Ascot next for Dubai Gold Cup hero Broome
Broome will take a direct route to the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, with trainer Aidan O’Brien setting his sights on a trip to Australia for the Melbourne Cup at the end of the year.
The seven-year-old has shown his best over middle distances over the last four seasons, with a previous foray over two miles ending in a distant last to Trueshan in the 2020 Long Distance Cup at Ascot.
However, Broome roared back to winning form over the staying trip on Saturday, seeing off Siskany by a neck in the Dubai Gold Cup at Meydan – his first victory since last year’s Hardwicke Stakes.
With stablemate Kyprios now a possible doubt for Ascot, Broome could end up being his main contender, with O’Brien also believing he is an ideal candidate to head in Flemington in November.
Broome's CV now includes
🇦🇪 G2 Dubai Gold Cup sponsored by Al Tayer Motor (track record too)🇫🇷 G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud🇬🇧 G2 Hardwicke Stakes🇮🇪 Multiple Group-race victories in Ireland🇺🇸 @BreedersCup Turf runner-up#DWC23 | @Ballydoyle pic.twitter.com/ear9VX4rjT
— Dubai Racing Club (@RacingDubai) March 25, 2023
He said: “We were very happy. Obviously he’s going to go the Cup route and we’ll look at all those races on the way down to the Melbourne Cup. That’s probably what we’re going to do with him.
“He won’t have to run in the two Irish trials, he can go straight to Ascot. After that he can do Goodwood and all those types of races and then finish off down in Australia.
“He’s seven now and he’s the perfect age to be doing all those races, travelling as an older horse.
“He’s an amazing horse, he was very genuine at Meydan. Looking at him, you’d say we should have stepped him up in trip a lot earlier.”
