Broadsiding returns with all guns blazing in Golden Rose

Brilliant colt Broadsiding created history at Rosehill on Saturday as he became the first horse to win the G1 Golden Rose on his three-year-old return.

The son of Too Darn Hot edged out Traffic Warden as the duo stamped themselves as the best of this year’s Classic crop, with trainer James Cummings recording a 50th G1 win in the process.

Broadsiding had already established himself as Australia’s top two-year-old during a 2023/2024 campaign that yielded top-level wins in the Champagne Stakes and J J Atkins.

He looks set to tackle the G1 Caulfield Guineas next month and could even run in the G1 Cox Plate – a path taken by Anamoe during his three-year-old season.

Shadow Of Light was a dominant winner of the G1 Middle Park Stakes on the final day of Newmarket’s Cambridgeshire meeting as he readily beat G1 winner Whistlejacket by four lengths.

The six-furlong highlight for juveniles has a strong recent record for producing stallions as well as top sprinters, with Shadow Of Light’s three-parts brother Earthlight and Perfect Power featuring on the roll of honour.

Plans for Shadow Of Light’s Classic campaign will be firmed up following the winter, although he could well follow the Perfect Power route to the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot.

Several other notable two-year-old performances last week included Good Cheer, who followed up a comprehensive debut success by scoring by 17 lengths at Churchill Downs.

Magical Trail, a daughter of Blue Point, also took her record to two wins from two starts when scoring at Kempton Park, while Encino’s half-sister Souk Plaza got off the mark at the first time of asking in the United States.

In Japan, Art Collection made successful introduction on the dirt at Chukyo, with Cleo’s Needle comfortably winning a newcomers’ race on the turf at Nakayama.