Melbourne and Caulfield Cups top weight Humidor chases his second group 1 win of the spring at Flemington on Saturday.
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The last-start Memsie Stakes winner is one of four Darren Weir-trained starters in the $750,000 Makybe Diva Stakes, 1600m.
Damian Lane again takes the ride on Humidor, which has drawn barrier 1.
Melbourne and Caulfield Cups favourite Kings Will Dream, Black Heart Bart and Japanese import Tosen Japan, which is having his first Australian start, make up the Weir contingent.
Kings Will Dream is coming off a hard-finishing third in the Memsie.
The winner of the Makybe Diva last year, Humidor has been given 58kg for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.
He ran in each race last year, finishing fifth in the Caulfield Cup and 19th in the Melbourne Cup.
Kings Will Dream will carry 53kg.
Melbourne and Caulfield Cups weights for Weir nominations:
CAULFIELD CUP: Humidor 58kg, Tosen Basil 55.5kg, Big Duke 54kg, Red Cardinal 54kg, Kings Will Dream 53kg, Gallic Chieftain 52.5kg, Pacodali 51.5kg, Admire Robson 51kg, Night’s Watch 51kg, Sopressa 51kg, Azuro 50kg, Guardini 50kg, Kellstorm 50kg, Langley 50kg, Master Zephyr 50kg, Mr Garcia 50kg, Ormito 50kg, Pleasuring 50kg, Plein Ceil 50kg, Tall Ship 50kg, Yogi 50kg
MELBOURNE CUP: Humidor 58kg, Tosen Basil 55.5kg, Big Duke 54kg, Red Cardinal 54kg, Kings Will Dream 53kg, Gallic Chieftain 52.5kg, Megablast 52.5kg, Pacodali 51.5kg, Admire Robson 51kg, Night’s Watch 51kg, Sopressa 51kg, Sixties Groove 51.5kg, Azuro 50kg, Calibration 50kg, Chequered Flag 50kg, Cullingworth 50kg, Guardini 50kg, Haripour 50kg, Kellstorm 50kg, Langley 50kg, Master Zephyr 50kg, Mr Garcia 50kg, Ormito 50kg, Plein Ceil 50kg, Tall Ship 50kg, The Statesman 50kg, Yogi 50kg
Other Ballarat gallopers among the weights include:
CAULFIELD CUP: Etah James (trained by Matt Cumani) 50kg, Lord Fandango (Archie Alexander) 52.5kg, Wheal Leisure (Archie Alexander) 50kg,
MELBOURNE CUP: Lord Fandango (Archie Alexander) 52.5kg; Wheal Leisure (Archie Alexander) 50kg, Etah James (Matt Cumani) 50kg, Golden Authority (Matt Cumani) 50kg
DARREN Weir-trained Nature Strip has secured a berth in The Everest and will run for the Australian Turf Club in the $13 million race at Randwick.
The sprinter has won eight of his 11 starts including the group 2 McEwen Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday in which he set a 1000m record of 56.95 seconds.
The four-year-old is on the fourth line of the TAB's Everest market at $8.
Nature Strip races next in the group 1 Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley on September 28.
