Clouded Thoughts gave the Harrington family plenty to smile about when justifying good support in the bumper.

Available at 4/1 this morning and backed down from 2/1 to 13/8 favourite on course, the five-year-old was always prominent under trainer's daughter Kate.

Jessica Harrington 's charge edged left over to the stands' side in the straight but kept on to beat newcomer Faha (5/2), who stayed on well in the closing stages, by a length and a quarter. Bulletproof (14/1) was close up in third.

The Tote aggregate of €89,649 was over €40,000 up on the corresponding meeting last year as the Clonmel Hospice fund-raising evening was well-supported.