The improvement becomes even more striking when you look at where those wins are coming from. On fast, dry ground, Toomey's horses win at a remarkable rate — 4 wins from just 19 races, which works out at around 1 in every 5. That's well above his overall average, and it suggests there's something deliberate happening at his yard: horses arriving at the track fit, sharp, and tuned for conditions. Trainers who learn to place their horses well — getting the right horse into the right race on the right day — tend to be the ones who build a reputation quietly before anyone has noticed.
His most regular partnership with jockey Sean D Bowen has produced 2 wins from 19 rides together, a win rate of around 11%, or just over 1 in every 9. That's slightly below Toomey's overall average, which means there's room for that combination to fire at a higher rate as the partnership develops and Bowen gets more familiar with the horses coming out of the yard.
The honest truth is that at two years in, Toomey is still a trainer in the early chapters of his story. But the direction of travel is exactly right — sharply upward, with a clear strength on dry ground already emerging. Trainers who show this kind of improvement between their first and second seasons tend to keep improving. He's one to keep an eye on.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton | 10 | 2 | 20% |
| Kempton Park | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 9 | 3 | 33.3% |
| chelmsford | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Brighton | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| Newbury | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Leicester | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Doncaster | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Southwell | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Windsor | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Bath | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Sandown Park | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Epsom Downs | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Salisbury | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Great Yarmouth | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% |