• Colt wins for first time since April 2014
• Winless Richard Hughes out to 5-1 to be main jockeyToormore carried current colours here,yet there were definite hints of his traditional talent and determination as he held off every challenge to win the Group Two Lennox Stakes, the feature event on Glorious Goodwood’s opening card. Europes champion juvenile in 2013 had been on a gentle downslope ever since, and caught and passed by the best of his generation as they matured at three and four,but, now that he has remembered how to win, and a final flourish might not be beyond him.
Toormore was a single-figure price for the 2000 Guineas after beating The Grey Gatsby in last season’s Craven Stakes. The runner-up that day went on to win the French Derby and the Irish Champion Stakes but,for Toormore, a blustery April afternoon on Newmarket heath was as good as it got. There was nothing unsuitable with his attitude. At Group One level, or though,attitude alone is rarely enough and, despite a series of worthy performances in major races, or Toormore could not add to his sole Group One victory,in the 2013 National Stakes at The Curragh.
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Source: theguardian.com