Odinson (AUS)
Odinson (AUS)
2 c Night Of Thunder – Good Vibes by Due Diligence
O: J A O’Neill, A Kheir, M T Gleeson, A K Racing (Mgr: Ms K L Solomon), Mrs M F Anderson, J Pearce, G J P Van Ameyden, L Caminiti, P A Cook, D Edmonds, B J O’Brien, B D Nettlefold, Bear Tenors (Mgr: L Watson), M Pearce, S Priestley, Mrs J Priestley, R R Chapman & Ciaron Maher Racing (Mgr: C Maher)
B: Qatar Bloodstock Ltd
T: Ciaron Maher and David Eustace
S: 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale V: Widden Stud P: Ciaron Maher Bloodstock, $320,000
W: Inglis Nursery, 1000m, December 9, Randwick
Promising colt Odinson (Night Of Thunder) is now likely to have the Inglis Millennium (RL, 1200m) and Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) among his targets in future months after he landed the Inglis Nursery (RL, 1000m) at Randwick last weekend.
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained son of Night Of Thunder (Dubawi) finished third in the Maribyrnong Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) on debut last month and improved on that performance to defeat Beer Baron (Cosmic Force) by a neck, with a further length back to Nymphadora (Yes Yes Yes) in third place.
“He jumped better today but he had to take his medicine and just get a bit of cover from there,” said Maher and Eustace’s assistant trainer, Johann Gerard-Dubord.
“He didn’t take the turn that well but he was very good late. It’s a big change for him, the horse is still fairly immature mentally and he must have a bit of ability.”
Winning jockey Tyler Schiller said that Odinson’s sluggish start might not have been a major negative, given the juvenile’s racing style.
“I don’t know if it was as much of a hindrance as it looked,” Schiller said. “He got to sit wide, and I know it’s not great being wide, but a straight run to the first turn, a quality horse, he just needed a bit of room.
“He had me a little bit worried at the 300 [metres] when Beer Baron put that two-lengths on me, but he really knuckled in and I’m really happy with the way the colt has responded under pressure. He’s in for a pretty bright future.”
Bred by David Redvers’ Qatar Bloodstock, Odinson is raced by a large syndicate of owners including John O’Neill and Ozzie Kheir, whose colours he races in.
He was bought by his trainers for $320,000 from the Widden Stud draft at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale earlier this year. The colt is out of British Group 3 winner Good Vibes (Due Diligence), who was bought by Redvers for 390,000gns at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale in 2019.
Good Vibes herself is out of winning mare Satsuma (Compton Place), making her a half-sister to Japanese Listed scorer Yakushima (Havana Grey).
In 2022, Good Vibes produced a colt by Zoustar (Northern Meteor), before foaling another colt by the Widden Stud-based sire this year that will be sold at next month’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale as Lot 722.
The mare was covered by Coolmore Stud shuttler St Mark’s Basilica (Siyouni) in September.