Bishops scoops Clonmel pot

Bishopsfurze survived poor jumps at the final two flights to hold his stablemate Skorcher in the Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle at Clonmel.

Thu, 03 Feb, 2011 - 15:57

Bishopsfurze survived poor jumps at the final two flights to hold his stablemate Skorcher in the Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle at Clonmel.

The Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old (9-10 favourite) was always travelling easily for Paul Townend and cruised into the lead at the fourth-last.

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