Night Of Thunder’s lightly raced four-year-old son Zeus Olympios returned to the winners enclosure on Saturday 11, July when landing the G2 Summer Mile. Run at Ascot over their round mile, he was never far off the slowly run pace before battling well to win by half-a-length.
Zeus Olympios bounces back to winning ways in the Group Two Juddmonte Summer Mile Stakes! 🏆@Ascot | @karl_burke pic.twitter.com/2ESJld0B9d
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) July 11, 2026
Unraced at two, Zeus Olympios has now won five of his eight career starts. After winning his first four starts last year, including the G2 Joel Stakes, this was his first victory of 2026 after a third in the G1 Lockinge and a fourth in the G1 Queen Anne at Royal Ascot.
Owned and bred by the late Sheikh Obaid Al Maktoum, he is the first foal of the Stakes-placed Siyouni mare Rhea, who also has a yearling colt by Ghaiyyath. Rhea is back in foal to Night Of Thunder again this season.
Night Of Thunder, Champion of 2025, is having another spectacular season and now has sired 10 Group winners. They are led by G1 winners Ombudsman, Bow Echo and Ten Bob Tony, all three of whom won at Royal Ascot, plus fillies Estrange and Portfolio Duration.
