Peter Snowden says the major autumn races will come up too soon for talented gelding Beltane but the trainer has plenty to work with for the future following an impressive display at Warwick Farm.The son of Lonhro made it two wins from three starts as he raced to a 2-1/4-length victory in Wednesday's Newbridge Handicap (1200m).Beltane is among Darley Australia's nominations for the Group One Australian Guineas and Doncaster Mile but Snowden is preferring to keep things low-key at the moment."I j

Peter Snowden says the major autumn races will come up too soon for talented gelding Beltane but the trainer has plenty to work with for the future following an impressive display at Warwick Farm.

The son of Lonhro made it two wins from three starts as he raced to a 2-1/4-length victory in Wednesday's Newbridge Handicap (1200m).

Beltane is among Darley Australia's nominations for the Group One Australian Guineas and Doncaster Mile but Snowden is preferring to keep things low-key at the moment.

"I just don't think he's ready for it," Snowden said.

"To me he's still a raw and immature horse and throwing him in the deep end can sometimes do more harm than good.

"At this stage I'm looking at just giving him another start in a midweek race and then giving him a bit of a break.

"Saturday races are too hard at the moment, they're all stakes races for the next month, so he'll probably go to another midweeker and then we'll make a call on it."

Snowden said his thoughts were to give the talented three-year-old a rest while the autumn carnival was in full swing and then bring him back to race through winter.

"And who knows, there might be something in Brisbane for him in the winter," he said.

The fact Beltane is even among the nominations for such Group One races indicates he's held in high regard by Snowden and the Darley team.

Beltane went into Wednesday's race on the back of an all-the-way last-start maiden win at Gosford and was sent out the $1.60 favourite.

He lobbed into a good position from the outset, stalking the speed behind the leaders before Kerrin McEvoy began to edge him closer from the 600m mark.

From there Beltane cruised to the front in the straight and opened up in the final 150m.

"That's the way you like to see them win," Snowden said.

Premiership leader Nash Rawiller edged 5-1/2 wins ahead of Hugh Bowman at the head of the jockey standings with a race-to-race double on Krui Crusader and Well Handled.

Brenton Avdulla also managed to get into the winners' circle with victory on the Steve Englebrecht-trained Go Diva Go.

Avdulla was riding at Warwick Farm in his final meeting as an apprentice.