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Ballymaloe Relish Rising Stars Beginners Chase

Leopardstown · Sun 28th Dec 2025 · 13:20
📏 2m5½f 🌿 Yielding 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Chase
2nd
Kiss Will
2/1F
Paul Townend
1st
Koktail Divin
11/4
Darragh O'Keeffe
3rd
Shuffle The Deck
5/1
Mark Walsh
📏
Distance
2m5½f
🌿
Going
Yielding
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
9
🔖
Type
Chase
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
4 6y
lbs
Sam Ewing
W P Mullins
40/1
6 5y
lbs
Brian Hayes
Philip Fenton
18/1
🥈 2nd
Kiss Will Form:
5y
lbs
Paul Townend
W P Mullins
2/1F
🥇 1st
Koktail Divin Form:
5y
lbs
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry De Bromhead
11/4
8
Maxi Mac Gold Form:
6y
lbs
Sean Flanagan
Paul Nolan
80/1
5 6y
lbs
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
13/2
🥉 3rd 5y
lbs
Mark Walsh
T M Walsh
5/1
PU 6y
lbs
Keith Donoghue
Emmet Mullins
11/2
7
The Wallpark Form:
7y
lbs
Danny Gilligan
Gordon Elliott
22/1

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.