THE maiden hurdle that A Toi Phil won at Leopardstown on St Stephen’s Day looked like a good race at the time, but it looks even better since last Sunday.

Don’t Touch It, runner-up in the St Stephen’s Day race, ran out an impressive winner of the opening two-mile maiden hurdle at Leoapardstown on Sunday, while A Toi Phil himself was very good in landing the Grade 2 two-and-a-half-mile contest a half an hour later. And just as a bonus, Master Ruffit, who had finished sixth of the seven runners in that St Stephen’s Day maiden hurdle, sent off at 66/1 and beaten over a hundred lengths, won a Class 5 maiden hurdle at Ayr the previous Tuesday.