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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.''
Daily Telegraph
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Telegraph
Stand-alone pioneer Hawkesbury Race Club deserves a big-money feature
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Hawkesbury stand-alone meeting, the pioneer of the popular and successful concept, deserves to have a big-money race. Hawkesbury celebrates its 20th anniversary on Saturday and boasts the strongest program of all the stand-alone meetings with three Group 3 races worth $250,000 prizemoney each and a Listed race of $200,000. But the stand-alone meetings at other venues have bigger prizemoney races including $1 million features at Newcastle (The Hunter) and Kembla Grange (The Gong), and $500,000 races at Wyong (The Lakes) and Gosford (The Coast). • 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! Perhaps the era of stakes increases is over for the immediate future but Hawkesbury is entitled to have a principal race with at least $500,000 prizemoney. While Hawkesbury Race Club chief executive James Heddo acknowledged the quality of the current race program, he said: 'I'm more than happy at the appropriate time to sit down with Racing NSW to see if there is an opportunity to add a new race to the card.'' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ I felt for Shane Dye after he was lambasted on social media for daring to declare Ka Ying Rising a better sprinter than the legendary Black Caviar or former Hong Kong champion Silent Witness. Dye, a Hall of Fame jockey, is certainly entitled to his opinion and whether he is right or wrong, only time will tell. But I decided to ask Timeform guru Gary Crispe for his expert view on the comparison as he was trackside for Ka Ying Rising's win in the Chairman's Sprint Prize in Hong Kong last Sunday. • Smith's 'unbelievable' win on game-changing day for NSW racing 'Ka Ying Rising is a very good horse but my first impression was that he reminded me of Hay List,'' Crispe said. 'My opinion is Black Caviar would be too good for Ka Ying Rising, just as she was always too good for Hay List.'' The Timeform ratings supported Crispe's assessment with Black Caviar earning a lofty 136 figure while Kay Ying Rising is on 132, the same peak rating returned by both Hay List and Silent Witness. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Newgate Farm's super sire Extreme Choice is standing at an equal Australian record fee of $330,000 in the spring breeding season. Extreme Choice, only the second stallion to sire the winners of the Golden Slipper (Stay Inside, 2021) and Melbourne Cup (Knight's Choice, 2024), has the same fee Redoute's Choice commanded in 2007 and 2008. Extreme Choice will stand for an equal Australian record fee of $330,000 at Newgate Farm. Picture: Supplied This means Extreme Choice has the highest fee of any stallion in the southern hemisphere with Widden Stud's Zoustar and Darley's Too Darn Hot next on $275,000, then Arrowfield's Snitzel at $247,500 and Yarraman Park Stud's I Am Invincible at $220,000. The only other stallion to sire the winners of the Golden Slipper and Melbourne Cup was Sir Tristram. The legendary New Zealand-based Sir Tristram sired three Melbourne Cup winners with Gurner's Lane (1982), Empire Rose (1988) and Brew (2000), plus a Golden Slipper with Marauding (1987). ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Racing Australia this week announced the increase of the mandatory minimum ban for any person found guilty of using an electronic device more commonly referred to as a 'jigger' on a racehorse. From Thursday, May 1, the amended rule means the minimum penalty period for jigger use is five years (up from two years). In other major rule changes, stewards Australia-wide have been given additional and wider powers on the frequency a horse is allowed to race. Under the new rule, a horse will not be allowed to race on consecutive days without approval from a Principal Racing Authority or its panel of stewards. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Trainer Ian Wilkes is attempting to become the first Australian to win the famous Kentucky Derby with Burnham Square at Churchill Downs on Sunday. Burnham Square was an impressive last start winner of the Blue Grass Stakes and is among the early favourites at $9.50 behind Journalism at $3.50 for the 'Run for the Roses'. Wilkes, whose brother Wayne is a leading NSW country trainer based at Taree, said Burnham Square has done well this week in the build-up to the three-year-old classic. • Shayne O'Cass's race-by-race tips, analysis for Hawkesbury on Saturday 'Everything is good, he is keeping a lid on it which is good,'' Wilkes told American reporters. 'He has to handle everything, the crowd, the long post parade. The mile and a quarter (a2000m) is no issue, it is just whether he is fast enough.'' Wilkes, 59, began his professional career working at Lindsay Park under legendary Hall of Fame trainer Colin Hayes before moving to America in the late 1980s. He teamed up with trainer Carl Nafzger and was associated with two Kentucky Derby winners, Unbridled (1990) as trackwork rider and then Street Sense (2007) as assistant trainer. Wilkes then started training in his own right with his biggest win in the 2012 Breeders Cup Classic with Fort Larned. He's also had Derby runners before but Burnham Square is clearly his best chance yet to win America's biggest race. 'I'm happy with the horse and I couldn't ask for a better draw (nine),'' Wilkes said. 'I'm seeing a horse that is thriving, he's moving forward and improving every time.'' Burnham Square will be ridden by Brian Hernandez who won last year's Kentucky Derby on Mystic Dan and the Kentucky Oaks with Thorpedo Anna. Originally published as Hawkesbury's strongest stand-alone program deserves to have a big-money race
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.
