Snippets Land Claims Second National Stakes - Four Years After His First

Mark Smith - Sunday March 10

Four years after he won the Listed National Sprint, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Snippets Land claimed the race again at Canberra on Sunday.

The 8yo son of Snippetson has had his wins well-spaced since but he did add the Group III BRC Sprint in May 2016 and Listed Spear Chief Handicap at the Sunshine Coast in June 2018.

But he has been an honest toiler for connections in with an overall record of 8 wins, 7 seconds and 8 thirds from 50 starts with earnings of $853,682.

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With Blake Shinn in the saddle, Snippets Land looked to have been dropped by Flow at the 300 metres but when that gelding began to paddle, Snippets Land was powering up. He defeated the fast-finishing Who's Knocking (Star Witness) by three-quarters of a length with Levee Bank (Excites) a long-neck back in third.

He came in to the race in good form having been a fast-finishing second to Dreamforce in the Group III Liverpool City Cup at Randwick.


"He's eight going on nine and the zest for racing is still there," Peter Snowden said.

"He's a grand old performer, no champion but he's ultra-consistent and always puts in."

A half-brother to the stakes-placed Canny Franco (Canny Lad), Snippets Land was purchased by the late Steve Brem for $120,000 at the 2012 MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

He is the best of five winners from as many to race out of the unraced Testa Rossa mare Seduction Line who is a half-sister to Listed stakes-winners Blazing Aspect (Blazing Sword) and Slipstream (Hurricane Sky).

Purchased for a bargain basement $5,5000 from the Contract Racing draft at the 2007 Inglis March Thoroughbred sale, Seduction Line has a 2yo filly by Brazen Beau, a yearling filly by Kermadec, who was purchased by Heart Thoroughbreds at the Magic Millions for $80,000, and a colt foal by All Too Hard. She was covered by Sooboog last spring.

After beginning his career at Widden Stud, Snippetson (pictured) now stands at Scenic Lodge Thoroughbred Stud, Western Australia for a fee of $6,600.

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