Roderic O'Connor (horse)
{{Short description|Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Roderic O'Connor
| image_name = Racing silks of Susan Magnier.svg
| caption = Racing silks of Susan Magnier
| sire = Galileo
| grandsire = Sadler's Wells
| dam = Secret Garden
| damsire = Danehill
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 2008
| country = Ireland
| colour = Bay
| breeder = Swettenham Stud
| owner = Mrs John Magnier
| trainer = Aidan O'Brien
| record = 9: 3-1-1
| earnings = £393,444{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/757547/roderic-oconnor |title=Roderic O'Connor |publisher=Racing Post |date= |accessdate=2012-08-26}}
| race = Critérium International (2010)
Irish 2,000 Guineas (2011)
| awards =
| honours =
| updated =
}}
Roderic O'Connor (foaled 4 April 2008) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. He won the Critérium International as a two-year-old and the Irish 2,000 Guineas as a three-year-old. He is owned by Mrs John Magnier and was trained by Aidan O'Brien. He stood as a stallion at Ballyhane Stud. He now stands as a Stallion at Poonawalla Stud Farms, India.
Breeding
Roderic O'Connor is the son of Galileo, who won The Derby, Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and multiple Champion sire. Galileo's sire was Sadler's Wells, winner of the Eclipse Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes and multiple Champion sire. Roderic O'Connor's dam, Secret Garden won twice, including a listed race. Secret Garden's sire was Danehill, winner of the Sprint Cup and Champion sire.
Racing career
=2010: two-year-old season=
Roderic O'Connor finished third on his racecourse debut when starting at 20/1 for a seven-furlong maiden at Leopardstown. He then won a maiden race at the Curragh, beating Master of Hounds by 2½ lengths. In the Dewhurst Stakes he took on Frankel and Dream Ahead. Starting as the 25/1 outsider he finished second, 2¼ lengths behind Frankel.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/38/newmarket/2010-10-16/511544 |work=Racing Post |title=Dewhurst Stakes result |date= |accessdate=2012-08-26}} In his final start as a two-year-old he travelled to France for the Critérium International. He started the race the 5/2 second favourite and was ridden by Johnny Murtagh. He was ridden prominently during the early stages of the race and then quickened clear in the finishing straight. In the closing stages he drifted first left and then right, but he ran on again to win by 1½ lengths from Salto.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/219/saint-cloud/2010-10-31/517676 |work=Racing Post |title=Critérium International result |date= |accessdate=2012-08-26}}
=2011: three-year-old-season=
He started his three-year-old season 2000 Guineas and was amongst the favourites. Dewhurst winner Frankel was the hot favourite at 1/2, then came Roderic O'Connor and National Stakes winner Pathfork at 8/1. Racing Post Trophy winner Casamento started at 11/1. Frankel pulled away in the opening stages of the race and was never caught. Ridden by Ryan Moore, Roderic O'Connor was near the front of the chasing group, but faded with three furlongs still to run. He finished 38 lengths behind the winner in eleventh.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/38/newmarket/2011-04-30/524462 |work=Racing Post |title=2000 Guineas result |date= |accessdate=2012-08-26}} Roderic O'Connor then took on 2000 Guineas runner-up Dubawi Gold in the Irish 2,000 Guineas. Under Joseph O'Brien (son of trainer Aidan O'Brien) he led from the start. Dubawi Gold closed in the final stages of the race, but could not catch him and Roderic O'Connor went on to win by ¾ length.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2011-05-21/514653 |work=Racing Post |title=Irish 2000 Guineas result |date= |accessdate=2012-08-26}} This was Joseph O'Brien's first Group 1 win. He then finished eighth in the Prix du Jockey Club, sixth in the Irish Derby and fifth in the Irish Champion Stakes.
Assessment
He was officially rated as the 136th best horse in the world in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.horseracingintfed.com/resources/2011Rankings/2011_WorldRankings.asp |title=The 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings |publisher=International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities |accessdate=2012-08-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818150731/http://www.horseracingintfed.com/resources/2011Rankings/2011_WorldRankings.asp |archivedate=2012-08-18 }}
Stud career
At the end of the 2011 season Roderic O'Connor was retired to stud. He stood as a stallion at Ballyhane Stud{{cite web|author= |work=Racing Post|url=http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/bloodstock/galileo-roderic-oconnor-to-stand-at-ballyhane-stud/946241 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054801/http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/bloodstock/galileo-roderic-oconnor-to-stand-at-ballyhane-stud/946241 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-04 |title=Roderic O'Connor to stand at Ballyhane Stud |date=2011-11-12 |accessdate=2012-08-26}} and also shuttled to Brazil during the 2012 season.{{cite web|author= |work=Racing Post|url=http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/bloodstock/roderic-oconnor-to-shuttle-to-brazil/1028628/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032313/http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/bloodstock/roderic-oconnor-to-shuttle-to-brazil/1028628/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-04 |title=Roderic O'Connor to shuttle to Brazil |date=2012-05-07 |accessdate=2012-08-26}} His 2012 stud fee is €9,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/757547/roderic-oconnor |title=Roderic O'Connor | Bloodstock Stallion Book |publisher=Racing Post |date=2012-02-15 |accessdate=2012-08-26}} He was later acquired by Poonawalla Stud Farm to stand as a stallion in India.
Notable Progenies in India :
- A STAR IS BORN(b c 2018 x Angel Dust By Win Legend(JPN))- The Indian 2000 Guineas (Gr.1),The Indian Champion Cup (Gr.1); 2nd -The Pune Derby(Gr.1), The Indian Derby(Gr.1),The Maharaja's Gold Cup(Gr.2),The Calcutta Gold Cup(Gr.2);
- KAMILAH(b f 2018 x My Lakshmi By Ace(IRE))- The Calcutta 1000 Guineas(Gr.3); 2nd- The Calcutta Oaks(Gr.3), The Calcutta Debby Stakes(Gr.1); 3rd- Threptin Fillies & Mares Stakes(Gr.3);
- THUNBERG(b f 2019 x Ice Glacier By Arazan(IRE))- 2nd- The Indian 1,000 Guineas (Gr.1); 3rd - The Indian Oaks (Gr.1);
Pedigree
{{Pedigree
|name = Roderic O'Connor, bay colt, 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=8370698®istry=T&horse_name==Roderic%20O'Connor%20(IRE)&dam_name=Secret%20Garden%20(IRE)&foaling_year=2008&nicking_stats_indicator=Y |title=Roderic O'Connor pedigree |website=Equineline|date=2012-05-08 |accessdate=2012-10-05}}
|f = Galileo (IRE)
b. 1998
|m = Secret Garden (IRE)
b. 1999
|ff = Sadler's Wells
b. 1981
|fm = Urban Sea
ch. 1989
|mf = Danehill
b. 1986
|mm = Chalamont
ch. 1993
|fff = Northern Dancer*
b. 1961
|ffm = Fairy Bridge
b. 1975
|fmf = Miswaki
ch. 1978
|fmm = Allegretta
ch. 1978
|mff = Danzig
b. 1977
|mfm = Razyana
b. 1981
|mmf = Kris
ch. 1976
|mmm = Durtal
b. 1974
|ffff = Nearctic
|fffm = Natalma
|ffmf = Bold Reason
|ffmm = Special
|fmff = Mr. Prospector
|fmfm = Hopespringseternal
|fmmf = Lombard
|fmmm = Anatevka
|mfff = Northern Dancer*
|mffm = Pas De Nom
|mfmf = His Majesty
|mfmm = Spring Adieu
|mmff = Sharpen Up
|mmfm = Doubly Sure
|mmmf = Lyphard
|mmmm = Derna
|}}
Note: b. = Bay, br. = Brown, ch. = Chestnut