The Peter Snowden yard is in solid form, and 3yo Too Darn Hot (GB) filly Spice Prawn continued that winning run on Wednesday, coming from well back in the opening race at Warwick Farm to record her second career victory.
Off the back of a second placed effort over 1600m last time out at Kembla Grange, the filly jump[ed away as one of five in the field of nine at 10/1 odds or less with the race favourite being Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich’s The Autumn Sun gelding Olympian.
On the heavy eight track, but under sunny skies, jockey Tom Sherry allowed Spice Prawn to settle in last position with Bjorn Baker’s Godolphin runner Coulter taking up the running for Rachel King.
Following the favourite throughout, Sherry commenced his run from the tail of the field to follow Olympian with the pair coming the widest two into the home straight.
With Coulter still in the lead with 200m to run, Olympian and Spice Prawn were warming up down the outside, with Snowden trained filly packing too much punch as she passed the weakening favourite with ease before running down Coulter to score by just shy of a length and a half.
Having trained nine winners from his past 24 runners including a stakes double at Scone last Saturday, trainer Peter Snowden was on course to see the filly win.
“She's done a great job,” said Snowden. “She's been at work a long time, and she's been running some good race without much luck."
“We just found she's just one dimensional - we've got to ride her quiet, just save her for one run, and Tommy executed perfectly today.
“She's been up a long time. She's had a trip to Brisbane and back, but she's so tough. She mightn’t be the best horse in the stable, but she's one of the toughest. And there's some really good owners in her too that really would appreciate that today.”
Having now won twice on the filly, both at Warwick Farm, Tom Sherry was confident going into the race as long as he got the right run in transit.
“She's a pleasure to ride,” said Sherry. “I had a bit to do with her at home and she's got a wonderful ownership group and they've been really kind to me, keeping me on and giving me the opportunity but she deserved that today.”
“Small field, lack of tempo, it helped her travel. I was confident if we had the right run into it, which we did off the back of James…..we’d be too sharp for them.
“She's obviously run over the mile all last start and she was a bit caught wide, so I just wanted to make sure that over mile all she was strong late. I banked on her turn of speed, but she showed good today.”
Taking her record to two wins (both at Warwick Farm), with a further two second placed efforts from 13 starts with earnings of $107,875, the Mr DC Kelly and Judy Kelly-bred Spice Prawn is one of three winners from as many runners out of the G1 Canterbury Stakes and G1 Tatts Tiara winning Northern Meteor mare Cosmic Endeavour.
Spice Prawn hails from the family of Hong Kong Horse of the Year, Champion Sprinter and Champion Miler Fairy King Prawn and G1 Salinger Stakes winner Easy Rocking as well as G3 winner Just Feelin’ Lucky who sold at the recent Inglis Chairman’s Sale for $750,000 to Japan’s Mr Yoshida.
Cosmic Endeavour foaled a filly by Pinatubo (IRE) the following season but has not had much luck since.
Set to shuttle to Darley Kelvinside for the upcoming season, Too Darn Hot (GB) is the sire of 34 stakes winner led by five G1 winners and will stand at a fee of $275,000 (inc. GST) alongside his multiple G1-winning son Broadsiding who will stand his second season at a fee of $55,000 (inc. GST).
