yes well beadman/hawkes & a couple other combinations have got a good thing going in what used to be a competative racing scene in sydney (seems like an eternity ago), so whilst the lad has a mountain of talent i believe its more a case of "who you know" rather than "what you know"

be interesting to see how he would match up these days somewhere like honkers, or even melbourne for that matter. but still whatever turns a quid has got to be a good thing