James Cummings know Broadsides has plenty of ‘catching up’ to do when it comes to Godolphin’s Cox plate-winning stallion Anamoe, but he is confident the Street Cry blood coursing through the colt’s veins will stand him in good stead in Saturday’s $5 million weight-for-age championship.

Cummings made it clear this week that he was reluctant to draw comparisons between Broadside 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.

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

“We are unsure about comparing horses. There is not much time for us to look back.

“The thing about Broadsideing is he’s his own individual. He’s his own horse. We treat them like they’re individuals and that’s why he’s had a different preparation so far than Anamoe.

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

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Broadsiding came fourth this year Caulfield Guineas – as a short odds-on favorite – but Cummings said the only comparison he can draw with Anamoe is their shared link with the super stallion Street Cry – albeit on different sides of their pedigree.

“He (Broadsideing) is a handsome colt with a great pedigree… (but) one similarity I would draw is that he carries the Street Cry line through his dam,” Cummings said.

“And Street Cry mares have come to the fore in recent years. Last season (were) 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 granddaughter of Street Cry. It’s encouraging for us to see that sire line continue. At least (with) Broadsideing (being) out of a Street Cry mare (which) will stand him in good stead to give him the courage he may need as a young horse against these tough internationals and tough Australian horses … to measure up at his young age.

“We’ll find out on Saturday.”

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Three-time Group 1 winner Broadside 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 Managera 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 is still shaping so many leading international pedigrees.

Anamoe’s first attempt at a Cox Plate came at his eleventh start, having won the Caulfield Guineas and Inglis Sires, while also coming second in Golden slippers and Golden rose.

This Saturday will be Broadside’s tenth start, having won the Golden Rose, JJ Atkins and Champagne Stakeswhile 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 become a future stud star – one is the Golden Slipper and the other is the Cox Plate,” he said.

“We have retired a Cox Plate winner to breeding already at Anamoe. He earned 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 breed in Broadside, and that is the task ahead of him.”