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McManus on track but Bishop grabs spotlight

JP McManus was back on a racecourse yesterday and enjoyed a low-profile afternoon at Sandown Park with no sign of interference from aggrieved Manchester United supporters.

McManus on track but Bishop grabs spotlight

Sat, 21 Feb, 2004 - 09:53

JP McManus was back on a racecourse yesterday and enjoyed a low-profile afternoon at Sandown Park with no sign of interference from aggrieved Manchester United supporters.

And while there was no winner to welcome, his trainer Jonjo O’Neill scored when the well-backed Bold Bishop readily landed the Allied Bank (GB) Novices’ Hurdle.

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Courts Racing Heathrow Place: Sandown Park Place: Marsh Place: Doncaster Place: Exeter Place: Aintree Place: Hill Place: Royal Paradise Person: McManus Person: Bishop Person: JP McManus Person: Jonjo O’Neill Person: Bold Bishop Person: Barry Geraghty Person: Geraghty Person: Simoun Person: O’Neill Person: Ladbrokes Person: Vincent O’Brien Person: Paul Nicholls Person: Bobby McNally Person: Old Person: Nicholls’Person: Jeremy Young Person: Richard Rowe Person: Rowe Person: Venetia Williams’Person: Pardishar Person: Noel Fehily Person: Charlie Mann Person: Tanikos Person: Mann Person: Curtins Person: Francois Doumen Event: County Hurdle Event: Durkan Group Chase Event: Foundation Developments Handicap Hurdle Event: Allied Irish Bank (GB) Novices’ Handicap Chase Organisation: Manchester United Organisation: Allied Bank Organisation: Great Travel Organisation: Allied Irish bank Organisation: Flinders Chase Organisation: Boca Boca

<p>Lord Erskine and Darragh O'Keeffe on their way to winning the Deacy Gilligan Hurdle. Pic: Healy Racing</p>

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