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Russian Conquest wins the Max Lees Classic
Peter and Paul Snowden have fittingly given first season sire Russian Revolution his first winner, producing debutante Russian Conquest to take out the Max Lees Classic at Newcastle. The Snowden’s trained the dual Group One-winning sprinter, who now stands at Newgate...
Huetor strikes for his Australian debut
French horse Huetor made his Australian debut over a mile at Newcastle racecourse and succeeded in pleasant style. The 4 year-old gelding showed a great turn of foot to come on and beat Chris Waller’s Ma and Pa on the post. The Snowdens were delighted with Huetor’s...
Retirement calls for Group 2 winner Brave Song
It’s a bittersweet symphony as we announce the retirement of our multiple Stakes winner BRAVE SONG, who has been one of Triple Crown’s leading lights over the past four years. Purchased for $67,500 by Chris & Michael Ward at the Inglis Classic Sale in 2016, Brave...
Second win in a row for Satin Ribbons
Satin Ribbons made it two out of two for the start of her 21/22 season. After her winter break, she came back winning her trial in Randwick before winning a handicap in Newcastle. She came back on the top step of the podium two weeks later, winning at Randwick in a...
Mazu hands Maurice his first Australian Stakes winner
Triple Crown Syndications’ 3YO colt Mazu became Maurice’s 13th Australian winner this Spring, and his first stakeswinner outside Japan with a dominant victory in the Listed $200,000 ATC Brian Crowley S. 1200m. Jockey Sam Clipperton said of Mazu, “He’s a very fit horse...
Aim Wins $500,000 Silver Eagle
Enjoying his first victory since January’s $2 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at the Gold Coast, the now four-year-old son of Star Witness got the job done in a photo as a 30/1 outsider in the $500,000 Silver Eagle (1300m) at Randwick. The race was marred by the...
The Everest confirmed for Wild Ruler
The winner of five of his 12 previous career starts headed by the G2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint and Roman Consul S., Wild Ruler took his emerging sprinting career to new heights with a breakthrough Group 1 success under the Moonee Valley lights on Friday night. The...
Wild Ruler on Top in the Group 1 Moir Stakes
With four stakes wins under his belt, Wild Ruler had already booked his place on the Newgate Farm stallion roster, but the striking son of Snitzel made sure he will be among the most sought-after stallions next season following his Group 1 triumph in Friday night’s...
Drisana impresses in the Sydney 2YO Trials
Coolmore first season sire Merchant Navy had the winner of this trial with the Peter and Paul Snowden trained filly Drisana coming from last to score a strong finishing long neck win over Snitcat (Snitzel). She jumped from the widest gate, so was allowed to find her...
One To Watch, Thousand Years
Dundeel might be better known for his colts, but he had an impressive filly break her maiden at Kembla on Thursday that will be worth following in the autumn. The Peter and Paul Snowden trained Thousand Years was a hot favourite in the 1500m maiden after a late...
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SNOWDEN’S ACQUIRE HUETOR (FR)
Snowden Racing is excited to introduce HUETOR, a lightly raced four-year-old gelding who has won twice at France's premier racecourse, Longchamp. We identified Huetor early in the French season and are pleased to have purchased him to join our Randwick stable in...
WILD RULER PLEASING AT HOME
$1,000,000 G2 Arrowfield Sprint winner, WILD RULER with his strapper Holly Williams. Stakes-winning sprinter Wild Ruler (Snitzel) is making good progress towards his spring campaign.The rising 4-year-old won the G2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint during his last preparation and...
GETTING TO KNOW SHIREE KNOWLES
Q: WHERE ARE YOU ORIGINALLY FROM AND WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND? I’m orginally from Hamilton in NZ. I was Born & Bred into racing, I always had ponies when I was kid, went to pony club & shows etc. HOW DID YOU FIRST GET INTERESTED IN HORSES? My Grandfather...
NAJMATY ON TRACK
Team Snowden are delighted by the condition of stakes-winning filly Najmaty (I Am Invincible) ahead of the upcoming spring racing carnival. Paul told RSN927 on Wednesday that the Emirates Park-owned 2-year-old will kickstart her campaign in Melbourne next month....
Snowdens Pick Rose As Captivant’s Spring Shaper
Champagne Stakes winner Captivant returns to the Snowden stable next week to begin a spring preparation that will be shaped by his performance in the Group 1 $1m Golden Rose. But while it’s smooth sailing with the Group 1 winning colt, co-trainer Peter Snowden...
Jen Rules to give her owner emotional farewell
As a prominent owner in racing, Max Whitby knows that sentiment and emotion should normally play second fiddle to business savvy in the sport of kings. But that’s not the case with the mare Jen Rules who will have her final career start in Brisbane on Saturday before...
Feel-good factor among the juvenile results at Kensington
Sydney’s midweek meeting was on Randwick’s Kensington track on Wednesday, and the feel-good factor of the day occurred in the second race, with 2-year-old filly Forzanini (Pride Of Dubai) winning in the Cornish family’s Torryburn Stud colours for part-owner Nini...
Exo Booms in Hawkesbury Guineas
Triple Crown’s exciting three-year-old EXOBOOM enhanced his burgeoning reputation on Saturday with a stunning victory in the Group 3 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m). The powerful son of Exosphere came with a storming run down the outside to land the $200,000 contest by a...
Smooth as Satin at Randwick’s Tuesday Trials
The Sydney red-letter 2-year-old features of the season might be behind us, but at Randwick on Tuesday, the 10th trial of the morning captured attentions. Unraced juvenile filly Satin Ribbons, by sire of the moment Capitalist, blew the doors off her opposition by 5.8l...
Captivant plucked from paddock to snare Champagne Stakes
An eleventh-hour decision to pull Captivant out of the spelling paddock has proved to be a masterstroke after the colt delivered a first G1 win for his sire Capitalist in the Champagne Stakes. While the 1600m feature was initially on Capitvant’s schedule, trainers...
Snitzel’s Wild Ruler Brave in the Arrowfield Sprint
With the looks befitting a half million dollar yearling, Wild Ruler has also been blessed with plenty of ticker, which he needed to call on to turn back the challenge of a hard-charging Isotope in the $1million Group II Arrowfield 3yo Sprint (1200m) at Randwick on...
Najmaty up to the task to claim valuable black-type win
Najmaty has stepped from a maiden win in Sydney to claim the Listed Redoute’s Choice Stakes at Caulfield. The wet weather that delayed the Sydney Autumn Carnival has worked in favour of Najmaty who ventured south to claims a stakes victory at Caulfield. The Peter And...
I Am Superman Books His Ticket for the Doncaster Mile
Credit: Breednet After failing in the race last year on a heavy track, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained I Am Superman showed his appreciation of a firm surface in Saturday’s $200,000 Group II Hyland Race Colours Ajax Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. Off to the Doncaster...
Fancy A Flying Filly?
“Equine welfare and tailoring every aspect of thehorses’ care, nutrition and training to bring outit's best is paramount.” Peter & Paul Snowden PURE ELATION (I Am Invincible x Members Joy) We often hear the question from prospective owners trying to understand...
Snowdens’ plan to rule The Galaxy
By Mitch Cohen | Racenet Co-trainer Peter Snowden is hoping his stable has got the timing right for impressive colt Wild Ruler to hit his peak and fulfil Group 1 destiny in Saturday’s $700,000 The Galaxy at Rosehill. Snowden and his son Paul have had The Galaxy at the...
Emirates Park Winning Run Continues with Najmaty
Credit: Breednet Najmaty (white cap) | Image courtesy of Ashlea Brennan Emirates Park bred horses have been racing up a storm in the past week with stakes-winners Lightsaber, Marboosha and Liwa all carrying the Emirates Park brand as does impressive two year-old filly...
Dual Group 1-winning 2YO King’s Legacy retires to Coolmore Stud
Following what was an excellent effort in the Group 1 Randwick Guineas on Saturday, the decision has been made to retire dual Group 1-winning 2YO King’s Legacy to Coolmore Stud. Of the announcement, his yearling purchaser James Harron stated “It was a great effort by...
Marboosha Ambushes Them in the Incognitus Stakes
The three-year-old Dream Ahead (USA) filly Marboosha showed she will be competitive at the highest level this autumn following a barnstorming win in Saturday’s Listed Incognitus Stakes (1100m) at Flemington. Making her first start since finishing second in the Group...
Inglis Classic Sale 2021 Wrap Up!
Peter Snowden, Paul Snowden & Colum McCullaghPhoto: Ashlea Brennan PhotographyIt was a very succesful 2021 Inglis Classic Sale for Snowden Racing picking up 7 cracking yearlings to add to our assault for next season! In what was a very tough market we feel as if...