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Dec 2025

Snowden's Plaintiff Remains Unbeaten

The highest priced yearling by champion sire Zoustar sold in 2024 when fetching $2.2million at Inglis Easter, Plaintiff was stepping out at Rosehill on Sunday for her second race start and kept her record perfect. Consigned by Widden and purchased by James Harron Bloodstock for Fairway Thoroughbreds owner John Camilleri, Plaintiff is trained by Peter Snowden. She won on debut over 1200m last month and took another step forward in this Benchmark 72 event for three year-olds which attracted some promising young horses. She enjoyed the run of the race, one out and one back for Jordan Childs and when challenged hard by the runner-up Nitro, Plaintiff dug deep to score a head win over her stablemate. “I thought Nitro had her cold,” Peter Snowden said. “But she just kept fighting and it’s a really good thing to see. I love horses that keep turning up, keep fighting and sticking their head out, it’s a really good sign to see. “She really does look above average.” Autumn stakes racing will be the immediate goal for Plaintiff, who may have one more run before a freshen up as she begins the quest for Black Type in 2026. Plaintiff was a sale ring star at Inglis Easter in 2024 fetching $2.2million. Bred by Widden and partners, Plaintiff is the second winner from three foals to race from Group I Tatts Tiara winner Prompt Response, who won over $1.6million with a resume packed with additional Group wins and placings. Sadly, she did not have another foal after Plaintiff and died earlier this year.Copy: Breednet

Nov 2025

Russian Revolution 2YO Wins $160,000 Max Lees Classic

The standalone Newcastle meeting on Saturday kicked off with the $160,000 Max Lees Classic (900m) for the juveniles and it had a short priced favourite in Russian Revolution colt Seeiaye, who got the job done in style. Facing a field of unraced youngsters, the Peter Snowden trained Seeiaye had shown good ability in his two lead up trials and took that good form to race day. He was able to make good use of barrier one for Josh Parr, mustering speed after being fairly away to hold the fence and lead before kicking clear to win by nearly two lengths in class record time. The standalone Newcastle meeting on Saturday kicked off with the $160,000 Max Lees Classic (900m) for the juveniles and it had a short priced favourite in Russian Revolution colt Seeiaye, who got the job done in style. Facing a field of unraced youngsters, the Peter Snowden trained Seeiaye had shown good ability in his two lead up trials and took that good form to race day. He was able to make good use of barrier one for Josh Parr, mustering speed after being fairly away to hold the fence and lead before kicking clear to win by nearly two lengths in class record time. They re-offered him at Magic Millions where he was bought by Capri Racing & Syndication Pty Ltd/Peter Snowden for a modest $65,000 and given his Magic Millions eligibility that will be his aim in the immediate future. “All in all he handled himself well today,” said Peter Snowden. “He was a touch slow to jump and then natural pace took him right through to where he wanted to be. “Josh never moved on him until the 300m mark and then he gave another good kick again. “He’s a Magic Millions horse so that will be in our mind with what we do with him from here on. Whether he has another run now or a little freshen up before a run or two, but we’ll wait until next week to make a decision.” Josh Parr was well pleased with Seeiaye. “He made good use of barrier one and showed nice speed to lead and was happy and comfortable to travel from then on,” he said. “He’s a lovely horse.” Bred by Reg Kemister, Seeiaye is the second foal and second winner for unraced I Am Invincible mare Blue Blazers, a full sister to Group III winner and sire Super One. He is the first 2YO winner of the new season for Russian Revolution, who was also trained by Peter Snowden to Group I success before his retirement to Newgate Farm. Russian Revolution has 26 entries for Magic Millions 2026.

Nov 2025

Need Some Luck Wins Fisher Stakes at Flemington

World renowned Aussie DJ Fisher is at Flemington on Saturday to perform after the last race on Champions Day, but he was also on course earlier to watch the race named in his honour with victory in the Listed VRC Fisher Stakes (1200m) going to blueblood gelding Need Some Luck. Trained by Peter Snowden and ridden by Melbourne Cup winning jockey Jamie Melham, five-year-old Rubick gelding Need Some Luck was having his first run back from a spell and with two recent trials in Sydney was fit and ready to fire. He made light work of the freezing cold and wet conditions, surging through the gloom to power clear and win by two lengths taking his overall record to six wins and seven placings from 15 starts with prizemoney topping $520,000. Jamie Melham was full of praise for Need Some Luck, who relished the testing conditions. “This horse got through that ground fantastic. Most horses today have me stopping pretty quick after the line because the ground's quite testing and tiring out there, but he loves it… I couldn't stop him,” said Melham. “He jumps out of gates a bit better than Chautauqua, although he has been slow out of the gates previously in his runs, but today he was fantastic. “He jumped well, got into a beautiful spot behind Nadal where I wanted to be, and I wanted to hold him together as long as I could, but we got to the 400m, and I couldn't hold him any longer. “He was fantastic. I didn't even need to encourage him; he just found the line himself.” A homebred for the Throsby family, Need some Luck is a three-quarter brother to world champion sprinter Chautauqua, who won six G1 races among his 13 wins before he infamously chose not to run. The enigmatic grey gelding refused to jump from the gates and despite the best efforts of some of the best horseman in the country, he stuck doggedly to his policy of no more racing for me! Need Some Luck is also a half-brother to Group III winner London Lolly and is the third stakes-winner and final foal among nine winners from 12 named foals that have all raced out of Lovely Jubly, a brilliant dual Group I winning juvenile by Lion Hunter. Need Some Luck is the 15th stakes-winner for Rubick, who was exported to stand at stud in China after starting his stud career at Coolmore before a sojourn with Swettenham Stud in Victoria.Copy: Breednet

Oct 2025

Nitro - One To Watch

There was a heavily backed favourite in the $100,000 3YO Super Maiden (1200m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday and while punters were tearing up their tickets with a furlong to run, something miraculous happened in the last 50m.The Peter Snowden trained Deep Field gelding Nitro has had a good grounding at the trials and was second at the official 2YO trials last spring behind subsequent stakes-winner North England.He’s taken his time to get to a race day, but a patient approach looks like paying dividends and with Tom Sherry in the saddle he made it a winning debut. Drawn one, he ended up back in the field and cluttered away with no room to move after the leaders skipped away, but when Nitro did get daylight there was an impressive response.A $270,000 Magic Millions purchase for Darby Racing from the Gilgai Farm draft, Nitro has some real depth of pedigree being from stakes-winning Ocean Park mare Ocean Jewel and Peter Snowden believes there is more to come from the talented gelding.“I was a little bit worried today. He did a few things wrong and they did go along quick, and I thought there's a chance you'll pick them up as he's very good late. When he started getting those runs he was getting I thought it was a great chance to do what he did… and he did it,” said Snowden.“He’ll get a lot further and he’s very genuine. “We'll just go through the grades now and get him a bit more race savvy, and I'm sure there's a good race in him.” Bred and offered for sale by Gilgai Farm, Nitro is the second foal and second winner from Ocean Jewel, whose third foal is a colt by Extreme choice that they sold at Inglis Easter this year to Yulong for $1.15million.Ocean Jewel is a grand-daughter of Group I winner Marquise, a daughter of legendary blue hen Eight Carat (GB) and interestingly Nitro’s sire Deep Field also traces back to Eight Carat, so he has a double cross of this influential matriarch.Copy: Breednet, Images: Georgia Young Photography

Oct 2025

Miss Freelove - One to Watch

Tassort produced an impressive winner at Warwick Farm on Monday carrying the Trilogy Racing colours that looks well up to a far better grade than this public holiday Monday meeting. Trained by Peter Snowden and ridden by Tim Clark, Miss Freelove was second up from a spell following a fruitful initial campaign last season that saw her win at Canterbury and finish fourth in the Listed Woodlands Stud Stakes at Scone. Taking on unbeaten colt Whatalegacy in the Benchmark 68 event over 1100m, Miss Freelove settled back in the field and unwound a big finish to power home and win by more than two lengths running away.“When she let rip, she certainly showed an impressive turn of foot,” said tim Clark. “We were back further than we'd planned. The way she travelled, I thought they must be going quite fast because she's a fast filly, and she was struggling to keep on to the back of them. “She obviously paraded great. She's a sweet filly too and as I said, she showed an electric turn of foot back to her own age today.” Miss Freelove carries the Trilogy Racing colours and was a $110,000 Magic Millions Adelaide purchase for Trilogy Racing/Suman Hedge Bloodstock from the draft of Twin Hills Stud. With two wins and two placings from five starts and earnings topping $106,000, Miss Freelove appeals as a progressive filly to ultimately head towards Black Type. Bred by Redbank North, she is the third winner from three to race from Vee, an unraced half-sister by Sebring to stakes-winner Terror Force.Copy: Breednet

Oct 2025

Listed Paris Lane Stakes To Media World

Stakes racing on Saturday produced a number of stakes-winners purchased for seven figures as yearlings in Australia with $1.8million Inglis Easter sale-topper Autumn Glow leading the way in the Group I ATC Epsom after earlier success for $1million 2YO Incognito, while at Flemington $1.4million entire Media World took out the Listed VRC Paris Lane Stakes (1400m).Trained by Peter Snowden and ridden by Mick Dee, Media World won the Group III Hawkesbury Guineas last season and looked good at his second run back from a spell scoring a neck win over last start stakes-winner Café Millennium. Winning Trainer: Peter Snowden (rep by Aaron Lau) “Michael knows the horse possesses good natural gate speed. We’re either going to be in front or outside the lead. “He did that without complications. “He’ll stay down here and there are races over 1400-metres every couple of weeks.” Winning Jockey: Michael Dee “I always knew he was going to keep finding. We did have to overcome the widest barrier and he jumped very well. “He relaxed super today as well and gave a great kick. He did a super job to hold off the challengers. “I feel like 1400 is probably his best distance. He shows that good natural speed and if he was ridden a touch quieter he’d deal with getting out over further. “Super training effort second-up here. He came to the end of his run first-up and trained on. “Yulong have been great supporters of mine and great to get another win.” A four year-old stallion by Written Tycoon, Meda World was bred by Frank and Christine Cook and made $1.4million at Inglis Easter in the Fairview Park draft when snapped up by Yulong with the Cook’s retaining a share in his ownership. Media World was the highest priced yearling by Written Tycoon sold in 2023. Copy: BreednetImages: Inglis

Sep 2025

G3 Tibbie Next for Tuileries

Lightly raced So You Think mare Tuileries has long promised to measure up to stakes class and will be given that opportunity next start after returning to top form to win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Unplaced at her second un back from a spell on a very heavy track at Rosehill in Saturday grade, Tuileries was dropped back in class by Peter Snowden to a Benchmark 72 event to get her confidence back and achieved the desired result. Given a trouble free steer by Tommy Berry stalking the leaders, Tuileries let loose with a good turn of foot down the straight to take the 1400m contest by the best part of a length under 60kg. A $360,000 Magic Millions purchase for Snowden Racing/William Johnson Bloodstock from the Bhima Thoroughbreds draft, Tuileries runs for a syndicate that includes her breeder Jonathan Munz’s Pinecliff Racing. With three wins from seven starts and prizemoney topping $170,000, Tuileries can now chart a path to Black Type success. “It was good to see her do that, and it's just proved that she's really a good dry tracker and we will definitely avoid wet tracks from now on,” Snowden said. “She's always had a talent and always showed us that she's capable of doing this and probably a bit more hopefully, so she's back on track again now.“She had the perfect ride and the perfect run, and she's done a perfect job. “Hopefully, I might go to Newcastle with her next for the Tibbie (G3 September 19). It’s 1400m and Group 3, so hopefully we can get in as I think it would be a perfect track and race for her and she could run well.” Tuileries is the best of two winners from Hediard, a winning half-sister by Bernardini (USA) to stakes-winners Exocet and Ready for Victory from the family of Group I winning juvenile Meurice. Hediard has an unnamed 2YO filly by So You Think, a yearling filly by Justify (USA) and is due to foal to King’s Legacy.Copy: Breednet, Images: Georgia Young Photography

Aug 2025

Debut Winner for Rivendell

Stakes-placed Trapeze Artist filly Artistic Venture was expected to cast off maiden status in a modest race at Wyong on Sunday as a short-priced favourite, but she bumped into a first starter by Ole Kirk that had other ideas. The Peter Snowden trained gelding Rivendell had been given a good grounding at the trials and produced a great effort in the 1200m maiden to beat the filly by half a length in a good battle to the line. A $350,000 Inglis Easter purchase from North for Vinery Stud, Rivendell runs in the Vinery colours for a syndicate of owners. As a gelding his future stud career is off the table, but he does look to have a bright future. Rivendell is the first foal of stakes-winning Snitzel mare Wayupinthesky and is the second winner of the new season for Ole Kirk, our reigning Champion Australian First Season Sire.Copy: Breednet

Aug 2025

King Of Roseau Wins Group 3 Aurie’s Star

Placed in the Listed VRC Poseidon Stakes at Flemington last spring as a three-year-old behind Growing Empire, Capitalist gelding King Of Roseau returned to the same venue on Saturday to capture the Group 3 VRC Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m). Trained by Peter Snowden, King of Roseau was a debut winner at Canberra as a pre-Christmas 2YO and while he was competitive in stakes class races after that, he struggled to find the winner’s circle. Gelded and sent back to Benchmark racing, King of Roseau has found his mojo with strong wins at Rosehill in June and July in Benchmark 78 and then 88 company prompting the trip to Melbourne. Given a great ride by Mick Dee, King of Roseau let down with a big finish to win by a length and a half taking his overall record to four wins and six placings from 18 starts with prizemoney topping $847,000. Mick Dee was having his first ride on King of Roseau,but believes there are better wins on the horizon. "The way he won that, there's definitely bigger things in store for him," he said. "He'd had the one look down the straight before today in what was a very good form race, he acquitted himself well that day, and he won easily today and gave me a lovely feel." Peter Snowden can now look towards the future and more raids south to Flemington over the spring. "Now we know he really likes Flemington there's no doubt we'll be back at some time through the year," Snowden said. "Not every horse handles Flemington down the straight, but this horse has got a bit of an affinity for it and that was a dominant win there today." A $95,000 Magic Millions purchase for Pulse Racing Thoroughbreds/Pinhook Bloodstock International from the Ashleigh Thoroughbreds draft, King of Roseau is the second and final foal of Dominica, a Choisir daughter of Group 1 winner Danni Martine. His breeder Senga Bissett, who bred his mother and his grand-mother has retained a small share. She can certainly produce a good Capitalist having also bred and sold his first Group a winner Captivant - who was also trained by the Snowden Stable! King of Roseau is the 25th stakes-winner for Newgate Farm’s Capitalist, who was also trained by the Snowden Racing Stable to success in the Group 1 Golden Slipper of his juvenile year.Copy: BreednetImages: Georgia Young Photography

Jul 2025

High Hopes for Unbeaten Justify Filly

The Emirates Park colours were carried to victory at Canterbury on Wednesday by exciting three year-old Justify (USA) filly Amreekiyah, who produced a dazzling finishing burst to keep her unbeaten record intact. Trained by Peter Snowden, Amreekiyah won her first two starts earlier this year at Kembla and Newcastle and was first up from a spell in the Benchmark 64 event over 1250m. Carrying 61.5kg, Amreekiyah jumped well enough for Kerrin McEvoy, but drifted back and had to come wide in the straight to make her run. She let down with great determination and flew past her rivals to win by half a length. “I can't wait to get her up in trip to at least 1500m next time and probably a mile after that,” said Peter Snowden. “There is plenty more to come with her as she is still very raw and she has so much potential. “It’s good to see her do something special today as she has been showing us for a while at home that she is a bit above average. “To do what she did with 61.5kg on her back and give them five lengths start on a day when it’s been hard to make up ground isn’t easy, but she made it look easy.” A $420,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Emirates Park / Snowden Racing / William Johnson Bloodstock from the Coolmore draft, Amreekiyah runs for Emirates Park and various Snowden stable clients. Bred by Morning Rise Stud, she is a half-sister to Group II winner Yaletown and is the second winner from multiple Group placed stakes-winner Marianne (NZ), a Darci Brahma mare from the family of current stakes-winner Prairie Flower. Coolmore sold a full sister to Amreekiyah at Inglis Easter last year for $800,000 and they also sold a yearling half-sister by Home Affairs as agent for Morning Rise Stud this year for $300,000 to Snowden Racing. Marianne produced another filly last year by Justify, who has two sons on the Coolmore roster this spring in 2024 European Horse of the Year City of Troy (IRE) at $49,500 and Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Storm Boy at $16,500.Copy: Breednet

Jul 2025

Impressive Debut Win For Caesar

An $800,000 Magic Millions purchase from Attunga Stud for the James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership, Capitalist colt Caesar was the highest priced yearling by his sire sold in 2024 and made a winning debut at Gosford on Thursday. Trained by Peter Snowden, Caesar first appeared at the trials in May winning at Randwick and then followed up with another trial win last month before heading off to the races for an 1100m maiden. Sent off a short priced favourite with Jason Collett to ride, Caesar did his best work over the final furlong, knuckling down to the task to win by three-quarters of a length. Bred by Bob Hannon, Caesar is a half-brother to Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Shaquero and is the seventh winner from eight foals to race from terrific producer Fimatino. Fimatino and her mother Finito Fling were also bred by Bob Hannon and the family has been a good one producing Cox Plate winning sire Shamus Award and stakes-winner Insurrection, who has won over $900,000 in prizemoney. Fimatino had a filly by I Am Invincible sell for $460,000 at Magic Millions this year and she had a filly last year by Home Affairs before unfortunately missing to Capitalist. Caesar is the 15th 2YO winner this season (one in NZ) for Capitalist and they include Group III winner Memo , stakes-winner To Cap It All and four more stakes-placed horses. Capitalist stands at a fee of $44,000 at Newgate Farm this spring.Copy: Breednet

Jul 2025

Invincible Filly Wins on Debut

There were some nicely bred three year-old fillies looking to shed maiden status at Canterbury on Wednesday in the opening race and it was $850,000 I Am Invincible filly Infusion that got the job done at the first time of asking. Trained by Peter Snowden and ridden by Tom Sherry, Infusion has been handled patiently and only had her first trial in May and with two more to follow was well educated for her debut and did everything right. She jumped well to travel up and stalk the leader in second place before forging clear to win the 1100m maiden by three-quarters of a length over Extreme Choice filly Maquisa, who didn’t have the best of luck. Purchased by Snowden Racing/William Johnson Bloodstock from the Newgate Farm draft at Magic Millions for $850,000, Infusion is a half-sister to stakes-placed Tonneofgrit and is the fourth winner four foals to race from imported Group II winner Istanford (USA). Newgate sold an Extreme Choice filly from Istanford at Inglis Easter this year for $580,000 and she produced another filly by the same sire last spring. I Am Invincible is edging towards 200 winners for the season and Infusion brings him to 194.Copy: Breednet

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