While the first part of the year didn’t play out exactly as planned, things have a way of coming together, as was the case for Jonathan Thomas when the trainer sent out three graded stakes winners in one week during the Del Mar Turf Festival. On top of his stakes victories with Truly Quality , Mrs. Astor , and Will Then , Thomas finished the fall meet with five winners from 13 starters. Those numbers are made all the more impressive by the fact Thomas had sent only 14 horses to Southern California, more than half of his barn, which he says is the “smallest it’s been” since he began his public stable a decade ago.
Thomas, a former steeplechase jockey, was an assistant to Christophe Clement and Todd Pletcher before going out on his own. The 44-year-old native of Virginia first made a name for himself as the trainer of Catholic Boy , whose 2018 exploits included the unprecedented feat of landing the Belmont Derby (G1T) and…
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