Peter Snowden is convinced Kidnapped races best in the anticlockwise direction but will give him one more chance to prove him wrong in Saturday's Group One Rosehill Guineas.All four of Kidnapped's wins have been in Melbourne, including his Group Two Sandown Guineas triumph in the spring.However, his trainer has taken some heart from his past two runs in the right-handed direction, including his eye-catching eighth to Shoot Out in the Randwick Guineas (1600m) on March 13 when he flashed home from

Peter Snowden is convinced Kidnapped races best in the anticlockwise direction but will give him one more chance to prove him wrong in Saturday's Group One Rosehill Guineas.

All four of Kidnapped's wins have been in Melbourne, including his Group Two Sandown Guineas triumph in the spring.

However, his trainer has taken some heart from his past two runs in the right-handed direction, including his eye-catching eighth to Shoot Out in the Randwick Guineas (1600m) on March 13 when he flashed home from near last and was beaten less than three lengths.

"I thought his run in the Randwick Guineas was good but I'm still a firm believer that he is better racing the other way," Snowden said.

"He's a left-handed galloper still learning to go the right-handed way.

"He works good in the right-handed direction but when he races he doesn't seem to handle it as well."

There were 12 entries for the Rosehill Guineas (2000m) including Shoot Out, Rock Classic for Bart Cummings and the David Hayes-trained Extra Zero who wasn't disgraced against the older horses in the Australian Cup.

The Rosehill feature is the middle leg of the three-year-old Triple Crown which also comprises the Randwick Guineas (1600m) and AJC Australian Derby (2400m).

Snowden hasn't ruled out pressing on to the Derby with Kidnapped but says his charge will need to produce a big performance.

"We'll see after Saturday. Either the Derby or the Frank Packer Plate, or he might go to the Adelaide Derby," Snowden said.

"He will have to go really well on Saturday for us to go to the (AJC Australian) Derby."

Snowden will also start Celts in the Magic Night Stakes (1200m) and Blackball in the Darley Stakes (1200m).

The races will be the final roll of the dice for two-year-olds trying to force their way into the Golden Slipper a week later but neither of Snowden's pair will back up in the $3.5 million showpiece.

"Win, lose or draw Celts won't go to the Slipper. She might go to the Keith Mackay," Snowden said.

"I think she is definitely a horse worth waiting for."

He added that Blackball, a last start fifth to Hinchinbrook in the Skyline Stakes, was just below Slipper class and would be targeted at races accordingly.

Darley won't be without a Slipper runner however with Snowden confirming Obsequious, second to Military Rose in the Reisling Stakes on Saturday, will take her place.

"She'll run in the Slipper," Snowden said.

"But I don't know if she's going to beat the filly, Military Rose, from what I saw on Saturday."