15-05-2025
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.
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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.'
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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!"
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— 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.'
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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.
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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.
