Clonmacash

The overall numbers tell one story: 6 wins and 20 places from 56 races, a win rate of around 11%, or roughly 1 in every 9 races. That sounds modest, but strip it back to Dundalk on normal ground and a very different picture emerges. Five wins from 30 races on a good surface — that is 1 in every 6 — and five of those coming at the same venue suggests Clonmacash does not just like Dundalk, it genuinely thrives there in a way it does not quite manage elsewhere. For context, its first career win came at Dundalk in November 2023, and its most recent came there too, on 1 April 2026. When this horse wins, it almost always wins there.

The partnership with jockey Sam Coen is worth flagging. Together they have won 5 of their 19 races — that is better than 1 in every 4, a 26% win rate that comfortably outstrips Clonmacash's overall record. When Coen is in the saddle at Dundalk, the team from Adrian McGuinness's yard in Lusk, Co Dublin, clearly has a combination it trusts.

McGuinness himself is having a productive season — 45 winners sent out so far, which is a serious training operation. Clonmacash is one of the horses keeping that tally ticking, though it has been a little frustrating of late. The recent run of form — finishing third, fifth, third, fifth, fourth, and third across its last six — shows a horse that keeps running respectable races without quite getting back to the winner's enclosure. It has not won in three months, but it has also not disgraced itself. Those placings suggest the ability is still there.

Racing just one day ago and still active, Clonmacash is a horse in the middle of its story. It is not a star, but it is a consistent, honest competitor that knows exactly where it wants to perform — and given its record at Dundalk, that track will almost certainly come around again soon.