Highly talented Beadman announced himself with an eight length victory on this day last year when winning the G3 GCTC Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m), and while he may have disappointed in some of his runs since, the Snitzel colt was back to his best on Saturday, winning the $200,000 G3 GCTC Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) in style.
From the middle of the line, jockey James McDonald allowed Beadman to settle in a mid-field position with the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Stardom going forward to lead with back to back Listed winner Beskar in second.
Getting a cosy run on the fence in fourth was the Annabel and Rob Archibald trained Nepo Baby who had been backed into second favourite behind Beadman.
With the home corner reached, the runs started to come from back in the field with McDonald bringing Beadman to the outside to commence his challenge.
Still in the lead until the 100m mark, Stardom was swamped late by Beadman who was accelerating better than any other runner in the field to charge past the leader, pulling clear by a tick over a length.
Working home toward the inside, Nepo Baby produced a solid effort to finish in second, while Godolphin’s Motorsports worked home strongly down the outside to secure third for the Tony and Calvin McEvoy yard.
With four wins, three times at black type level, from ten starts with a further three placed efforts, Beadman took his earnings to $484,625.
With the colt now 15/1 in betting markets for next Saturday’s $1.5m G1 BRC Doomben 10,000 (1200m), connections have some interesting decisions to make in the next few days.
“It was certainly a quality win,” Snowden enthused. “It was good to see him relax because when you get that far back in the last couple of starts it's going to be hard. He's been over-racing but today he was really good.”
“He has built into a strong horse. I think that we can keep going as he has shown he has got a great nature.
“I had a plan and there will be discussions and decisions made next week about the Doomben 10,000 but it's on the table.
“Ultimately the horse is going well enough, and the Stradbroke could be the race.”
Having built a great partnership with the colt, James McDonald feels that the Stradbroke could be his race.
“I rode him a bit conservative and he responded really well,” said McDonald. “Congratulations to Peter and Henry and all the team there because they had the confidence in the horse and it has paid off today.”
“That's a good race for him (Stradbroke Handicap). I think he'll run really well and I like it.
“The pressure of a Stradboke would really suit him as he could switch off. He's in it up to his ears, but I have ride in it already so I might have to talk them out of it."
Purchased by the China Horse Club, Newgate, Go Bloodstock and Trilogy for $900,000 from the Magic Millions yearling sale draft of Arrowfield Stud who co-bred the colt with Hermitage Thoroughbreds, Beadman is the best of three winners from French stakes-winner Iffranesia (Fr), herself a daughter of influential sire Iffraaj.
Iffranesia has an unnamed yearling colt by Snitzel who was purchased at this year’s Magic Millions yearling sale by Coolmore Stud's Tom Magnier for $1.5m, while the mare foaled a colt by Dundeel last season before being covered by The Autumn Sun in the spring.
Beadman is one 174 stakes winner for Arrowfield Stud's Champion sire Snitzel, who enjoyed a double at the Gold Coast Turf Club on Saturday, after the earlier victory of $2.7m yearling graduate St Gotthard, winner of the G3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic, the same race won last year by Beadman.
