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Fakenham Skips Mares' Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Mares' Hurdle Series Qualifier)

Fakenham · Sun 18th Jan 2026 · 14:05
📏 2m4f 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 Good To Soft 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Looking As You Are
11/2
Toby McCain-Mitchell(3)
1st
Miss Cynthia (GB)
13/2
Tristan Durrell
3rd
Apples Moon
7/2
Sean Houlihan
🏷️
Class
Class 3
📏
Distance
2m4f
🌿
Going
Good To Soft
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
7
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
F
Mermaids Cave Form:
7y
lbs
Rian Corcoran(5)
James Owen
14/1
PU
Pretending Form:
7y
lbs
Tom Cannon
Lucy Wadham
6/1
🥈 2nd 7y
lbs
Toby McCain-Mitchell(3)
Alex Hales
11/2
🥇 1st 6y
lbs
Tristan Durrell
Dan Skelton
13/2
4 7y
lbs
Isabelle Ryder(5)
Jamie Snowden
5/1
🥉 3rd
Apples Moon Form:
7y
lbs
Sean Houlihan
Nicky Martin
7/2
UR
Princess Keri Form:
6y
lbs
Ned Fox(3)
Evan Williams
3/1F

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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.