TUSCAN Fire will share top weight with Epsom Handicap winner Fat Al in Saturday's $200,000 Sportsbet,com.au Ballarat Cup, 2200m.
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The Dan O'Sullivan-trained Tuscan Fire will jump from gate one in the listed event, which has attracted a capacity field of 18 plus one emergency.
Darren Weir has three runners - last year's Ballarat Cup third placegetter and reigning Victoria country racehorse of the year Hurdy Gurdy Man, and former Melbourne Cup starter; last-start Ararat Gold Cup runner-up At First Sight; and another import Mobaco.
Robert Smerdon's Caulfield/Ballarat stable will have two starters - the emerging Spinderella and Electric Fusion.
Surprise omissions include the Tony McEvoy-trained Sysmo, which on Tuesday was all set to line-up, and Pheidon from the Gai Waterhouse stable.
Peter Moody (Fat Al), Mick Price (Count Of Limonade), David Hayes and Tom Dabernig (Motivado), and Chris Waller (Vilanova) are other highly-ranked stables with starters.
The cup is race eight and will be run at will be 4.40pm.
BALLARAT CUP FIELD
1-508 FAT AL (Peter Moody) Craig Williams (9) 60kg
2-004 TUSCAN FIRE (Dan O'Sullivan) Kerrin McEvoy (1) 60kg
3-615 COUNT OF LIMONADE (Mick Price) Dean Yendall (6) 59kg
4-660 TANBY (Mick Cerchi) Jamie Mott (8) 59kg
5-008 HURDY GURDY MAN (Darren Weir) John Allen (12) 58.5kg
6-399 VILANOVA (Chris Waller) James Winks (2) 58.5kg
7-992 AT FIRST SIGHT (Darren Weir) Brad Rawiller (16) 57kg
8-009 MOBACO (Darren Weir) (15) 57kg
9-064 HVASSTAN (Peter Gelagotis) Craig Newitt (19) 56kg
10-729 THE INVENTOR (Bevan Laming) Darren Gauci (11) 56kg
11-060 ELECTRIC FUSION (Robert Smerdon) Dwayne Dunn (17) 55kg
12-343 MUJADALE (Paul A Jones) Kevin Forrester (5) 55kg
13-P70 MOTIVADO (David Hayes-Tom Dabernig) Chris Symons (14) 54kg
14-131 SPINDERBELLA (Robert Smerdon) Chad Schofield (3) 54kg
15-057 YOU THINK SO (Mick Kent) (10) 54kg
16-778 RIALYA (Matt Laurie) (18) 54kg
17-144 WALTZING TO WIN (David Huxtable) (13) 54kg
18-114 HAPPY AS HELL (Terry and Karina O'Sullivan) Jack Hill (4) 54kg
EMERGENCY
19--053 SHENZHOU STEEDS (Mitchell Freedman) Jarrod Fry (7) 54kg
The first of 10 races is at 12.25pm