AFTER showing quite a decent level of form on his first three outings over hurdles, Peter Fahey’s Soviet Pimpernel took his form to another level with quite a cosy success in the Grade 3 Irish Independent Hurdle.

In a race that went to the subsequent Champion Hurdle hero Espoir D’allen 12 months ago, much of the focus was on the promising French recruit Franco De Port and the 140-rated Surin.