14:34 Clonmel

Thursday 26 February 2026

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Cloneen Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2)

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 4m 48.70s

Comanche Moon³⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes| OR: 95

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden caught the eye on handicap debut but was weak in the market when pulled up subsequently in March. Bred to stay further than this and still warrants a market check on return.

Form: 00085P/

Donnrua Dream^b,t¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-13| J: Liam Quinlan| T: R Hackett| OR: 94| D

5/2

Justified strong support to capitalise on a falling mark/end a long losing run at Limerick (15.7f, heavy, 17/2) 16 days ago. Likely to be in the mix if in same form here.

Form: P/767P1

Max Meridius²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Donagh Meyler| T: T Mullins| OR: 91

9/1

Showed ability on bumper debut but modest maiden on Flat and has seemingly been campaigned with handicaps in mind over hurdles. One to note for support.

Form: 0/000

Potters Pal^t³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Daniel King| T: T Cooper| OR: 90

28/1

Failed to improve for switch to handicaps/first-time tongue tie at Punchestown latest, never landing a blow.

Form: P/40006

Harty Cup³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Mark Walsh| T: R Tyner| OR: 89

1/1

Placed sole outing in points. Fourth of 15 on handicap debut at Gowran Park (12/1) 35 days ago, making more impact than previously. Lightly-raced 5-y-o is open to further improvement and makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 3/00794

Cry Before Dawn^h⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Simon Torrens| T: P T Foley| OR: 87

25/1

Struggled to land a blow in three maiden hurdle starts but pedigree offers hope of better now sent handicapping.

Form: 900

Nukie's Artic²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: E McCarthy| OR: 85

14/1

Goes handicapping after making no impact over various trips in maidens. Bred to need further than this.

Form: 7P0/0

Falcon Park^v¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Harry Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 81| C| D

14/1

Latest win came over C&D in January but yet to fire for current yard. Could only consider if supported.

Form: 07P96P

La Tene³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Brian Barry⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 79

22/1

Showed a bit in maidens in 2024 but tailed off over a circuit out on return from 2 years off at Thurles last month. Hard to be confident on handicap debut.

Form: 054/0

Non-Runners

King Bob⁵⁷

Weight: 10-9| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Tiernan Power Roche

Forecasts

Harty Cup (1/1), Donnrua Dream (5/2), King Bob (5/2), Max Meridius (9/1), Comanche Moon (12/1), Falcon Park (14/1), Nukie's Artic (14/1), La Tene (22/1), Cry Before Dawn (25/1), Potters Pal (28/1)

Improving HARTY CUP will stay further than this, which may prove the difference under these conditions. King Bob makes appeal on form but testing ground is an unknown, while recent Limerick winner Donnrua Dream has claims if arriving in similar fettle.