Fresh off his Championship 2-year-old campaign, Broadsiding chased down his stablemate Traffic Warden in an exciting renewal of the $1,000,000 Group 1 James Squire Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Settled midfield on the fence by James McDonald, the son of Too Darn Hot (GB) did not flinch in chasing down three exceptional colts, Traffic Warden, Mayfair and Storm Boy.
Launching down the centre of the track, Broadsiding defeated the Street Boss (USA) colt Traffic Warden by a head with a half-head back to the Fastnet Rock colt Mayfair, a fighting third, with the Justify (USA) colt Storm Boy close-up in fourth after again being made to find the lead from an outside barrier.
In earning his third Group 1, the ATC Champagne Stakes and JJ Atkins Stakes hero advanced his record to five wins and two thirds from eight starts with earnings of $2,547,975.
I’ve got three great stables that are able to get their fingerprints all over horses like these. I owe it to them,” James Cummings said.
“They are the backbone, they are the guts of what we are trying to achieve and two big colts today in a proper race, letting down to fight it out in a race like the Golden Rose is a huge moment.”
Cummings said that winning the race first up had been overblown
“This race has been around five minutes. It hasn’t been done before, well it’s been done now. I had no trouble getting Anamoe ready for a Winx Stakes over seven furlongs first-up. Plenty of good horses can do that.
“The thing is, he’s by Too Darn Hot, he’s a European bred horse with a European style, and chasing over six furlongs would not have been his go. He was in the right race fresh up and that’s just our stable having the confidence to know our horses. As for the other horse, evidently he took great benefit from the first-up run. He’s gone enormous this afternoon and he continues to prove that he’s in for a blistering preparation, Traffic Warden.
“But take nothing away from Broadsiding. He’s a champion from last season, he steps right onto the turf as a three-year-old and claims a Group One. It’s a pretty impressive achievement for a colt to do. I can’t remember too many colts, champion two-year-old colts, doing that in the past.
“We’ve got diminishing foal crops, we don’t have massive numbers. You know how many runners we had in races today? These two.”
“Two runners in this one race. We’re focusing on quality in a way that helps hone our attention but also in another way that helps build the pressure. So these horses have got to perform. But their performance was outstanding. To get over the top of class animals in the way our two colts did was a huge effort.”
James McDonald was effusive in his praise for Broadsiding.
“He’s got way more (ability) than we can ever imagine, he’s just a cool dude,” he said
“From the moment I sat on him in the Fernhill, seeing his development from race to race to race is incredible. He hasn’t gone up step by step, he’s skipped a couple.
“He’s that kind of horse. He was feeling the pinch 100 (metres) from home and just the fighting qualities in this horse, the turn of foot, the will to win, he’s just a marvellous horse.”
Broadsiding is the lone runner from two live foals from the Street Cry (IRE) mare Speedway, who made 11 starts for three Godolphin trainers, John O'Shea, Darren Beadman and James Cummings. She won at Wyong and Newcastle and placed a further three times.
Sadly, Speedway had only two colt foals before she died in 2022.
Her half-sister Flit (Lonhro) won the Group 1 MRC One Thousand Guineas, Group II ATC Light Fingers Stake, and Group III VRC Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes, and her dam Glissade (Redoute's Choice) is a stakes-placed daughter of the Group III AJC Breeders' Classic winner Steflara (Zabeel).
