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Newbury · Fri 27th Feb 2026 · 16:43
📏 3m½f 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 Good To Soft 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Call Me Legend
5/2
Jack Stenhouse(7)
1st
Peacenik (IRE)
9/4F
Gavin Sheehan
3rd
Magical King (IRE)
10/1
Charlie Hammond
🏷️
Class
Class 3
📏
Distance
3m½f
🌿
Going
Good To Soft
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
9
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
8 8y
lbs
Callum Pritchard
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
10/1
🥈 2nd 6y
lbs
Jack Stenhouse(7)
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
5/2
🥇 1st 7y
lbs
Gavin Sheehan
Katy Price
9/4F
6 8y
lbs
Lilly Pinchin
Charlie Longsdon
16/1
7 9y
lbs
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
11/1
🥉 3rd 7y
lbs
Charlie Hammond
Stuart Edmunds
10/1
5 8y
lbs
Elliott England(7)
Ben Pauling
12/1
4 8y
lbs
Kevin Brogan
Laura Horsfall
16/1
9
Kruger Park Form:
8y
lbs
Jay Tidball(5)
Paul Nicholls
6/1

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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.