DEREK and Gay Veitch at Ringfort Stud will have been thrilled with the result of the opening two-year-old race of the Irish flat season at Naas on Sunday. Pride Of Pimlico, a son of Casamento (Shamardal) and the Fath (Danzig) mare Casina Valadier gave Brendan Duke his first flat winner of 2018.

Last year Warm The Voice (Vocalised) developed into a smart juvenile under the guardianship of Duke and then was sold to continue his career in Hong Kong. Doubtless owners Martin Hayes and Peter Slezak will be fielding enquiries about their recent winner, a €10,000 graduate of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale last year.