Mohaymen Returns to Work Tab at Palm Meadows

Shadwell Stable's Mohaymen, undefeated winner of the $350,000 Lambholm South Holy Bull (gr. II) Jan. 30 in his sophomore debut, sparkled in his return to the work tab Friday morning Feb. 12.

Under regular exercise rider Miguel Jaime, the multiple graded stakes-winning son of Tapit   breezed four furlongs in :47 3/5 over the main track at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park's satellite training facility in Palm Beach County.

"He worked great. I was looking for a little bit slower work today just because we're not looking to go fast," said trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. "But, he did it easy. He started off like :12-and-4 and then he just picked it up on his own and finished great. He went in :47-and-3 but didn't look like he went that fast. We're very happy. He wouldn't blow out a match after and came back great."

As is his custom, Mohaymen worked on his own shortly after 8 a.m. following the renovation break. He is scheduled to make his next start in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth (gr. II) Feb. 27 at Gulfstream, also run at 1 1/16 miles. 

"He went by himself in the three or four path, and just did it very comfortably and nice. He's just doing that well," McLaughlin said. "We have one more work next week and on to the Fountain of Youth. He's just doing great. We're very happy."

The 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull was the third grade II stakes victory in four career starts for Mohaymen, considered the top 3-year-old prospect on the East Coast. He won the Nashua and Remsen at Aqueduct Racetrack to cap a juvenile season that earned him a finalist nod for the Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old male.

"He came out of [the Holy Bull] great. We don't want a lot of changes," McLaughlin said. "We're looking for no changes because he's doing fabulous."