Three-time Group 1 winner Broadsiding edged closer to his competitive return with a narrow yet impressive victory in a 1000-metre trial on a Heavy 8 track at Warwick Farm on Tuesday.
It marked the colt’s second trial of the campaign, following a more low-key hit-out over 900 metres on January 30, and has bolstered the excitement around his trainer, James Cummings.
“I just like the way he’s hard and forward in this early stage of his campaign,” Cummings commented.
“He hasn’t softened up in his break, but he enjoyed a nice break, and he’s got every chance to maintain the mantle of being the top seed.”
Broadsiding is scheduled to resume in the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill on February 22, which will serve as his only lead-up to the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) on March 8.
Plans for the remainder of his campaign are still to be confirmed, though Cummings has previously expressed interest in testing the colt over Classic distances and is confident in his ability to extend his brilliance to 2400 metres.
“I’d say if he ended up at the Classic distance he could be explosive over a mile-and-a-half,” Cummings added.
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