Don't Touch It comes home a comfortable winner under Kate Harrington© Photo Healy Racing
Don't Touch It made it five from seven for favourite backers at Punchestown as he took the bumper, Cash Out With BETDAQ Flat Race, under Kate Harrington for her mother Jessica and the Don't Touch It Syndicate.
Second on his last two starts, the son of Scorpion was sent off the well-backed 2/5 favourite today (from 4/5 in early shows and from 8/15 on-course).
Settled towards rear early on he made some progress into mid-division at halfway.
He travelled well behind the leaders turning into the straight and hit the front over a furlong out, keeping on well under pressure from there to score by three and a half lengths. Bobarlee (5/1) ran well to finish second under Patrick Mullins for his father Willie, while the front running Antimatter (14/1) was a further six and a half lengths back in third under Katie Walsh for Prunella Dobbs.
"He'll go jumping now and he's exciting," said Harrington's daughter Emma Galway.
"We were hoping he'd do that. His form last year was solid and he's gotten stronger."
Additional reporting by Gary Carson
