✅ Result In

Carlsberg Optional Claiming Race

Sligo · Wed 6th Aug 2025 · 15:50
📏 1m2½f 🌿 Good To Yielding 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Flat
2nd
Tartaraghan (IRE)
7/2F
Keithen Kennedy(5)
1st
Antoine De Paris
8/1
Colin Keane
3rd
Loingseoir
6/1
Nicola Burns(5)
📏
Distance
1m2½f
🌿
Going
Good To Yielding
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
12
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥉 3rd
Loingseoir Form:
9y
lbs
Nicola Burns(5)
M C Grassick
6/1
12 4y
lbs
Cian Fahy(10)
John C McConnell
100/1
5
Roderick Form:
9y
lbs
Patrick McGettigan(5)
P Sweeney
17/2
🥇 1st 3y
lbs
Colin Keane
Noel Meade
8/1
7
Picpoul (IRE) Form:
7y
lbs
Shay Wallace(2)
M M Rice
40/1
4 4y
lbs
Ronan Whelan
K J Condon
25/1
6 6y
lbs
Sam Coen(5)
H D McGuigan
7/1
9 4y
lbs
Wesley Joyce
Michael Mulvany
9/1
8
El Bello (GB) Form:
6y
lbs
Taylor Kingsley
Raymond Hurley
16/1
11 5y
lbs
Shane Foley
Ross O'Sullivan
11/2
10 4y
lbs
Dylan Browne McMonagle
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
13/2
🥈 2nd 4y
lbs
Keithen Kennedy(5)
John C McConnell
7/2F

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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.