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Lingfield · Sat 13th Dec 2025 · 13:22
📏 2m3½f 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 Good To Soft 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Hello Fortune (IRE)
11/1
James Davies
1st
Masked Man
1/14F
J J Slevin
3rd
Could Be You
40/1
Harry Kimber
🏷️
Class
Class 4
📏
Distance
2m3½f
🌿
Going
Good To Soft
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
5
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥇 1st
Masked Man Form:
4y
lbs
J J Slevin
Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies
1/14F
4 5y
lbs
Marc Goldstein
Diana Grissell
150/1
🥉 3rd
Could Be You Form:
5y
lbs
Harry Kimber
Ryan Potter
40/1
🥈 2nd 5y
lbs
James Davies
Nick Gifford
11/1
PU 5y
lbs
Freddie Gordon
Chris Gordon
10/1

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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.