Monday, June 14, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here STARSPANGLEDBANNER DEFYING THE ODDS - PAGE 13 FIRST FOR TERRITORIES - PAGE 6 Spring campaign being mapped out for Tatt’s Read Tomorrow's Issue For Kiwi Chronicles Tiara-bound filly Odeum Stallion Watch Lucrative Golden Eagle proving hard to ignore for What's on connections of talented rising four-year-olds Metropolitan meetings: Warwick Farm (NSW) Race meetings: Ballina (NSW), Mornington (VIC), Cairns (QLD) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Ballina (NSW), Rockhampton (QLD), Lark Hill (WA) International meetings: Carlisle (UK), Lingfield (UK), Nottingham (UK), Windsor (UK), Gowran Park (IRE), Turffontein (SAF) International Sales: Goffs (UK) - The London Sale Odeum RACING PHOTOS the lucrative Sydney race, restricted to four-year- BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS olds, was the favoured option next campaign he $7.5 million Golden Eagle rather than chasing the more traditional spring HONG KONG NEWS (1500m) is firmly on the radar black-type races in Melbourne. of Group 1-winning filly Odeum Odeum, who was a gallant second behind Size closes gap on Fownes (Written Tycoon) but not before Brooklyn Hustle (Starspangledbanner) after as trainers’ championship Tshe attempts to take out a second race at the being caught wide in the Dane Ripper Stakes battle narrows highest level this season, taking on the older (Gr 2, 1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, will The battle for the 2020/21 Hong Kong mares to bring down the curtain on a stellar press on to the Tattersall's Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m) trainers’ championship appears destined for three-year-old season. on Saturday week in Brisbane before trainers a cliffhanger finish after John Size ended an Co-owner Sheamus Mills yesterday outlined Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr map out a unlikely run of outs to move within two wins of the longer-term plan for the MRC Thousand campaign towards the Golden Eagle at Rosehill leader Caspar Fownes after preparing a double Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner, revealing that on October 30. Continued on page 3>> at Sha Tin yesterday. Continued on page 15 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Spring campaign being mapped out for Tatt’s Tiara-bound filly Odeum | 3 | Monday, June 14, 2021 << Continued from page 1 “We have thought about (Odeum’s (Iffraaj), who bounced back from a shock defeat to take his record to four spring campaign) reasonably extensively, actually, and we’re thinking wins from five starts in Saturday’s Gunsynd Classic (Gr 3, 1600m) at Eagle that we’ve been keeping her preps short, sharp and light just to look after Farm, would also be aimed at the Golden Eagle next preparation rather her,” Mills [pictured below at Magic Millions] said yesterday. than races such as the Cantala Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) at Flemington which “I don’t see any reason why she’s not going to continue to develop as a falls on the same day. four- and five-year-old, so I think it will pretty much be the same formula. Mills reasoned that Odeum could tackle an Empire Rose Stakes (Gr 1, My thoughts are to give her two runs in Melbourne and then target the 1600m), a race she ran second in last year, as a five-year-old. Golden Eagle. “She has had a crack at an Empire Rose, she’s a Group 1 winner. Not “I think the 1500 metres is her right trip. She obviously goes well on to say that Group 1s matter less than money, but you only get one crack at her Sydney leg. She’d have to take on Ayrton, but they don’t give away a Golden Eagle. It’s only for four-year-olds and she can have a crack at an these races and I think she’s up to it.” Empire Rose as a five-year-old,” he said. The merits of such a rich restricted “She goes (well) that (clockwise) way, the trip’s beautiful for her, she’s prize-money race, seemingly at run well at Rosehill against Isotope and I think with the timing, it’s pretty the expense of the “pattern”, good for her. She can have a little break in the sunshine (in Queensland) has and will continue to be after the Tatt’s Tiara.” debated, particularly in the Early indications from Price were that Odeum, who is being trained context of the ongoing NSW during her Queensland campaign from Steve O’Dea and Matthew Hoysted’s versus Victoria racing bodies stables at Eagle Farm, had pulled up well from her Dane Ripper run. competition, but it is hard to “James (McDonald) got off and apologised for the ride a bit, but I ignore the fact that many owners think he was totally a victim of circumstances,” Mills said. and trainers choose the money over “We were coming off her horrible beginning in the Coolmore Classic when Group racing with the “pop-up” races. she missed the start by four lengths and she was slowly away when she got On Saturday, Price indicated that Odeum’s stablemate Ayrton beaten a lip by Isotope in the Darby Munro as well. Continued on page 4>> His second crop of in foal mares include: Sunlight, Invincibella, Srikandi, Champagne "This one was certainlyCuddles, in Nakeeta the mould Jane, Charmont, of her sire Fanatic, Formality, Tulip and the dams of Catchy, and that is what wasLankan really Rupee appealing etc. about her. He really stamped her. She's a lovely moving horse, well- balanced, strong, plenty of size” Suman Hedge, TDN Aus/NZ 6th May 2021, after His quality first Australian purchasing the highest-priced filly (Justify ex Now Now) weanlings sold for at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale for $300,000 $300,000, $300,000, $280,000, $280,000 etc. “We were super lucky to race Justify with WinStar and China Horse Club and he was a great Champion. This colt, I couldn’t believe when I saw him that he looked so much like his sire, maybe a neater, more NAKEETA JANE SUNLIGHT compact version,INVINCIBELLA but very similar qualities and CATCHY traits... The horse is built like he will be fast” Henry FieldThe, TDN best Aus/NZ son 6th May of 2021,Champion after purchasing 2YO sire The only U.S. Triple Crown winner the second highest-pricedand Gr.1 coltsire (Justify of sires ex Tails Scat Wins) Daddy at to retire to stud unbeaten. the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale for $280,000 Fee $55,000 (inc. GST) ColmColm Santry,Santry, JohnJohn Kennedy,Kennedy, PaddyPaddy Oman,Oman, TomTom Moore,Moore, RobRob ArchibaldArchibald oror EmmaEmma PugsleyPugsley Tel:Tel: 0202 65766576 4200.4200. NewNew Zealand:Zealand: GordonGordon CalderCalder Tel:+64Tel:+64 218218 41612.41612. www.coolmore.comwww.coolmore.com Follow us @anz_news | 3 | Brought to you by Spring campaign being mapped out for Tatt’s Tiara-bound filly Odeum | 4 | Monday, June 14, 2021 << Continued from page 3 “We took all the gear off, she went to Pete (McMahon’s) at Kolora Lodge and they did a bit of barrier work with her, a little bit of dressage, got her mind in the right spot and she was good in the gates on Saturday. “Seven weeks between runs and four deep, punching the breeze is not easy at the weight scale especially, but I was very proud of her.” In recent years, Melbourne-based Mills has been putting together a select group of high-end race fillies with staunch clients Heath Newton and Anthony Roberts’ Chesapeake Thoroughbreds. Scientific approach taken with Queen Of The Green Queen Of The Green as a yearling MAGIC MILLIONS Odeum is the ladder leader of the Mills-managed group thus far, but the agent hopes two-year-old Queen Of The Green (Written Tycoon), a “She weighs in at 586 kilos as a two-year-old filly, so she looks $1.5 million Magic Millions purchase in 2020 and a daughter of high-class absolutely fantastic, but she is a beast. I have enlisted the help of Dr Brian sprinter Karuta Queen (Not A Single Doubt), can follow suit. Anderson at Ballarat (Equine Clinic). She has been carefully managed by trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy “He described her as a four-year-old entire with a two-year-old filly’s and her owners from the time she was broken in. skeleton and his suggestion was to be mindful of what you do with her. Mills compared the filly’s size and bulk to champion mare Black “He has been really, really good. He has helped us to devise a program. Caviar (Bel Esprit) who trainer Peter Moody had to monitor throughout She has done a lot of treadmill work, a lot of swimming. She hasn’t done a her career due to her weight and size. lot with anyone on her back.” “They gave her two weeks of pretty solid work and she had put on 20 Queen Of The Green is currently on the water walker and treadmill at kilos while in work,” he said. Leneva Park. Continued on page 5>> Other outstanding Australian weanlings include: C. ex Formality – 4-time Group winner and F. ex Ennis Hill – Group-winning 2YO, full-sister to F. ex Fontein Ruby – Gr.2-winning dam of Gr.2 Blue Diamond placegetter by Fastnet Rock. Lake Geneva & Acrobat, by Fastnet Rock ex Hips winner Parure. Bred by Robert & Barbara Bred by Lynch Bages Don’t Lie. Bred by James Bester & partners McClure and John & Cath Murray He won 6 races, including 4 Gr.1s, by nearly 24 lengths! Colm Santry, John Kennedy, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore, Rob Archibald or Emma Pugsley Tel: 02 6576 4200.