Willie Mullins' Feigh rewarded favourite backers in an eventful 3yo maiden hurdle at Killarney.

No less than three horses departed at the first and the leader Feigh was almost carried out by a loose horse before halfway.

Once she had the loose horse in her rear-view mirror at the third last, she stamped her class on this contest.

She eased away from her rivals and despite being less than slick at the final two flights, wasn't extended in coming home by nine lengths under Paul Townend.

Stand Staunce took the runner-up berth at 5/1 by three parts of a length to Supposedtobe (10/1).

Townend said: "Exciting stuff is one way of putting it! Her first day at school was a fair one and she will learn in every day from it.

"She has a brilliant jump in her but it got so messy it was just a matter of trying to get the job done. She'll have learned how to race today as everything was new to her, even the racecourse."

Additional reporting by Tom Weekes