< Devils Bit got back into the winning groove in the www.gowranpark.ie Hurdle at Gowran after being brought down on his last appearance over jumps.

John O'Shea's four-year-old was a Wexford winner before his unfortunate experience at Fairyhouse in April and was running off the back of a third-placed show on the level.

Sent off at 13-8, Devils Bit took over from the odds-on Magical Memoir at the second-last flight and soon had the race in the bag, allowing Sean McDermott to ease him on the run-in for a seven-length victory.< Tavern Times has yet to live up to the promise of his exciting bumper career, but he took a step in the right direction in the jogforjockeys.ie Maiden Hurdle.

Davy Russell sent him on four out and the Tom Mullins-trained 8-15 favourite was tracked by Worldly Wise who threw down a vigorous challenge after the final flight but was held by half a length.< Bachelor Affair (16-1) ran on stoutly to keep a host of challengers at bay in the feature Jack Duggan Memorial Handicap Hurdle.

Tommy Treacy took them along on Gerard Mullins' nine-year-old and though the opposition were queuing up in the straight, Bachelor Affair held a decisive lead at the last and never looked like giving it up as he won by two and a half lengths.

The Tony Martin-trained Uncle Taffy is still ahead of the handicapper judged on the manner of his hat-trick victory in the Callan Handicap Hurdle.

Ruby Walsh rode a patient race on the 5-2 chance, who was still travelling sweetly as he led between the final two flights, and he had no trouble easing seven lengths clear on the run-in.

Christy Roche's Golden Ticket (7-4 favourite) returned to the jumps after winning a Punchestown bumper and took the Goresbridge Maiden Hurdle under Alan Crowe, forging clear on the run-in to score by three and a half lengths.