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Nottingham · Wed 15th Oct 2025 · 13:40
📏 1m½f 🏷️ Class Class 5 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Flat
2nd
Cotton Bud
16/1
David Egan
1st
Assaranca
11/1
Joe Leavy
3rd
Sara La Belle (IRE)
25/1
Laura Pearson
🏷️
Class
Class 5
📏
Distance
1m½f
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
9
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
5
Bearin Up Form:
2y
lbs
David Allan
Tim Easterby
13/2
8
Paroled (GB) Form:
2y
lbs
Hector Crouch
Jack Jones
33/1
7 2y
lbs
Oisin Murphy
Charlie Johnston
5/4F
9 2y
lbs
Billy Loughnane
Charlie Clover
6/1
🥇 1st
Assaranca Form:
2y
lbs
Joe Leavy
Richard Hannon
11/1
🥈 2nd
Cotton Bud Form:
2y
lbs
David Egan
Kevin Philippart De Foy
16/1
6
Domination Form:
2y
lbs
Clifford Lee
Clive Cox
4/1
4 2y
lbs
Alec Voikhansky
Richard Hannon
16/1
🥉 3rd 2y
lbs
Laura Pearson
James Owen
25/1

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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.