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News.com.au
23-05-2025
- Sport
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‘My four handle it': Trainer Peter Snowden has a heavy hand at Randwick with King Of Roseau, Lavish Empire, Behtar and Flying Thinker
Champion trainer Peter Snowden has no concerns about his stable quartet, King Of Roseau, Flying Thinker, Lavish Empire and Behtar, handling the heavy track conditions at Royal Randwick on Saturday. 'We all know it will be wet but my four handle it so they will get their chance in these conditions,'' Snowden said. The Randwick course proper is a heavy 10 after receiving more than 160mls of rain this week including over 60mls on Thursday. But improving weather late on Friday and an encouraging forecast for Saturday leaves Randwick safe for racing, albeit on a very heavy surface. King Of Roseau is the pick of the Snowden stable starters, at least according to TAB Fixed Odds price assessors, with the sprinter rated the $4.20 favourite for the Magnolia Lane Financial Services Handicap (1400m). The striking chestnut three-year-old, a son of Snowden's 2016 Golden Slipper winner Capitalist, goes to Randwick after successive second placings in similar grade. Earlier this season, King Of Roseau showed his quality with a stakes placing when third to Amazing Eagle in the Brian Crowley Stakes. Another photo finish at Randwick but Amazing Eagle, who resumed after 230 days, showed great fight to win the LR Brian Crowley Stakes under @G1TySchil for @GRyanRacing 🦅 — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) October 26, 2024 But at his two attempts over 1400m, King Of Roseau has finished unplaced – ninth in the Tapp-Craig won by Anode and eighth to Bosustow in the Magic Millions. Snowden is more confident a maturing King Of Roseau will handle the extra distance on Saturday. 'King Of Roseau is stepping out to 1400m but is racing like he wants it now,'' Snowden said. 'He has been run off his feet in these shorter races but I've been loathe to put headgear on him as he can over-race. 'I'm hoping over 1400m he can stay in touch with them because he handles the wet and is a good chance on paper.'' Snowden is also optimistic about the winning prospects of Flying Thinker ($9.50) in the closer, the Wilson Asset Management Handicap (1400m). Flying Thinker raced well over summer and early autumn before being freshened prior to her close fourth to Drift Net at Warwick Farm last start. 🥅 Drift Net wins the TAB Handicap at Warwick Farm! @KPMcEvoy | @JamesCummings88 | @godolphin | @aus_turf_club — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 7, 2025 • 'I was really happy with Flying Thinker at Warwick Farm, her run was good, and she loves wet ground,'' Snowden said. 'She should revel in the going late in the day and is definitely a winning chance.'' Lavish Empire ($23) won by more than seven lengths on a very heavy track at Canterbury earlier in his career so he will enjoy the Randwick track surface for the Charity Challenge Handicap (1400m). But Snowden concedes Lavish Empire needs to improve after finishing more than 20 lengths behind the winner, Punch Lane, at Randwick a month ago. 'Lavish Empire won the Muswellbrook Cup so he was in good form but then he didn't go a yard at Randwick last start,'' Snowden said. 'He's got wet track form but he struggled the whole way that day. It was a fast run race and he ran well-below par. 'When he came back in, he had a black eye and there were a few other little things that might explain his run.'' A busy finish in the Muswellbrook Gold Cup at @thebrookracing and it's Lavish Empire who books his Big Dance chance!ðŸ'ƒ A double to @SnowdenRacing1 today with Mitch Bell in the saddle! @racing_nsw — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) March 28, 2025 • Shayne O'Cass's race-by-race tips, analysis for Randwick on Saturday Snowden said his initial thoughts were to spell Lavish Empire but the gelding continued to thrive after his last-start loss. 'We were going to tip him out after that run but he has done really well since,'' Snowden said. 'He missed a run at Scone last week but I'm happy to give him his chance on his home track.'' Snowden's imported stayer Behtar is rated only a $51 chance for the Fujitsu Airstage Handicap (2000m) but the trainer is quietly confident the former French stayer can turn around his form at Randwick. 'Behtar has been crying out for a wet track and 2000m-plus,'' Snowden said. 'His first run back was only fair, his second run very good, then he was not so good at Hawkesbury, but this race sets him up nicely for him. 'We have been looking at this race for awhile now and I'm expecting him to run a much improved race on Saturday.'' Snowden will be at Doomben on Saturday where he is saddling up Xidaki ($19) in the Group 3 $300,000 BRC Sprint (1350m) and Queen Of Dragons ($23) in the Group 3 $200,000 Magic Millions Fillies and Mares Mile (1600m). 'Xidaki couldn't get out to the better going at Gosford but wasn't beaten far,'' Snowden said. 'He is getting to his right trip now and it would not surprise if he runs a really good race. 'Queen Of Dragons is up against an even field and she's going well enough to be competitive, too.''
News.com.au
15-05-2025
- Sport
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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.
News.com.au
12-05-2025
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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
10-05-2025
- Sport
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Exciting colt Beadman rockets into JJ Atkins contention with eight-length Gold Coast romp
Sydney trainer Peter Snowden joked that Darren Beadman has taken about '50 selfies' with the horse named after the Hall of Fame hoop. And he might be taking a lot more snapshots with the classy colt after another champion jockey, James McDonald, scored a gobsmacking 8¼-length victory in the Group 3 Ken Russell Memorial (1200m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Beadman is named after one of the all-time great jockeys and was ridden on Saturday by a hoop on the same path as McDonald toyed with his outclassed rivals on a Heavy 8 track in the $200,000 race for two-year-olds. The colt zoomed in from $15 to $4.50 equal favourite for the Group 1 JJ Atkins (1600m) on the strength of his emphatic victory on Saturday, finishing well ahead of local pair Sunrays ($3.60) and Fabulantes ($6). 'It is definitely named after Dazza,' Snowden said of the colt who has now won two of his three races. 'I'm telling you, Dazza's had about 50 selfies with the horse. He loves this horse. 'He said when your name is behind a horse, you always mark them how the horse goes and not your name. 'I'm pleased to say he's a good friend of mine and we've got on well together for a long time during the Crown Lodge days. 'For my career he's always been there and it's a privilege to have a horse in the stable with a name like that.' Beadman WOW! He smashes them and wins eased down ðŸ'¥ @mcacajamez @SnowdenRacing1 â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 10, 2025 Snowden won the race for the third time following his triumphs in 2017 and 2019, with Taking Aim and Stronger respectively, when he trained with son Paul. 'He's always promised a lot and he's a beautiful type so he's definitely got a bright future,' said McDonald after notching his first win in this year's Queensland winter carnival. 'That was the definition of sustained speed. 'I couldn't hear them coming, which was a bit of a worry because I didn't want one of them to blouse him. 'I hadn't expected him to be that far in front of them, so I was able to be pretty soft on him late. 'He's a big colt and he's still learning his craft, so he won't take any harm from that and I'm sure he'll win another race up here.' Snowden said Beadman would next head to the BRC Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) on May 31 at Eagle Farm before a likely tilt at the JJ Atkins two weeks later at the same venue. 'The only question was whether he could handle that sort of track,' Snowden said. 'It was a pretty good effort for a young horse. The progression he's made just this last month is pretty incredible. 'He's clearly very talented, and he doesn't know how good he is. He did give me the feeling that we could come up here and win a decent race with him, but he's certainly surprised me today with that performance.' 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. 'He's obviously got a big price tag but you've got to try the horse out and see where they land,' Snowden said. 'He was expensive but not absolutely crazy, and it looks like he has the ability to back it up. 'He's so raw and untapped. I won't put a ceiling on where he goes or what he does but I'm glad to have him in the yard.'
