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Toimy Son slams Golden Mile rivals

Toimy Son finished strongly to defy stall twenty-one in the ultra-competitive Coral Golden Mile at Glorious Goodwood on Friday.

TOIMY SON winning the Golden Mile at Goodwood in Chichester, England.
TOIMY SON winning the Golden Mile at Goodwood in Chichester, England. Picture: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images

The David Menuisier-trained Toimy Son was sent off a well-backed 12/1 to claim one of Goodwood's most competitive handicaps, but connections would have feared the worst when it was announced they had been handed gate twenty-one.

Three-time champion jockey Oisin Murphy managed to slot into midfield from his wide draw and once he let Toimy Son loose, the five-year-old began to make rapid headway.

The well-fancied 5/1 joint-favourite Holloway Boy hit the front with a furlong to travel, but he failed to match the turn of foot shown by Toimy Son in the closing stages as David Menuisier's charge cruised clear for a comfortable two-length success from the running-on Dutch Decoy.

"I don't know if I had him wrong, but he just wasn't doing anything last year, so we decided to geld him and give him an all-weather campaign," said the winning trainer.

"He had a couple of colic operations and nearly died, so we had to give him time.

"This season you could tell that he was coming back to some form. I kept him over seven because he was always a bit keen and by racing, he settled naturally so I decided to go back to a mile and save him for this.

"I thought if he gets in, he should be competitive but when I saw the draw a couple of days ago I kind of lost all hope, he was 21 of 21. I spoke to Oisin, and he said of the horse runs his best he has a massive chance, so we'll try and go a bit more forward than usual and the rest is history really.

"He's won a massive race, so we'll enjoy this one. Big time."


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