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Royal Ascot Lunch Saturday 20 June Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Taunton · Wed 22nd Apr 2026 · 17:30
📏 2m7f198y 🏷️ Class Class 5 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 💰 £4,753 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Poet's Muse
40/1
Ciaran Gethings
1st
Jena d'Oudairies
13/2
Freddie Gingell
3rd
Lady Caro
100/30
Cameron Johnstone-Baker(7)
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Class
Class 5
📏
Distance
2m7f198y
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
💰
Prize
£4,753
🐎
Runners
16
🔖
Type
Hurdle
📊 Betting Forecast
7/4 Lady Caro, 4/1 Border Gem, 5/1 Miss Tiara, Pooley's Promise, 6/1 Hurst Hill, 9/1 Jena d'Oudairies, 33/1 Poet's Muse, 40/1 Bee's Kiss
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥉 3rd
Lady Caro Form: 337421
8y
168 lbs
Cameron Johnstone-Baker(7)
Emma Lavelle
100 100/30
10
Whatmakes Honey B Form: -P94P6
7y
150 lbs
Ben Godfrey
Harriet Brown
82
11
La Cantate Form: 524-64
5y
149 lbs
Charlie Price
Robbie Llewellyn
81
12
Miss Fedora Form: 5P84RP
7y
149 lbs
Harry Reed
Nick Scholfield
81
13
Imperial Pride Form: PP4P12
10y
147 lbs
Charlie Maggs(3)
David Dennis
79
15
Galactic Princess Form: 2-P606
5y
144 lbs
Robbie David(5)
Daisy Hitchins
76
🥇 1st
Jena d'Oudairies Form: -47565
7y
168 lbs
Freddie Gingell
Paul Nicholls
100 13/2
5
Border Gem Form: 542452
6y
161 lbs
Chad Bament(5)
Jeremy Scott
93 5/2F
3
Pure Seduction Form: 281-66
6y
168 lbs
Ben Sutton(5)
Fergal O'Brien
100
4
Miss Tiara Form: -25963
6y
160 lbs
Lorcan Williams
Jeremy Scott
92 4/1
6
Hurst Hill Form: 312242
7y
156 lbs
Daniel Sansom(3)
Seamus Mullins
88 11/1
🥈 2nd
Poet's Muse Form: 7-1640
5y
153 lbs
Ciaran Gethings
I Chanin
85 40/1
7
Jlow Form: 3346P4
5y
153 lbs

Ryan Potter
85
PU
Pooley's Promise Form: -14595
7y
145 lbs
Richie McLernon
Neil Mulholland
77 5/1
7
Bee's Kiss Form: 127P09
6y
142 lbs
James Best
Jimmy Frost
74 50/1
9
Ask Peter Form: 736374
7y
151 lbs

Anthony Honeyball
83
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RACING POST VERDICT

The safest option seems to be LADY CARO (nap) who has been a rising force since upped to 3m at this track and won easily last time.

Racing Post Pick
Lady Caro

Today's NAP of The Day

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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.