PAUL Townend moved three winners clear of injured Jack Kennedy in the jockeys’ championship at Fairyhouse on Wednesday where the five-time champion completed a treble for trainer Willie Mullins.

The pair began by winning the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase, with owner Bruton Street’s Instit which easily justified 2/7 favouritism in scoring by 15 lengths from stablemate Pont Aval.