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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.''
