< Scandal Sheet put up her best effort for nearly two years when second in a hot Curragh contest last time and she fulfilled that promise by winning the feature Kilkenny Handicap at Gowran under Kevin Manning.

Market rival Final Flashback tried to make all and was tracked by Jim Bolger's filly throughout, the pair of them settling down to a duel before Scandal Sheet (15-8 favourite) edged ahead to win by a neck.

Bolger provided a shock in the opening Bennettsbridge Maiden when he took the prize with his second string, the 20-1 newcomer Saoi

Stable companions Saoi and Purple Land hit the front together in the straight and it was the former who proved the stronger by a length and a half under Davy Moran, with Yes Missus snatching second late on.< Brittany was expected to be all the better for his Curragh debut run and did the job efficiently in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden, having been sent off the 8-11 favourite.

Seamus Heffernan pushed the Aidan O'Brien-trained juvenile straight to the front and he shook off Burrenbridge Lodge in the closing stages before holding running-on Ballydoyle stablemate Enchanted Forest by a length and a half.

The John Oxx-trained Romie's Kastett a full-sister to the top-class Norse Dancer, stepped forward from her promising debut run to win the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden with some authority.

Fran Berry got a nice tow from Viennese Whirl until taking over in the straight, and the 4-5 favourite galloped on strongly to beat newcomer Key Secure a full-sister to Refuse To Bend, by five lengths.< By The Sea looked to have plenty to do as Philosophers Guest made the best of her way home in the Castlecomer Apprentice Handicap, but Myles Sunderland's 4-1 joint-favourite picked up the leaders readily and strode away to score by a length and three-quarters under Sean Levey.