Highly Toxic (right)© Photo Healy Racing
The Pat Flynn trained Highly Toxic gained a long overdue second career win at Naas today, landing the opening www.naasracecourse.com Claiming Race under jockey Killian Leonard.
The son of Dalakhani and brother to Group 1 winner Chinese White was pushed along leaving the stalls and soon led before making virtually all and eventually hold the challenge of Adimelo close home.
Flynn wasn’t present but Leonard later said “he deserved that win as he's hit the crossbar a couple of times.
“The idea was to jump, go from the front and keep extending them the whole way - I gave him a breather from the seven (furlong pole) to the five and quickened away again then. I think I just caught the others flat footed and he's tough; he wouldn't go past horses so it's ideal to go from the front.”
“He was back down to a winnable mark and I was delighted to get the winner for Pat.
Highly Toxic, once rated 96, gained his only previous win, from 25 attempts was at Clonmel in May 2015.
Runner-up Adimelo was later Claimed by trainer Mark McNifff for E11,000.
Quotes from Gary Carson
