Poignant victory for Titanium There were emotional scenes in the winner’s enclosure after the €50,000 Finlay Volvo Premier Mile Handicap at the Curragh where Titanium came out on top. The 12/1 chance is owned by a group of friends but sadly one of the syndicate, Liam Gavin, passed away this week. They decided to let the son of Zarak take his chance and he was produced with a well-timed challenge by Rory Mulligan inside the final furlong. The Ciaran Murphy-trained winner drew clear in the closing stages to beat Perry Mason by two and a half lengths with Chica Guerrera a further three-quarters of a length back in third. Pillar Of Hope completed the places in fourth. Murphy said, “This means so much to us as we lost one of the members of the syndicate, Liam Gavin, and his removal is today. “We said we’d go ahead and run the horse and it’s just amazing that he’s done that. It’s very emotional. “Fair play to the horse and Rory was excellent on him. He did exactly what we asked him to do. “There was one of these in him. It just hadn’t gone to plan all year and probably the ground hadn’t been soft enough.”
