A dearth of official Victorian trials for two-year-olds is making the job harder to get juveniles ready for the autumn features including the Blue Diamond Stakes.John Sadler and Troy Corstens' Malua Racing expressed concern on Twitter that until early February city stables have to rely on jumpouts rather than trials unless they float their youngsters at least 2-1/2 hours to country venues.The Peter Snowden stable, which won last year's Blue Diamond Stakes with Sepoy, has also voiced its disappoi

A dearth of official Victorian trials for two-year-olds is making the job harder to get juveniles ready for the autumn features including the Blue Diamond Stakes.

John Sadler and Troy Corstens' Malua Racing expressed concern on Twitter that until early February city stables have to rely on jumpouts rather than trials unless they float their youngsters at least 2-1/2 hours to country venues.

The Peter Snowden stable, which won last year's Blue Diamond Stakes with Sepoy, has also voiced its disappointment with the situation as it tries to get its two-year-olds ready for the rich autumn targets.

Paul Snowden said he was looking after 12 two-year-olds at Flemington but was unable to give many of them the benefit of a trial.

"There seems to be the public perception we are hiding horses but there are no official trials out there for us," Snowden said.

"We would rather give them official trials because it helps the horses to adapt on race day."

The latest two-year-old offerings from the Snowden stable, Persecution and Belisama, make their race debuts in Saturday night's Chandler Macleod Plate (1000m) at Moonee Valley.

While Belisama finished second in a Cranbourne barrier trial on October 31 her stablemate Persecution makes his race debut without a public appearance.

Snowden says he has an open mind about their winning chances but is hopeful they can both get into the money.

"They have both worked well enough to suggest they will be competitive in town but really we are having a bit of a look and see where they are at," Snowden said.

"They are horses that show speed but that doesn't necessarily mean they are going to show it on Saturday night.

"If they show enough we will definitely go on with them but they need to do it first."

The David Hayes-trained Infinite Fortune, unplaced at her only two starts, is the only one of the nine runners in Saturday night's event to have raced.

Snowden nominated Applegate as the best two-year-old in his Melbourne yard while there are also good hopes for recent Sandown debut winner Dispatch.

"She (Applegate) is my best one at the moment and my main (Blue) Diamond contender," Snowden said.

Applegate scored a brilliant win when she ran down Snitzerland to score at her only start in the Listed Emirates Airline Plate (1000m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day.