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Falcon Scaffold Midlands Optimum Handicap Chase

Uttoxeter · Sat 17th May 2025 · 18:31
📏 2m5f 🏷️ Class Class 5 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Chase
2nd
Special Dragon (GB)
100/30
Henry Brooke
1st
Shadows In The Sky (IRE)
8/13F
Sean Bowen
3rd
Higgs (IRE)
17/2
James Best
🏷️
Class
Class 5
📏
Distance
2m5f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
6
🔖
Type
Chase
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥇 1st 9y
lbs
Sean Bowen
James Owen
8/13F
🥈 2nd 6y
lbs
Henry Brooke
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
100/30
5 7y
lbs
Charlie Todd
Sam Allwood
11/1
4 12y
lbs
Aaron Anderson
Michael Wigham
20/1
6 7y
lbs
Ben Poste
Rosemary Gasson
25/1
🥉 3rd
Higgs (IRE) Form:
12y
lbs
James Best
Sarah-Jayne Davies
17/2

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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.