FAKIR D’Oudairies added his name to an illustrious list of Clonmel Oil Chase winners at that racecourse on Thursday, where the J.P. McManus-owned, Joseph O’Brien-trained gelding scored impressively under jockey Mark Walsh.

Previous winners of the Grade 2 contest include War Of Attrition, Edredon Bleu, Dorans Pride and Sizing Europe and Fakir D’Oudairies, winner of Aintree’s Melling Chase in April, today beat a trio of race-fit rivals.