Won two starts back and has experience of today's trip and conditions, with our rating of 108 marking him out as a leading contender; the chief concern is that unplaced run on his most recent start after 80 days off.
Form last 638P-10
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
98SR108RPR100OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 98 suggests ability but 11/2 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Coded Welder shaped with promise when second three starts back and returns here on a quick 15-day turnaround, with experience of today's trip and going working in his favour; yet to win in recent starts, but he heads the ratings and looks the one to beat.
Form last 600-248
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
104SR113RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 104 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Frankie's Freebie has shown strong consistency at this level, second two and three starts back, and he returns on a quick 15-day turnaround having run over today's trip and going — the main risk is he remains winless in recent starts despite those near-misses.
Form last 640-220
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
101SR110RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 101 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Winless in his last five starts and ranked seventh of nine on our figures, Happy Me faces a stiff ask here; a pull-up in the run before last is the obvious concern, though today's going is familiar territory and 28 days between runs suggests he arrives fresh.
Form last 630-6P5
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
71SR104RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 71 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 20/1.
Winless in his last five starts and ranked sixth of nine, Juke Hill at least has experience of today's trip and going to call on; 44 days between runs and a hefty 166 lb burden are the concerns here.
Form last 6557-84
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
90SR106RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 90 suggests ability but 5/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Mephisto has run over today's trip and going before, and at 166 lb carries significant weight, though nine days since his last run suggests he's fit and ready; the concern is a winless recent run of five starts that includes a pull-up.
Form last 6P-4700
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
74SR107RPR106OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 74 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 28/1.
Rattledelatch is yet to win in his last five starts, but remains unexposed and open to improvement — 28 days between runs suggests he arrives fresh, and the lightly raced profile leaves plenty of unknowns worth respecting at this level.
Form last 6P0-960
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
76SR—RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 76 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 33/1.
Kasper Hauser won last time out and returns after 20 days, with experience of today's going in his favour, but rated eighth of nine on our figures and carrying 154 lb, he faces a stiff task against stronger rivals here.
Form last 652-531
★AI Rating★★★★☆
108SR104RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
Favourable weight of 11-0 gives a real edge in this handicap.
Prices update each odds sync. Green ▼ = shortened (steamer),
Red ▲ = drifted, Blue = = unchanged since last sync.
Best column highlights the bookmaker offering the longest price.
Coded Welder owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (58) and market confidence (77). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
5/1Cian CollinsDanny Gilligan
64%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
Kasper Hauser
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
3/1 · Kevin Thomas Coleman✓ Value Signal
Rattledelatch
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
40/1 · John Queally◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
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.
⚖Case against4clamped▾
GoingFit flag 'h' (hurdles) suggests Kasper Hauser's fitness/form data is derived from hurdle runs, not chase experience — jumping ability over fences at 2m5f remains unproven at this level.
At just 4 years old in a beginners' chase, he is the youngest in the field by 1-2 years; the extra distance of 2m5f and jumping demands may stretch his physical maturity against more experienced chas…
Trainer Kevin Thomas Coleman runs at only 6% strike rate, well below the leading yards in this field (Elliott 15%, De Bromhead 14%); the yard's form profile does not inspire confidence for a chase de…
Coded Welder (SR 104, 4/1) was out just 15 days ago and carries proven chase fitness, while Juke Hill (5/1) is trained by Gordon Elliott — both represent serious live dangers who could exploit any no…
ShortlistKasper Hauser, Coded Welder, Frankie's Freebie, Le Kap