The
Peter and Paul Snowden stable sent a float load of babies to Wyong on Monday
and won three of the four juvenile heats conducted with youngsters by I Am
Invincible, Lonhro and Dissident.
The quickest of the four trial winners covering the 845 metre gallop in 51.24
seconds was I Am Invincible filly Howra, a homebred for Sheikh Bin Khalifa Al
Maktoum making her first public appearance.
Howra jumped fast and led all the way for Corey Brown to win under a hold by
three-quarters of a length looking like another future winner to come off the I
Am Invincible production line.
Howra is from imported Oasis Dream mare Canashito (GB), whose dam is a
half-sister to Group I winner and breed shaping sire Danehill.
Interesting runner in that heat was the Mark Newnham trained Star Witness colt
Exceed the Stars, who was having his first outing since finishing sixth on
debut when equal favourite in the Group III ATC Breeders Plate won by Dubious.
He was a little slow to jump and found himself at the back of the field but
mustered speed to track up out wide coming to the turn and motored to the line
to finish third under his own steam.
Exceed the Stars is Magic Millions eligible and will have valuable track
experience if connections send him back to Wyong next week for the $200,000
Wyong Magic Millions 2YO Classic.
Another well bred winner from the Snowden stable was the first foal of dual
Group I winner Cosmic Endeavour, a lovely Lonhro filly called L'Cosmo.
Retained to race by her breeders Don and Judy Kelly, L'Cosmo improved on her
first trial outing when third at Rosehill last month, travelling up on the pace
and finding the line well for Corey Brown to win by a long neck held together.
She's pictured here as a foal back in 2016 at Hunter Valley broodmare farm
Crowningstone.
The final Snowden winner was Dissident filly Yitai Synergy, who showed
brilliant speed from the gates to find the front and quickly string the field
out behind her. Steadied by Corey Brown she was in cruise control after that
and hit the line hard held to win by more than a length in 51.42 seconds.
A $260,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Newgate Farm draft for Snowden
Racing she runs for China Horse Club and Yitai Racing.
A good looking chestnut reminiscent of her grand-sire Sebring, Yitai Synergy is
the second foal of Longing, a Lonhro daughter of Group III winner Hinting.
The remaining heat was won by the Kris Lees trained Star Witness colt Star
Raider, who won by a couple of lengths at his first public outing in 52.73
seconds. He was not sold as a yearling so will not be a contender for the Wyong
Magic Millions 2YO Classic next week.
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