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SYDNEY - Mitchell Beadman got one up on his famous father Darren when he claimed his first metropolitan winner at Rosehill on Saturday aboard Mystery Queen.
The 17-year-old apprentice secured a rails run on Mystery Queen inside the final 100m to upset odds-on favourite Canyonville, ridden by Darren.
Mitchell came back to the enclosure to enthusiastic applause with his feat almost overshadowing the efforts of trainer Chris Waller with Mystery Queen giving him his fourth winner of the day.
"I have been feeling the pressure, it's always in the back of my mind," Mitchell Beadman said. "It is a relief to get the win.
"I tracked Dad throughout the race and tried to show nerves of steel."
Champion rider Darren Beadman opted to stay in the background as photographers swarmed around his son and wife Kim.
"It's Mitchell's day, he should enjoy it," he said. "I knew there was a horse coming up my inside but I didn't realise it was Mitchell. But I knew he had me."
Waller said he tried to relieve the pressure on Mitchell and, after celebrating his first Saturday treble one race earlier, had no expectations from Mystery Queen. "I just told Mitchell to go out and enjoy himself and would have been happy to see the horse hitting the line well. To win was a bonus."
Mitchell rode his first winner at his first race ride when he steered the John Hawkes-trained Mysore to victory at Goulburn on May 8 last year. He spent the next 12 months learning his craft on provincial tracks and had his first ride in town last month.
Until Saturday, he had not managed a city placing but he made it a running double in the space of 40 minutes when he brought Let Me Adam home with a perfectly-timed run.
- AAP
