Broadsiding has the right pedigree to follow Anamoe to Cox Plate glory

Trainer James Cummings is reluctant to make comparisons between Cox Plate contender Broadsiding and Anamoe but pointed out one similarity the pair shared.

James Cummings with Broadsiding at Godolphin’s Osborne Park training site. Picture Rohan Kelly

James Cummings knows Broadsiding has plenty of “catching up to do” in regard to Godolphin’s Cox Plate-winning stallion Anamoe, but he’s convinced the Street Cry blood coursing through the colt’s veins will stand him in good stead in Saturday’s $5m weight-for-age championship.

Cummings made it clear this week he was reluctant to draw comparisons between Broadsiding and Anamoe, who both made it through to the Cox Plate as three-year-olds.

Anamoe was narrowly beaten in the 2021 version of the race by State Of Rest before atoning the following year as a four-year-old with the most important win of his stellar racing career.

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“Broadsiding has a little catching up to do, but this weekend’s performance could go a long way towards getting on that track,” Cummings said.

“We are reticent to compare horses. There is not much time for us to look back.

“The thing about Broadsiding is that he is his own individual. He is his own horse. We treat them like they are individuals and that’s why he has had a different prep so far to Anamoe.

“And here they are, he (Broadsiding) has found his way into the same race that Anamoe was tackling after winning a Caulfield Guineas three years ago.”

James Cummings with Broadsiding at Godolphin’s Osborne Park training site. Picture Rohan Kelly

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Broadsiding ran fourth in this year’s Caulfield Guineas – as a short odds-on favourite – but Cummings said the one comparison that he is able to make in regard to Anamoe is their shared connection to super stallion Street Cry – albeit on different sides of their pedigrees.

“He (Broadsiding) is a classy colt with a big pedigree … (but) one similarity that I would draw is that he brings that Street Cry line through his dam,” Cummings said.

“And Street Cry mares have been coming to the fore in recent years. Last season a number of Group 1 winners (were) out of Street Cry mares. Last year’s Cox Plate winner (Romantic Warrior) was out of a Street Cry mare.

“Anamoe is obviously a grandson of Street Cry. It is encouraging for us to see that sire line continue. At least (with) Broadsiding (being) out of a Street Cry mare (that) is going to stand him in good stead to give him the courage that he might need as a young horse against these tough internationals and tough Australia horses … to measure up at his young age.

“We’ll find out on Saturday.”

Anamoe and James McDonald on their way to victory in the 2022 Cox Plate. Picture: Jay Town/Racing Photos via Getty Images

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Three-time Group 1 winner Broadsiding is a son of Too Darn Hot, but his dam, Speedway, is a daughter of Street Cry, while nine-time Group 1 winner Anamoe’s sire is Street Boss, a son of Street Cry.

Street Cry, who died, aged 16 in 2014, was also the sire of four-time Cox Plate winner Winx, and a decade after his passing, he still shapes so many leading international pedigrees.

Anamoe’s first attempt at a Cox Plate came at his 11th start, having already won the Caulfield Guineas and the Inglis Sires’, while running second in the Golden Slipper and Golden Rose.

This Saturday will be Broadsiding’s 10th start, having already won the Golden Rose, the JJ Atkins and Champagne Stakes, while fourth in the Caulfield Guineas.

“There are two races in a colt’s career so far that are the most telling races … if you can be a future star at stud – one is the Golden Slipper and the other is the Cox Plate,” he said.

“We’ve retired a Cox Plate winner to stud already in Anamoe. He commanded the highest service fee of any first-season sire ($121,000) in Australian history.

“It would be nice to retire another Cox Plate winner to stud in Broadsiding, and that’s the mission that is ahead of him.”

Originally published as Broadsiding has the right pedigree to follow Anamoe to Cox Plate glory