L'Oiseau de Feu broke his maiden at the thirty sixth attempt when he ran away with the Bobbyjo Bistro Handicap Hurdle. Shane Walsh had the mount on the 9/2 chance who beat Macidoni by four lengths.

The American-bred led turning in and magnificent leaps at the last two carried him to a comfortable success.

Ex-English, the five-year-old, now with Shane Kelly (his third trainer) was carrying cheek-pieces and a noseband and his handler said: "This fellow had a rating in the eighties as a two-year-old on the flat in England. He'd be better on better ground.

"It's great to get the win, it's the first for a long while. I was laid up with injuries and that's my first winner since. I'm training not too far from Kilbeggan and I have about 20 horses on the go. The owners (the DBN Partnership) are from Moate."