With Chris Munce in the saddle Snowland started a short priced favourite in the Eastlakes Handicap (870m) at Randwick yesterday, and after taking a sit during the race the classy young colt burst away over the final stages for an incredibly impressive success.

A son of Snippets, Snowland is raced by Andrew Baddock and Eduardo Cojuangco's Gooree Pastoral Company Syndicate.

Despite lugging 61 kilograms the Stratheden Stud bred two-year-old was much too classy for the Gary Portelli trained first starter Randy Storm, who showed blistering early speed to lead for much of the race. At the post Snowland was able to sweep past the early pacemaker and zoom away to win by over four lengths.

Purrformer, who had won at Kembla Grange on debut last month, ran third yesterday. At his previous run he had finished 4.8 lengths adrift of Snowland when he placed second.

Snowland has been marked as short as 2/1 for the $1 million race at the Gold Coast in just under a fortnight.

Waterhouse now has four highly fancied runners confirmed to run in the big juvenile event. The others are Sunday Joy, Chuckle and Obsession.

The leading trainer, who was the most proliffic individual buyer at last year's Gold Coast sale, won the juvenile race last year with Excellerator.

Her dominance continued with that same crop when she filled the trifecta in the world's richest two-year-old race, the Golden Slipper at Rosehill last year.

Waterhouse's domination of the Magic Millions concept is expected to continue in the sale ring over the four first sessions, where she is expected to shell out millions of dollars for some of the country's best bred youngsters on offer.

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