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News.com.au
15-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Peter Snowden on the hunt for massive day out with multiple stakes chances at Scone
Exciting colt Beadman delivered Peter Snowden one of the most emphatic winners of his career last weekend so it bodes well that his heavy-handed Scone assault this Saturday includes a filly with form around his explosive juvenile. Beadman scored by 'one of the biggest margins' Snowden has ever trained when the well-named colt score by an astonishing 8-1/4 lengths in the Group 3 Ken Russell Memorial at the Gold Coast last Saturday. Snowden has since sent Beadman for a spell but his trainer will unleash the only horse that has beat him when Akaysha makes up part of a two-pronged attack with Miss Freelove in the Listed $200,000 Woodlands Stakes (1100m). Akaysha prevailed over Beadman on debut before only getting gunned down late by a flying Grand Eagle last start over the Randwick 1100m. 'She has got some good form behind her that's for sure,' Snowden said. 'I've always thought she was a nice filly.' Bookies rate Akaysha ($3.90) as Snowdens' better chance in the Woodlands Stakes but stablemate Miss Freelove ($7.50) is certainly no slouch. Grand Eagle storms home to win the Randwick opener! @nashhot @RARacing_ — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 26, 2025 • 'I gave it up, I didn't want to ride again': Morgan's comeback for the ages Miss Freelove wasn't far away on debut and backed up the performance with an impressive all the way victory on a heavy track over 1100m at Canterbury Park last time. 'Miss Freelove is good and handled the track really good the other day,' Snowden said. 'She is a real wet tracker and I think she is doing a good job. 'She always showed us good ability so it's no surprise to see her doing as well as she did.' Love for all ðŸ'• The fav Miss Freelove is too good for them at Canterbury! @KPMcEvoy | @SnowdenRacing1 | @aus_turf_club | @TrilogyRacing1 — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 30, 2025 • 'She has come up terrific': Robl chases more Joy at Scone Miss Freelove has the superior draw in barrier one while Akaysha is drawn out in gate 13 but Snowden expects every horse should get their chance on the Scone track. 'It's a really good start there with about three furlongs to the first corner,' he said. 'The barriers aren't that big of an advantage but it's always good to draw close and no doubt it should help Miss Freelove as well.' "I like her!" The future is bright for Miss Freelove, hear from Peter Snowden and @KPMcEvoy ðŸ'‡ @SnowdenRacing1 | @aus_turf_club | @TrilogyRacing1 — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 30, 2025 Snowden has Scone's two-day carnival on his radar throughout the preparation for lightly-raced filly Wave Breaker. Wave Breaker, a drifter from $11 to $17 shortly after markets opened, gets the opportunity to snare valuable black type in the Listed $200,000 Denise's Joy Stakes (1100m) with Kerrin McEvoy booked. The daughter of Pierata heads into the race a month between runs following a narrow second behind One Destiny at Warwick Farm first-up. 'This has been the target race for her all prep,' Snowden said. 'She is in good order and is going to go up there in really good shape. 'She has a nice gate to get a good run and is as fit as we can get her.' One Destiny holds on and wins at $41 fixed odds! ðŸ'° @grnickson @MollyBourke7 — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 16, 2025 • Snowden is expecting a bounce-back performance from Fire Star ($26) in the Listed $200,000 Ortensia Stakes (1100m) after the gelding failed to fire in the Hawkesbury Gold Rush last start. Fire Star, a winner of four straight city races last preparation, never went a yard in the heavy conditions and didn't beat a runner home. 'It's a total forget run,' Snowden said. 'He was out of the race and just did nothing but there is nothing wrong with this horse. 'He is going great and Andy Adkins knows him well and will be with him on Saturday so I think you will see a different horse on Saturday.' Snowden won the Ortensia Stakes in partnership with son Paul with That's A Good Idea a decade ago. He's yet to win the Listed $200,000 Luskin Star Stakes (1300m) and will rely outsider Ka Bling ($31) to change that. . @ZacLloydx gets a FOURTH! Ka Bling makes it back to back wins for @SnowdenRacing1. — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 10, 2023 The son of Capitalist was last seen finishing fifth in the Tamworth Cup (1400m) and jumps from barrier 12. 'The draw is OK but it's a very good field,' Snowden said. 'Again it's not a bad start there from the 1300m so he will get his chance if he is good enough despite the wide draw.' Snowden's only runner not in a stakes race is Zealously ($3.70 favourite) in the Gro Events Benchmark 78 Handicap (1100m) with the gelding set to appreciate a drier track than he's faced in recent starts.
Sydney Morning Herald
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Peter Snowden puts faith in filly to lead charge at Scone
Peter Snowden always tries to take decent chances to the Scone Cup carnival, when he heads back to where it all started for him. And while he could not get a runner into the traditional headline race on Friday, the champion trainer is confident his team, especially Akaysha, have the form to deliver wins on Saturday's standalone card. Akaysha spearheads the Scone born and bred horseman's hopes in the listed Woodlands Stakes (1100m) for two-year-old fillies, in which he also has Miss Freelove. Akaysha has the distinction of beating Snowden's boom Snitzel colt Beadman, which won the group 3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic at the Gold Coast last Saturday by a remarkable eight lengths. Beadman's brilliant win, after a strong victory at Newcastle, has put him into the market for the $20 million The Everest (1200m), but Snowden was looking at three-year-old features when the rising star returns from a spell. 'It's crazy saying that,' he said of Beadman being in The Everest discussion. 'But, I mean, he is a talented horse. 'The Coolmore is the race we are looking at, but there's a lot of water to go under the bridge before then. The San Domenico Stakes will probably be his first one back, then there's the Run to the Rose, the Golden Rose.' While Beadman goes for a break, Akaysha gives Snowden another two-year-old for stakes targets.
The Age
15-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Peter Snowden puts faith in filly to lead charge at Scone
Peter Snowden always tries to take decent chances to the Scone Cup carnival, when he heads back to where it all started for him. And while he could not get a runner into the traditional headline race on Friday, the champion trainer is confident his team, especially Akaysha, have the form to deliver wins on Saturday's standalone card. Akaysha spearheads the Scone born and bred horseman's hopes in the listed Woodlands Stakes (1100m) for two-year-old fillies, in which he also has Miss Freelove. Akaysha has the distinction of beating Snowden's boom Snitzel colt Beadman, which won the group 3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic at the Gold Coast last Saturday by a remarkable eight lengths. Beadman's brilliant win, after a strong victory at Newcastle, has put him into the market for the $20 million The Everest (1200m), but Snowden was looking at three-year-old features when the rising star returns from a spell. 'It's crazy saying that,' he said of Beadman being in The Everest discussion. 'But, I mean, he is a talented horse. 'The Coolmore is the race we are looking at, but there's a lot of water to go under the bridge before then. The San Domenico Stakes will probably be his first one back, then there's the Run to the Rose, the Golden Rose.' While Beadman goes for a break, Akaysha gives Snowden another two-year-old for stakes targets.
News.com.au
12-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Boom colt Beadman spelled as The Everest looms large
Boom colt Beadman, the sensational winner of the Ken Russell Memorial Classic, won't race again this season. Henry Field, the Newgate Farm supremo and part-owner of Beadman, confirmed the brilliant two-year-old will be spelled immediately rather than stay in training for either of Eagle Farm 's feature juvenile races, the Group 2 $1 million BRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) on May 31 and the Group 1 $1 million JJ Atkins (1600m) two weeks later. After the Peter Snowden -trained Beadman raced away to win by more than eight lengths at the Gold Coast last Saturday, he was promoted to outright $3 favouritism for the Sires and to the second line of betting at $6 for the JJ Atkins. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Interestingly, the decision to spell Beadman has coincided with an early betting move for the Group 1 $20 million The Everest (1200m) at Royal Randwick on October 18 with the colt firming from $41 to $34 for the world's richest turf race. Newgate has an Everest slot but Field admitted it was too early to select Beadman as their Everest starter. 'With these early season three-year-olds, I never lock one in for The Everest until I see how they are going in the spring,'' Fields said. 'But if Beadman was to win the Golden Rose then you would be foolish not to run him in The Everest.'' Beadman WOW! He smashes them and wins eased down ðŸ'¥ @mcacajamez @SnowdenRacing1 — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 10, 2025 • Field said consideration was given to extending Beadman's two-year-old campaign to include the Brisbane winter carnival before a consensus was reached to send the inexperienced young sprinter to the spelling paddock. 'There are a few reasons we have decided to spell Beadman,'' Field said. 'He's on his first preparation because he got quite crook as a yearling. 'He is basically three preparations behind most other two-year-olds so what he has shown so far is really on raw ability and is very exciting. 'Plus, Peter thinks this colt is the real deal so we want to give him a decent spell now then target the Golden Rose and the Coolmore Stakes. 'If he was to win the Golden Rose, then of course we will look at The Everest.''
News.com.au
24-04-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
What's in a name? Plenty of unwanted pressure for Beadman's trainer Peter Snowden
There's a level of unwanted pressure that comes with training a racehorse named after a legend of the sport. When Beadman lines up in a maiden at Newcastle on Saturday, his trainer Peter Snowden admits he will be feeling as nervous as if it were a Group 1 at Royal Randwick. The two-year-old colt by super sire Snitzel is named after Hall of Famer Darren Beadman, one of the all-time great jockeys. Snowden has had a lot to do with the jockey during their racing careers, particularly the period both were at Crown Lodge when John Hawkes was trainer. 'Darren was a champion jockey, he was the dominant rider in his day,'' Snowden said. 'It's an honour to be training a horse named after him but there's a lot of pressure that comes with it.'' The trainer recalls a time when a racehorse named after him called Snowden was showing some early promise including a city win when ridden by Beadman. 'I told the owners I was proud they called the horse 'Snowden' and he won a few races then levelled out,'' Snowden recalled. 'One day at Canterbury he was a very short-priced favourite and I watched the race from the betting ring when he was beaten. 'There were some punters 'potting' the horse big time saying Snowden's a weak so-and-so. 'That's what I mean when I say there is pressure training a horse called Beadman – but I do think he's a very nice colt.'' • Clinton Payne's Australasian Oaks tips, runner-by-runner form analysis Beadman was purchased for $900,000 as a yearling at the Magic Millions Sale and is raced by a high profile syndicate of owners including Newgate Farm supremo Henry Field. Field said the colt was a 'good looking, quality son of Snitzel' and the name 'Beadman' was a popular choice among the ownership group. 'We thought it would be nice to name him after Darren Beadman,'' Field said. 'I've spoken to Darren about this horse before and we give him a bit of cheek saying the colt needs blinkers and gelding. 'But he's a very nice colt, still not the complete package yet, and we feel he will develop into a good three-year-old.'' The Snowden-trained Beadman was impressive on debut when he endured a wide run and ran a close second to stablemate Akaysha in fast time at Kembla Grange. 3 debutant 2YOs fighting it out at Kembla today. 1st - Akaysha (2f Capitalist x Zingaling) for @SnowdenRacing1 2nd - Beadman (2c Snitzel x Iffranesia). $900k @mmsnippets buy. Also Snowden. 3rd - Stardom (2f Zoustar x Diddums). From a half-sister to Voyage Bubble.… — Breednet (@BreednetNews) April 15, 2025 Beadman will be watching his namesake with interest at Newcastle on Saturday. 'It's funny because I was at Kembla the day he (Beadman) had his first start,'' the Hall of Famer said. 'The horse was about four stalls down from us and he was pushing his strapper up against the rail and she was saying 'Dazza, get over there'. 'Apparently, Dazza is his stable name but when he is naughty they call him Darren.'' Snowden said he is considering taking Beadman interstate for the Brisbane carnival if the colt runs well at Newcastle on Saturday. Akaysha had to break 56s for the 1000m at Kembla Grange to beat Beadman on debut and she is putting her perfect race record on the line in the opener at Royal Randwick on Saturday, the ATC Bookmakers Recognition Handicap (1100m). Snowden also has a good opinion of Akaysha's emerging ability and will use the Randwick race as a potential springboard into some better races in coming weeks. Akaysha is by Snowiden's former Golden Slipper winner Capitalist and was bred by prominent owner David Baxter. He named the filly after an Australian company which is becoming a global success story in the renewable energy space. Another day, another new CAPITALISTðŸ�†2YO winner‼ï¸� Ultra professional filly Akaysha wins on debut for owner/breeder MacQuarie Stud & @SnowdenRacing1 @tomo_sherry Well done to connections on this promising filly ðŸ'� #Capitalist #ItsPossible — Newgate (@NewgateFarm) April 15, 2025 There's a story behind the names of most racehorses. For example, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott -trained Jet – who accepted for Akaysha's race on Saturday but was subsequently scratched – is a superbly-bred colt by champion stallion Zoustar out of stakeswinner Villami, who cost $1 million at the same sale Beadman was purchased from last year. Jet seems an appropriate name for a racehorse and a check of the Stud Book revealed there have been eight racehorses of the same name dating back to 1785 – but they haven't set the racetrack alight yet. There's always a first. Also in the Randwick two-year-old opener is The Little General, a stablemate of Jet, who is resuming after finishing fourth on debut in the Kirkham Plate last spring. The Little General was a nickname given to the great Tommy Smith, the inaugural Hall of Fame inductee, who trained more than 7000 winners including 246 at Group 1 level, and a world record 33 consecutive Sydney trainer premierships. There is a statue erected in his honour near the trainers' hut at Randwick. Rachel King, rider of The Little General, will wear the famous colours of royal blue, green stripes and royal blue cap that were synonymous with Smith during his time in charge at Tulloch Lodge. Then there is Gobi Desert, a promising two-year-old filly from the Kris Lees stable, who is appropriately named as she is by Too Darn Hot out of Hell It's Hot. Some racehorse names are not so obvious. Lisztomania, who ran in the $200,000 Tamworth Gold Cup on Thursday, is named after Franz Liszt, a famous Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist during the 1830s and 1840s. Liszt was said to be so popular, he had his own 'groupies' who followed him around Europe. The phenomenon became known as 'Lisztomania' – more than a century before 'Beatlemania' swept the world. 'I HAD TO GO OUT AND BUY A SUIT THIS WEEK' Lisztomania has changed Todd Payne's life. And it could get a million times better for the Inverell trainer (and racecourse curator) if he wins the Country Championships Final at Randwick. Story: @RayThomas_1 ðŸ'‡ — Racenet (@RacenetTweets) April 5, 2025 Cheeky puns, risqué innuendo and sneaky euphemisms aside, the naming of racehorses is actually bound by strict rules adopted by international horse racing authorities. Names can have no more than 18 characters, and numbers and punctuation marks are out to make the job of the racing commentator a little easier. Suggestive, vulgar or obscene names will be rejected – most of the time. Often, the Urban Dictionary comes in handy. There are those racehorses that are named after an amalgam of their sire and dam names like Lonhro's Queen (Lonhro-Queen Of The Hill), a starter in the Neville Waters Handicap (1200m). But some owners like to get creative with their names and others have more inspired meanings. Grebeni (Ocean Park-Dubrovnik), one of the main chances in the Precise Air Handicap (1500m), is cleverly named after a group of five small islands situated just off the coast of Dubrovnik in Croatia. The great Makybe Diva, the three-time Melbourne Cup winner, was named by owner Tony Santic after the first two initials of his five office employees – Maureen, Kylie, Belinda, Diane and Vanessa. A personal favourite is unbeaten Group 1-winning three-year-old sprinter, Private Harry, who is part-owned by Steve Reid, a businessman and former Sydney racing official, who wanted to name a racehorse in honour of his father-in-law, Harry Dennis, as an acknowledgment of his heroism and service during the Vietnam War. THE AUSSIE HERO WHO INSPIRED PRIVATE HARRY'S NAME Private Harry Dennis, a Vietnam veteran, still has trouble sleeping all these years later. It's the flashbacks that unnerve him. How do you forget what your mind can't unsee? Story: @RayThomas_1 ðŸ'‡ — Racenet (@RacenetTweets) March 20, 2025 'I got a recommendation to buy into a yearling by Harry's Angel, and I wanted to name it after my father-in-law,'' Reid said recently. 'Harry doesn't talk much about the Vietnam War but I asked him about it and he told me he was only a private in the Army. 'I said 'no mate, there is no thing as just a private in the war.' He fought for our country on the frontline, we are very proud of him, and I wanted to recognise his service so I named the horse, Private Harry.'' The Registrar of Racehorses is responsible for considering and determining naming applications and they adhere to a specific set of rules including the permanent protection of the names of champion racehorses like Phar Lap and Winx. The names of Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate winners are permanently protected while the names of other Group 1 winners cannot be used again for a minimum of 50 years. Some elite Group 1 races have longer protection periods with the winners' names of the Golden Slipper, Caulfield Cup, ATC Australian Derby and Victoria Derby off limits for 99 years. Which brings me to the Team Hawkes -trained Furious, a starter in the Terry Maskell Handicap (1200m) at the Randwick meeting. @JChilds47 gets a double ✌ï¸� @HawkesRacing — (@Racing) May 11, 2024 Furious shares his name with the former champion filly who won the Victoria Derby, Rosehill Guineas, ATC Sires Produce Stakes and Champagne Stakes in 1921. She was such an outstanding racehorse that a three-year-old fillies feature race is named in her honour and run annually during the Sydney spring carnival. The naming application for Furious, now a five-year-old gelding who has won three of his nine starts, was lodged in 2020 – which is exactly 99 years after the filly of the same name won the Victoria Derby.
