WILLIE Mullins’ Kappa Jy Pyke (2/9 favourite) capitalised on the withdrawal of champion chaser and stablemate Il Etait Temps to win the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase on Thursday, the feature race of Clonmel’s season.

The race has seen many top-class horses make seasonal reappearances and, while Il Etait Temps was a high-profile non-runner due to unsuitably fast ground, stablemate Kappa Jy Pyke was an able replacement, scoring comfortably under stable jockey Paul Townend.