Drawn To Dream (IRE)
22/1
Seamie Heffernan
📏
Distance
1m6f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
7
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥇 1st
Al Riffa Form:
5y
lbs
Dylan Browne McMonagle
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
4/5F
4 5y
lbs
Chris Hayes
D K Weld
6/1
5 4y
lbs
Ronan Whelan
A P O'Brien
33/1
6 5y
lbs
Wayne Lordan
A P O'Brien
18/1
7
Uxmal Form:
6y
lbs
Mikey Sheehy
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
20/1
🥉 3rd 5y
lbs
Seamie Heffernan
Ross O'Sullivan
22/1
🥈 2nd 3y
lbs
Ryan Moore
A P O'Brien
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.