Inglis Millennium attracts full field of 16 runners

Odinson will be seeking back-to-back victories in the Inglis Race Series when he contests the Inglis Millennium on Saturday. (Picture: George Sal/Racing Photos)

The sixth edition of the Inglis Millennium will be run at Randwick on Saturday afternoon, with a full field of 16 two-year-olds expected to take their place in the $2 million race.

As a Restricted Listed contest, all the runners must have been purchased from the Inglis sales and nominated for the lucrative Inglis Race Series, worth around $12 million in prize money and bonuses.

With several two-year-old winners hailing from their stable at the back end of 2023 and early in 2024, the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott yard will have two runners compete in this race.

Fully Lit (+250) has opened as the favourite with online bookmakers after his dominant debut victory at Rosehill on January 20, where the son of Hellbent led every step of the way and defeated King Of Roseau by 2.8 lengths.

Trunk (+550), who is owned by Yu Long Investments, finished second on debut behind Stay Focused at Geelong on January 6, and he appears to be the Waterhouse & Bott stable’s second seed.

Ciaron Maher’s Odinson (+380) will be seeking back-to-back victories in the Inglis Race Series after the Night Of Thunder colt was a narrow winner in the $500,000 Inglis Nursery at Randwick on December 9.

Rue De Royale (+550) sits on the third line of betting after the Tony & Calvin McEvoy-trained colt finished second behind Shangri La Express in the $1 million Golden Gift at Rosehill last start.

Following a tough and impressive win down the Flemington straight on debut last month, Zestiman (+650) rounds out the single-figure chances in the Inglis Millennium betting market.

2024 Inglis Millennium field

No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight
1	Odinson	Ciaron Maher	TBC	4	56.5kg
2	Rue De Royale	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Chad Schofield	10	56.5kg
3	Beer Baron	Neil Osborne	Tommy Berry	1	56.5kg
4	Fully Lit	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Regan Bayliss	17	56.5kg
5	Zestiman	Ben, Will & JD Hayes	Ben Melham	12	56.5kg
6	Cerons	Brett Cavanough	Mitchell Bell	13	56.5kg
7	Trunk	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	5	56.5kg
8	Thundering Soul	Kris Lees	Dylan Gibbons	11	56.5kg
9	El Morzillo	Kelly Schweida	Zac Lloyd	7	54.5kg
10	Nymphadora	Stephen O’Halloran	Tom Sherry	14	54.5kg
11	Express Yo’self	Amy & Ash Yargi	Kerrin McEvoy	18	54.5kg
12	Rag Queen	David Payne	Jason Collett	6	54.5kg
13	Winning Proposal	Kristen Buchanan	TBC	9	54.5kg
14	Art’s Alive	Brad Widdup	Reece Jones	15	54.5kg
15	Bella Khadijah	Brad Widdup	TBC	8	54.5kg
16	Tequila Baby	Brad Widdup	TBC	16	54.5kg
17	Mic Drop (1E)	Todd Howlett	TBC	2	54.5kg
18	Catonahotinroof (2E)	Anthony Cummings	TBC	3	54.5kg