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Join Racing TV Now Handicap Hurdle (Qualifier For The Challenger Stayers Hurdle Series Final)

Wetherby · Thu 26th Feb 2026 · 16:10
📏 3m 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 Soft 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle
2nd
Woodland Park
2/1F
Sean Bowen
1st
Blue Carpet
5/1
Tristan Durrell
3rd
Esprit Du Potier (FR)
8/1
Derek Fox
🏷️
Class
Class 3
📏
Distance
3m
🌿
Going
Soft
🏟️
Surface
Turf
🐎
Runners
10
🔖
Type
Hurdle
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥉 3rd 7y
lbs
Derek Fox
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
8/1
PU
Arcadian Star Form:
5y
lbs
Charlie Hammond
Stuart Edmunds
11/2
7 8y
lbs
Benjamin Macey(5)
Jonjo & A J O'Neill
20/1
🥈 2nd
Woodland Park Form:
7y
lbs
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
2/1F
5
Pinot Rouge Form:
8y
lbs
Nathan Moscrop
Susan Corbett
50/1
4
Skuna Bay Form:
7y
lbs
Theo Gillard
Donald McCain
13/2
6
Sixty Plus Form:
6y
lbs
Oscar Palmer(3)
James Owen
25/1
🥇 1st
Blue Carpet Form:
6y
lbs
Tristan Durrell
Dan Skelton
5/1
PU
Moonset (FR) Form:
8y
lbs
Conor O'Farrell
Neil Mulholland
20/1
8 7y
lbs
Gavin Sheehan
Oliver Signy
13/2

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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.