Castleton homebred Thomond Park, broke his maiden at Tampa on January 6th with a professional showing in an 8 1/2 furlong event on the turf. Denied a recent run at the Florida venue owing to inclement weather, the son of Giant’s Causeway won here on this, his third start under leading local jockey Samy Camacho. Breaking sharply Samy had the colt in second position for much of the race before striking the front in the stretch under a perfectly timed ride to win by a snug 3/4 length. Trainer Christophe Clement was very pleased with the colt’s performance and will sit down with connections and plan his next outing which will likely be in Florida.
