Why Darley sought Beadman’s viewpoint

Darren Beadman has been confirmed as an assistant trainer with Darley under main man John O'Shea. Source: News Limited

HIS trainer's CV might be empty, but Darren Beadman's knowledge of horses — and his unbelievable ability to read a race — made it a no-brainer for Darley to bring him on board.

Beadman was confirmed on Tuesday as an assistant trainer to John O'Shea, inking a one-year deal with the giant racing and breeding operation.

While his contract officially lists him as an "assistant trainer'', Beadman describes his role as "John's eyes and ears''.

On Monday, he clocked 17 horses with O'Shea at Darley's Osborne Park, raced across town to the Rosehill trials, then boarded a flight to Brisbane where he watched Safeguard, among others, work at first light at Doomben.

An example of Beadman's meticulous attention to detail is how he noticed a post-race report suggested Safeguard had shied away from runners in the Roval Sovereign.

Beadman will be O'Shea's 'eyes' and was such at early morning trackwork ahead of the Doomben Cup. Source: News Corp Australia

"I went back and watched the replays and realised his off-side winker had come unstuck and it was flapping. That's was why he had appeared to be field shy that day,'' Beadman said.

"He went on to run second to Dothraki on a heavy track, and on Saturday he'll be third-up. He looks a picture.''

Beadman was forced to end his riding career more than two years ago after a horrific fall at trackwork in Hong Kong.

Despite Beadman's success around the world, his best strike rate was when he combined with O'Shea.

"So there's a good understanding and working relationship already there before I took this on,'' Beadman said.

"It's so hard to come out of a riding career after 30 years of riding, not knowing where you will fit in, but then to be put on by Darley, I feel very honoured.''

Beadman has been a regular at trackwork and on Sydney race days the past couple of months. It was all part of the Darley crash-course, "just to find out what John was looking for, what floats his boat, all those sorts of things''.

Part of the job description for Beadman, 48, will be to watch races and relay his thoughts to O'Shea. There will also be an emphasis on assisting the jockeys, including Darley No. 1 Kerrin McEvoy.

As O'Shea said: "Our jockeys come under a lot of scrutiny, and a lot of times unfairly, so Darren can put that into perspective — there's a completely objective view if the criticism is justified.

Beadman takes notes as he analyses the performances of Darley's horses at trackwork. Source: News Corp Australia

"There's a lot to running a major stable.

"Darren brings a great brand to Darley, and a knowledge of racing not only here but throughout the world.

"I couldn't afford to get to Brisbane this morning, but we needed somebody there, we have three important runners on the weekend, so Darren went up. There's plenty for him to do here.''

Beadman joins fellow assistant Brad Widdup — who O'Shea once tried to recruit, only for him to sign with Darley and work under former trainer Peter Snowden — and David Charles in Melbourne. There's also Tom Ward who is in charge of jockey bookings and programming.

"I've only been there a week, but it's a great team, I'm telling you, and Johnny runs a good ship,'' Beadman said.

Hall of Fame Beadman is one of the greatest jockeys Australia has ever produced, and should he have a fraction of that success in his new role, Sheikh Mohammed will be ecstatic.

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