MONAGHAN'S Clem McMahon snatched Blessington's big Premier Series Grand Prix at Kill International in Co. Kildare today with a superb double clear on May Scott's 'Cobold'.

Until last March, the name John Joseph Murphy did not exactly trip off the tongue when one thought of big time Irish trainers, but Newmill’s victory in the Queen Mother Champion Chase and subsequently in the Irish version at Punchestown has propelled the Upton, Co Cork trainer to a new realm of renown.