Peter and Paul Snowden are counting on Pajaro to kick off a big weekend for their stable on Friday when he goes in quest of his second successive win in the $200,000 Scone Cup.

Pajaro is the only runner for the Snowdens on the first day of the Scone carnival but he will lead them into a big Saturday as they have a strong line-up of runners on the second day as well as the chance to snare another Group One quinella in Brisbane in the $700,000 Doomben Ten Thousand.

Peter Snowden hails from Scone and has three Scone Cup wins on his record, having won the race with Dysphonia and Raspberries when he headed the Darley stable.

He is eager to see Pajaro go back-to-back in the Scone Cup after he recovered from setbacks in the run to win last year’s race in a blanket finish with a diving finishing burst.

“It’s always nice to go home. Pajaro is a bit of a stable favourite so we’d really like him to do well,” Snowden said.

Pajaro was eighth in the Hawkesbury Cup (1600m) at his latest start on April 29 when second up off a spell. He ran third in the Hawkesbury Cup last year before winning the Scone Cup and Snowden expects similar improvement today.

“We are more than happy with him. He finds his best form after a couple of runs,” Snowden said.

The Snowden team at Scone on Saturday is deep with the stable well represented in the feature black type races by Artistry (Dark Jewel Classic), Extensible (Dark Jewel Classic), Serene Majesty (Dark Jewel Classic), Calanda (Scone Guineas), France (Scone Guineas), Dothraki (Ortensia Stakes), Gold Symphony (Luskin Star Stakes) and Gibraltar Girl (Denise’s Joy Quality).

Paul Snowden will fly the family flag at Scone while father Peter will be in Brisbane to saddle Russian Revolution and Redzel when they attempt to repeat their G1 ATC Galaxy quinella at Rosehill in March in the Doomben Ten Thousand.

There was only a neck between the stablemates in the Galaxy and Snowden is again finding it hard to split the pair as both sprinters have ideal inside gates and the on pace speed that makes them ideal types for the 1200m course at Doomben.

The three-year-old Russian Revolution hasn’t raced since his sixth in the G1 TJ Smith (1200m) won by Chautauqua at Randwick on April 1 but flew in a barrier trial win at Randwick on April 28.

Redzel followed his Galaxy second with a dominant win the G3 Hall Mark Stakes over 1200m at Randwick on April 15.

The @SnowdenRacing1 trained Russian Revolution claims his first Group 1 with a tough win in the Galaxy at #Rosehill! pic.twitter.com/hzvONQKM3I

— Sky Racing (@SkyRacingAU) March 18, 2017

“They are both extremely good horses who are in good form,” Snowden said. “They are going into a race where they are well suited.

"Russian Revolution has had five weeks between runs, which is good for him. He is 100 per cent but is meeting really good horses at weight-for-age which is not ideal for three-year-olds as they don't get much advantage.

"Redzel loves wet ground and this track is definitely going to be wet on Saturday. He is better off against Russian Revolution under the weight-for-age scale.”

Russian Revolution and Redzel arrived in Brisbane on Thursday morning after a 13-hour float trip from Sydney.

The Snowdens have scratched their other Doomben acceptors Icon Of Dubai and Astara due to wide barriers.