Slievenamon Claiming Hurdle

14:24 Clonmel Thu 01 Oct 2026 2m3f145y Good 15 runners

Mr Fox’s call

Rocky's Howya

MEDIUM Advised 6/5 Est. 38%

6TH

Mr Fox says

Rocky's Howya (SR:121, 6/5) is comfortably the class-leader in this €6,000 claimer, sitting 18 SR points clear of the next best contender and carrying a workable 11-2. The market has steamed 14% to 6/5, confirming professional confidence, and the form string -10101 shows consistent winning pattern at this level — alternating wins in a way that suggests a fresh, on-song horse. Course form of W1P1 at Clonmel is a meaningful positive on a specialist track, and the trainer Declan Queally runs at an 18% strike rate. The only question mark is DistFit:~ rather than confirmed, but the SR advantage over the field is so pronounced that it overrides that concern. Each-way alternative: Allo Al Khawaneej. Main danger: Allo Al Khawaneej — Allo Al Khawaneej (SR:103, 7/1) carries just 10-10 — a 6lb weight advantage over Rocky's Howya — and at age 6 has scope for improvement, though GoingFit:- on today's good ground is a genuine concern that the market appears to be pricing in.

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Full result

Winner: Tullyveery Lad (IRE) at SP 14/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.