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Killarney Races Beginners Steeplechase

16:30 Killarney Sun 04 Oct 2026 2m4f180y Good 5 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Stede Bonnet silks

Stede Bonnet

SPECULATIVE Advised evn Est. 42%

🥈 2ND

Mr Fox says

Stede Bonnet (SR 108, evens) is the standout pick despite carrying a MarkMv:+1. The horse has confirmed distance fitness (DistFit:+) and going fitness (GoingFit:+) for today's 2m4f180y on good ground — two critical signals that no other runner can match. Crucially, the market has steamed in 28% to evens, reflecting strong confidence from Gordon Elliott's yard (18% strike rate, 4040 runners), with Jack Kennedy booking (22% strike rate, 1221 runners) — an elite combination that rarely appears without intent. The form string 30-230 shows consistent placed efforts, and this is a small field of just five where class and connections matter enormously. Each-way alternative: Impero. Main danger: Time Is A Thief — Despite the alarming 37% drift, Time Is A Thief carries the highest SR in the field at 112 and a form line showing a win over hurdles (2/F1-2), and Henry de Bromhead's yard retains a 16% strike rate — if the layoff concerns prove unfounded, the raw ability is there to trouble Stede Bonnet.

Verify· #21474

Full result

Winner: Woodstream Lad (IRE) at SP 18/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Woodstream Lad silks Woodstream Lad David O'Sullivan · Alex Harvey 25/1
  2. 2 Stede Bonnet silks Stede Bonnet Fox #1 Gordon Elliott · Jack Kennedy 8/11
  3. 3 Time Is A Thief silks Time Is A Thief Fox #3 Henry de Bromhead · Darragh O'Keeffe 6/5
  4. 4 Mister Loolah silks Mister Loolah Alexander Ott · Luke Burke Ott(7) 66/1
  5. — Impero silks Impero Fox #2 Cian Collins · Carl Millar(5) -

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Stede Bonnet silks Stede Bonnet evn 🥈 2ND
  2. 2 Impero silks Impero 11/2
  3. 3 Time Is A Thief silks Time Is A Thief 6/4 🥉 3RD