O'Neill's Bar Beginners Steeplechase

17:46 Tramore Thu 13 Aug 2026 2m5f180y Good 9 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Kasper Hauser

SPECULATIVE Advised 3/1 SP 3/1J Est. 32%

🏆 WON

Mr Fox says

Kasper Hauser (SR 108, 3/1) is the highest-rated runner in the field by a meaningful margin over Coded Welder (SR 104) and carries the lightest weight at 11-0 — a 12lb advantage over the rest of the field at 11-12, which is significant in a beginners' chase over 2m5f on good ground. His form reads 52-531 with the rightmost digit a '1', meaning he won last time out just 20 days ago, suggesting peak fitness. Trainer Kevin Thomas Coleman's yard is ticking along at 6% and the 3/1 market price reflects genuine confidence without being prohibitively short. GoingFit:~ is a mild flag but not a disqualifier, and being only 4 years old in a field of older horses suggests he has more scope for improvement over fences. Each-way alternative: Coded Welder. Main danger: Coded Welder — Coded Welder (SR 104, 4/1) has confirmed DistFit:+ and GoingFit:+ — the only horse in the field with both flags positive — meaning today's conditions and trip are exactly where he's proven, and a tongue-tie first applied here could sharpen him up further.

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Full result

Winner: Kasper Hauser (GB) at SP 3/1J. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

1 Kasper Hauser Fox #1 Kevin Thomas Coleman · Calum Hogan(5) 3/1
2 Rattledelatch John Queally · Ian Power 40/1
3 Frankie's Freebie Fox #3 Adrian Sexton · Harry Sexton(7) 7/2
4 Burru Bernard Martin Crowley · Tiernan Power Roche 7/1
5 Coded Welder Fox #2 Cian Collins · Danny Gilligan 5/1
6 Mephisto Gerard Keane · Eoghan Finegan(5) 16/1
7 Juke Hill Gordon Elliott · Sam Ewing 11/2
8 Happy Me W J Burke · Alan O'Sullivan(5) 28/1
9 Le Kap Fox #4 Henry De Bromhead · Darragh O'Keeffe 11/2

Top 4 — how each finished

1 Kasper Hauser 3/1 SP 3/1J 🏆 WON
2 Coded Welder 4/1 5TH
3 Frankie's Freebie 11/2 🥉 3RD
4 Le Kap 11/2 9TH