Dreal Deal delivers on first start for Rothwell 

Elsewhere on the card, Nurburgring limbered up for a tilt at the Galway Plate by winning  the Lee Strand Novice Chase

IDYLLIC SETTING: Racegoers follow the action in the Europe Hotel Handicap Chase at Killarney on Friday.  Picture: Healy Racing

Dreal Deal has garnered many a headline during his career but, after a spell in the wilderness, he made a return to winning ways in the BoyleSports Handicap Chase in front of a bumper crowd to end another successful festival in Killarney.

On his first run for Philip Rothwell, having been with John McConnell and Ronan McNally, he was given a fine ride by Simon Torrens to collar longtime leader Gaelic Arc in the final stride.