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Southwell (AW) · Thu 1st Jan 2026 · 13:20
📏 1m 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 Standard 🏟️ AW 🐎 Flat
2nd
Areti
7/1
Billy Loughnane
1st
Bint Kilfrush
EvensF
Hector Crouch
3rd
Shebara
6/4
Oisin Murphy
🏷️
Class
Class 4
📏
Distance
1m
🌿
Going
Standard
🏟️
Surface
AW
🐎
Runners
7
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥈 2nd
Areti Form:
3y
lbs
Billy Loughnane
Oliver Cole
7/1
6
Arrivera Form:
3y
lbs
Jack Mitchell
Tom Clover
11/1
🥇 1st
Bint Kilfrush Form:
3y
lbs
Hector Crouch
James Tate
EvensF
4 3y
lbs
Marco Ghiani
Ismail Mohammed
40/1
7
Cospicua Form:
3y
lbs
Rob Hornby
James Tate
150/1
🥉 3rd
Shebara Form:
3y
lbs
Oisin Murphy
Andrew Balding
6/4
5 3y
lbs
Jonny Peate
James Ferguson
100/1

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.