Peter Snowden

Sheeza Belter on track for big 2023 after super spring

Posted on December 6, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sheeza Belter is certainly living up to her name, according to trainer Peter Snowden. The veteran conditioner was thrilled with her last-start victory by almost half a length in the Group 2 Hot Danish Stakes at Rosehill on November 5.

Posted on November 5, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

After a less than ideal preparation, Sheeza Belter has prevailed in the Group 2 Hot Danish Stakes (1400m) for Peter and Paul Snowden with perfectly calculated a ride from William Pike. A mix of wet tracks and niggling issues had restricted the Group 1 winning three-year-old filly to just one run this spring in The[...]

Posted on June 4, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

With a fourth straight Sydney metropolitan century and seemingly a sixth Sydney jockeys' premiership in the bag, Kiwi jockey James McDonald could be forgiven for taking his foot off the throttle. But that's the last thing on McDonald's mind as he sets his sights on Brisbane Group One targets before jetting off to England for[...]

Posted on April 29, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

An outstanding lead-up win, a perfect draw and the best hands in the business have favourite My Whisper primed to claim the first Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m).

Posted on January 2, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Healthy Happy (132lb) made a sparkling return to racing in Saturday afternoon's (1 January) HKD$3.7 million Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin. First-up after 194 days between runs, Frankie Lor's charge made his seasonal reappearance a triumphant one under familiar ally Alexis Badel – holding on by a neck to[...]

Posted on October 22, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A decade and a half after Todd Pollard entered the racing industry as an enthusiastic schoolboy, he now finds himself front and centre of one the world's most famous races, the Group 1 W.S. Cox Plate (2040m). Pollard's first taste of racing was as a 12-year-old working weekends and holidays as a stablehand for Matamata[...]

Posted on June 14, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ex-pat Kiwi jockey Alysha Collett set a new personal record at Newcastle, Australia on Saturday when she booted home five winners on the eight-race card. Victory aboard the Brad Widdup-trained Pensera in race two was quickly followed by another for Widdup aboard Queen Bellissimo in race three, before making it three in a row in[...]

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Snowdens have endured a lean autumn by their usual lofty standards but Wild Ruler has put them back in the frame with a fighting victory in the Group 2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint at Randwick. Co-trainer Paul Snowden said wet tracks had extinguished the chances of many of their runners over the carnival and he[...]

Posted on April 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Missile Mantra looks set for a good campaign producing a barnstorming finish to record a first-up win at Caulfield. Having her first start since winning the Group 3 Summoned Stakes (1500m) at Sandown last November, Missile Mantra returned victorious in the Neds Filter Form Handicap (1200m) on Saturday. Against four opponents, Missile Mantra settled last[...]

Posted on April 7, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

In trials ahead of Sweet Sixteen's current campaign, Michael Poy thought he was riding a city grade horse, so he was pleasantly surprised to find she was still a maiden. Sweet Sixteen is no longer a maiden after taking out the Growmaster Sale Plate (1205m) at Sale on Wednesday. Poy was aboard the Peter and[...]

Posted on April 7, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Well bred filly Billiondollarbaby has hit the ground running with a strong debut victory at Canterbury on Wednesday. The I Am Invincible filly led throughout in the Pinatubo New To Darley 2YO Maiden Plate (1200m), kicking strongly inside the furlong to hold off race favourite Port Louis by one length with a further three-and-one-quarter lengths[...]

Posted on April 4, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The wet weather that delayed the Sydney Autumn Carnival has worked in favour of Najmaty who ventured south to claim a stakes victory at Caulfield. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained filly, a debut winner at Randwick on March 10, was originally heading to the Group 2 Percy Sykes Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on April 10.[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lightly-weighted horses have a wonderful record in the Group One Galaxy and Wild Ruler will be bidding to add to that statistic at Rosehill on Saturday. Eleven of the past 20 winners have carried 53.5kg or less and the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained three-year-old will have just 51kg, a significant drop on the 59kg he[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The rain delay has been a blessing and a burden for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden as they prepare to saddle up Golden Slipper runners Kalashnikov and Captivant. Peter Snowden believes the seven-day postponement will be beneficial for Kalashnikov, who has improved his racing manners to win his past two starts, the latest when successful[...]

Posted on March 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two familiar stables were to the fore in the juvenile races at the Randwick Kensington meeting as Godolphin and Team Snowden scored wins with a pair of talented youngsters. Beautifully bred Emirates Park filly Najmaty lived up to her barrier trial form, defying a wide run to steam down the outside and claim the Charlotte[...]

Posted on March 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

High-class colt King's Legacy has been retired and will join Coolmore Stud's stallion roster this spring. A half-brother to leading sire Not A Single Doubt, King's Legacy was prepared by Peter And Paul Snowden to win the 2020 Group One Sires' Produce and Champagne Stakes double. Placed in the Golden Rose as a three-year-old, the[...]

Posted on March 7, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Peter and Paul Snowden have won their third Black Opal Stakes in partnership after Kalashnikov claimed Canberra's feature two-year-old sprint on Sunday. Kalashnikov follows in the footsteps of former Snowden two-year-olds Defcon (2016) and Barbaric (2020) to take out the Black Opal Stakes in Canberra. Settled in the box seat behind early leader Rocket Tiger,[...]

Sheeza Belter on track for big 2023 after super spring

Sheeza Belter takes out Hot Danish Stakes

Kiwi superstar McDonald not resting on his laurels

Australasian Oaks favourite My Whisper still shortening in betting

Healthy Happy seizes Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup

Young Kiwi front and centre of Cox Plate preparations

New personal milestone for Collett at Newcastle

Stable predicts Group 1 future for Wild Ruler

Missile Mantra explosive in first-up success

Sweet Sixteen breaks maiden status at Sale

Bluebloods Shed Maiden Tags At Canterbury

Trip south pays off for connections of Najmaty

Wild Ruler poised to reign in Galaxy

Varying fortunes for Snowdens’ Golden pair

Najmaty stakes carnival claims with debut win

Coolmore announce retirement of King’s Legacy

Kalashnikov Wins Black Opal Stakes

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