Miracle jockey Brian Toomey set for Galway appearance

Miracle jockey Brian Toomey is set to be in action at next week’s Galway Festival after trainer Phil Kirby confirmed Kings Grey an intended runner at Ballybrit.

Two years on from suffering a fall at Perth which left him dead for six seconds, Toomey made his long-awaited comeback aboard the 11-year-old in a selling hurdle at Southwell earlier this month.

But the odds-on favourite failed to provide the 26-year-old, who spent 157 nights in hospital, with a fairytale return when he was pulled up.