SHE was the shortest-priced favourite of the evening and Xcite duly looked the best prospect on show at Ballinrobe’s first flat fixture of the year as Jessica Harrington’s charge dished out a decisive beating to her three rivals in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.

This daughter of Kingman came into this 10-furlong affair off of three solid efforts in decent maidens – the most recent of which yielded a third to the promising Search For A Star at Fairyhouse – and she duly outclassed her opponents.