Wexfordraces.ie Handicap Steeplechase

16:00 Wexford Sat 08 Aug 2026 2m3f20y Good 9 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Leave In Secret

MEDIUM Advised 13/8 Est. 30%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Leave In Secret (SR 105, 13/8) is the clear ability leader in this field by a meaningful margin — 8 SR points clear of the next-best cluster and carrying 11-12, which is heavy but still comfortably offset by the SR advantage in a modest Class field. The 7% market drift is a concern and must be acknowledged, but with a tongue-tie added and only 11 days since last run suggesting a yard confident enough to turn them around quickly, the connections angle is not alarming. GoingFit:~ confirms some evidence of competence on good ground, and the form string 67-743 shows consistent completion — important in a chase field where rivals are pulling up regularly. The SR 105 benchmark is simply in a different class to anything else declared. Each-way alternative: Tequila Talkin'. Main danger: Beggars Rock — Beggars Rock (SR 94, 11/2) drops 4lb off the mark of last win (MarkMv:-4), has recent course form, and at 6 days since last run the stable clearly believes the horse is in form — if the top-weight Leave In Secret finds the conditions testing, this freshened rival is next best.

Verify· #11395

Full result

Winner: Beggars Rock (IRE) at SP 13/2. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Beggars Rock Fox #3 Ian Patrick Donoghue · Kevin Sexton 6/1
2 Leave In Secret Fox #1 Thomas Gibney · James Smith(5) 11/8
3 Centreofattention E Bolger · Aidan Kelly 8/1
4 Oneforgonzo Sean Aherne · Anna McGuinness(7) 5/1
— Freddie Robdal Henry De Bromhead · Danny Power(7) 11/2
— Tequila Talkin' Fox #2 Paul Nolan · Carl Millar(5) -
— Temptationinmilan Eamon Courtney · Ricky Doyle 40/1
— Following Orders P J Rothwell · Mr R Sugrue(7) 8/1
— Avec Espoir V T O'Brien · Calum Hogan(5) 40/1

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Leave In Secret 13/8 🥈 2ND
2 Tequila Talkin' 4/1
3 Beggars Rock 11/2 SP 13/2 🏆 WON