Boom colt Beadman spelled as The Everest looms large

Connections look towards a potential Golden Rose-The Everest path in the spring as brilliant Ken Russell Memorial winner Beadman is given a well-earned break.

Beadman destroys his opposition in the Ken Russell Memorial Classic on the Gold Coast for jockey James McDonald and trainer Peter Snowden. Picture: Bethany Allday / Trackside Photography

Boom colt Beadman, the sensational winner of the Ken Russell Memorial Classic, won’t race again this season.

Henry Field, the Newgate Farm supremo and part-owner of Beadman, confirmed the brilliant two-year-old will be spelled immediately rather than stay in training for either of Eagle Farm’s feature juvenile races, the Group 2 $1 million BRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) on May 31 and the Group 1 $1 million JJ Atkins (1600m) two weeks later.

After the Peter Snowden-trained Beadman raced away to win by more than eight lengths at the Gold Coast last Saturday, he was promoted to outright $3 favouritism for the Sires and to the second line of betting at $6 for the JJ Atkins.

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Interestingly, the decision to spell Beadman has coincided with an early betting move for the Group 1 $20 million The Everest (1200m) at Royal Randwick on October 18 with the colt firming from $41 to $34 for the world’s richest turf race.

Newgate has an Everest slot but Field admitted it was too early to select Beadman as their Everest starter.

“With these early season three-year-olds, I never lock one in for The Everest until I see how they are going in the spring,’’ Fields said.

“But if Beadman was to win the Golden Rose then you would be foolish not to run him in The Everest.’’

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Field said consideration was given to extending Beadman’s two-year-old campaign to include the Brisbane winter carnival before a consensus was reached to send the inexperienced young sprinter to the spelling paddock.

“There are a few reasons we have decided to spell Beadman,’’ Field said. “He’s on his first preparation because he got quite crook as a yearling.

“He is basically three preparations behind most other two-year-olds so what he has shown so far is really on raw ability and is very exciting.

“Plus, Peter thinks this colt is the real deal so we want to give him a decent spell now then target the Golden Rose and the Coolmore Stakes.

“If he was to win the Golden Rose, then of course we will look at The Everest.’’

Originally published as Boom colt Beadman spelled as The Everest looms large