When you don’t have the numbers to compete against the big numbered juggernauts, then to be considered successful, you have to prove to be exceptional against your peers, week after week, after week.
PETER & PAUL SNOWDEN - SNOWDEN Racing Training Partnership
Peter and Paul Snowden have only
65 boxes but have proven to be an instant success.
Since leaving the corporate structure of Darley at Warwick Farm back in May, they headed into the big smoke at Randwick and entered into their own father and son Training Partnership.
The Snowden boy's have been an instant success !
Many thought it may take a long period of transition for the pair to adapt to training away from their previous surrounds but that was just a myth.
They have quickly proved their naysayers wrong.
As the 2013/14 Racing Season has just 4 days to run, the boys are set to explode in 2014/15 and have a bumper season .
With momentum well and truly on their side and with one of the
Best Winner : Runner Strike Rates in Australia, the pair are looking forward to having their horses compete in the big races in the upcoming spring carnival.
Since their first winner
Tumult scored at Hawkesbury, the Snowden Racing Team have taken their partnership to outstanding heights.
The boy's have now produced just
54 runners for 17 wins which is a strike rate of
31.48% and
29 placings which is a strike rate of
53.70%.
In Sydney, they have had
30 runners for 9 city wins (30%) and 18 placings (60%).
Sydney winners have included:
COMMANDING WIT (2), INKLING (2), TRULY READY, SHOOTING TO WIN, CLUSTER, SABOR A TRIUNFO, BLADEMEISTER whilst winners at the provincials include:
Helnho, Cluster, No Delay, Detachment, Ironfire, El Toranado, Shooting To Win and Tumult.
To give a comparison out of the
Top 50 Trainers in Sydney to have trained 20 or more starters in the Metro Area that have the
Best Strike Rates are:
1) Snowden Racing 30 runners / 9 wins = 30.00%
2) Ms Kristen Buchanan 21 runners / 5 wins = 23.81%
3) M,W & J Hawkes 205 runners / 48 wins = 23.41%
4) Les Bridge 65 runners / 11 wins = 16.92%
5) Ron Quinton 68 runners / 11 wins = 16.18%
6) Gary Nickson 25 runners / 4 wins = 16.00%
The best aspect for
Snowden Racing is their versatility.
They have trained winners from
1100m to 1900m and on tracks ranging from
Good 3 to Heavy 10. They have trained winners at each of the
5 Sydney tracks: Randwick (1), Rosehill (2), Canterbury (1), Warwick Farm (1) and Kensington (4). They have trained winners that have
led all the way whilst others that have been
last throughout to storm home and win.
Nine (9) of these winners (30%) have been city wins, placing the pair at 18th position in the top 20 Sydney trainers – incredible statistics since they kicked off only a handful of weeks ago.
Peter Snowden
Let’s not forget
Peter Snowden had also trained 65 Sydney Metropolitan Wins for Darley before he departed in May but none of these results were counted in his statistics.
John O'Shea - Darley
Peter & Paul Snowden - Snowden Racing
To give
a fair comparison, we can look at the last
50 Runners for both
Snowden Racing and John O’Shea who took over from Peter Snowden at Darley in early May.
Snowden racing with their last 50 runners have produced 16 wins (32%) (9 city wins) and 11 placings.
In their last 50 runners, 30 were in the metropolitan area for 9 wins (30.00%).
In Comparison:
John O’Shea in his last 50 runners has produced 9 wins (18%) (5 city wins) and 8 placings.
In his last 50 runners, 32 were in the metropolitan area for 5 wins (15.62%).
To put this comparison under the microscope further,
two (2) of O’Shea’s wins were in country maidens at
Canberra and Goulburn and he also had a placing at
Goulburn.
John O'Shea's stats are also
exceptionally good ! He is an accomplished horseman and with well above industry averages and is entrenched at the
elite level of trainers.
Therefore the comparison highlights the
enormous success of PETER & PAUL SNOWDEN have achieved.
Paul Snowden
Paul Snowden was quoted this morning "We’ve been really happy with how things have gone and the support we’ve received has been second to none. It’s only fair that we deliver some winners,”
"You can just as easily go through a bad patch so we’re very cautious not to become complacent.”
On Saturday,
Snowden Racing produced both
Inkling and Blademeister to win 2yo races despite the atrocious state of the Kensington surface.
"I
nkling will run in the Rosebud next month while
Blademeister went out on the truck this morning,”
"He’ll only have a short break and come back for a
VRC Derby campaign along with
Proactive.” Paul said.
"
Shooting To Win and Cluster are two other horses we expect will be competitive when the carnival gets into full swing but so much can happen between now and then.”
As for their rising two-year-olds – "there’s definitely some nice ones coming through” with the first 2yo Barrier Trials still several weeks away.
Dynamic Syndications have
six (6) horses in work at Randwick with the Snowden’s whilst several others are in pre-training waiting their turn to head into headquarters.
There are three (3) rising 2yo’s purchased from the Magic Millions Sales being:
CRUMBED (Snitzel / Santa Aurelia),
ALWAYS FLUSHED (More Than Ready / Quick Blush)
and out current syndication we are doing with
Snowden Racing being the
STARSPANGLEDBANNER / VAZIRI Filly.
Each has broken-in sensationally and all have been in and out of work a couple of times, giving them a good educational foundation. Each of these fillies are well grown and mature types and we anticipate they may head to the early 2yo trials.
We also have 3 of our previous raced horses:
CURFEW (Testa Rossa / Time For Bed),
DREAM CHOICE (Redoute’s Choice / Patou)
as well as
SONOMA (Exceed And Excel / Rio Osa) all aiming at the Spring riches.
We can’t be happier with the way these three (3) are training and as a result, we are excited to see them heading to the races in the next few weeks.
Our partnership with Peter and Paul Snowden has been seamless and their information flow first class.
As anticipated, it’s proving to be an absolute pleasure to be back working with the boys and we are very excited about our future runners.
Most Importantly - our owners are delighted that we have teamed up with the Snowden’s.
Their smaller numbers in work, their dedication to detail and hands on approach ensures our clients remain fully up to date and involved with the training process.
Congratulations to Peter & Paul on their wonderful start to their family training partnership.