Three time group-placed Antonio Giuseppe is in the running to deliver champion trainer Chris Waller with a second Ballarat Cup triumph.
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Waller has set the five-year-old to tackle Saturday’s listed $300,000 Sportsbet Ballarat Cup, 2200m, second-up.
Waller won the Ballarat Cup with Junoob two years ago. He saddled up sixth-placed Lady de Fay last year.
Antonio Giuseppe has raced just the once since a freshen up on the back of an early Sydney spring campaign - finishing seventh in the group 2 Crystal Mile at Moonee Valley three weeks ago.
He had a solid autumn in Sydney with a second in the group 3 Sky High Stakes and fourth in the group 1 Ranvet before failing in the Doncaster.
Antonio Giuseppe then finished second in the group 3 Kingston Town Stakes at Randwick third-up in September before finishing well back in The Metropolitan.
The Ballarat Cup and support race fields will be declared on Wednesday.