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Happy 80th Birthday Richard Hannon Snr British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB/IRE Incentive Race)

Salisbury · Sun 15th Jun 2025 · 15:00
📏 6f 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 Good To Firm 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Flat
2nd
First Time
66/1
Trevor Whelan
1st
Italica (GB)
100/30
Richard Kingscote
3rd
Spirit Of Saxony
12/1
Charles Bishop
🏷️
Class
Class 3
📏
Distance
6f
🌿
Going
Good To Firm
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
10
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥇 1st
Italica (GB) Form:
2y
lbs
Richard Kingscote
Tom Dascombe
100/30
🥉 3rd 2y
lbs
Charles Bishop
Eve Johnson Houghton
12/1
4
Orion's Belt Form:
2y
lbs
Sean Levey
Richard Hannon
5/6F
9 2y
lbs
Rossa Ryan
Ralph Beckett
17/2
8 2y
lbs
Rob Hornby
Andrew Balding
28/1
10
Dark Mandate Form:
2y
lbs
Hollie Doyle
Charles Hills
18/1
7
Dublin Bay Form:
2y
lbs
Daniel Muscutt
Ollie Sangster
18/1
🥈 2nd
First Time Form:
2y
lbs
Trevor Whelan
Harry Charlton
66/1
6
French Affair Form:
2y
lbs
Sam Hitchcott
Richard Hannon
18/1
5
Golden Brown Form:
2y
lbs
Hector Crouch
Ed Walker
22/1

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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.