Tim Clark took one look at the weight for Broadside in Saturday's Stayers Cup and thought it might be a bit too much.
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The McKell Cup runner-up will be asked to lump 58 kilograms after having only 53 kilograms in the listed race a fortnight ago.
"He is a good stayer, but he is extremely poorly weighted," Clark said. "It is going to be a real test on a wet track, but they are all in the same boat of going from 2400 metres to two miles.
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"It will be testing ground and with the big weight it is a challenge. I think he should run the trip out – it took a real nice horse to run him down last time – but he meets everything from that race worse at the weights."
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have decided to have a crack at 3200 metres with Broadside after he won a benchmark race over 2000 metres and showed he is a game stayer in the McKell Cup.
He was left in front at the top of the straight and it took Allergic to come with a sweeping run to beat him.
"He didn't stop and I think the way he relaxes will be the key to him running the trip right out on Saturday," Clark said. "The weight is a real concern for me."
Clark is having his best season since returning from Hong Kong a couple of years ago and has chalked up more than 100 wins, including 59 in the city, to sit second behind Brenton Avdulla.
"It has been a good season with a couple of group 1s and getting rides from the big stables, which is always good," Clark said. "I want to finish the season strongly and keep my good run going and see how many winners I can get to."
He has a great book of rides again on Saturday, including In Times Of War, Walk The Streets and Dagny for Chris Waller.
"In Times Of War has never run a bad race," Clark said. "She did a great job after a tough run to win for me last start.
"I don't think we have seen the best of her because she has always been ridden up on the speed and had to do a bit of work.
"I think from the good draw she might be able to get a back and show a real turn of foot."
He will look to continue his winning run with Pelorus Jack, which has gone on a midweek winning run from being a maiden three starts ago.
"He is just a winner," Clark said. "The margins have not been that big, but he finds the post. They will have to beat him because he won't beat himself."
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