Ballarat part-owned Mr Quickie and Humidor from the Caulfield/Ballarat stable of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have been overlooked for starts in Saturday's $5m WS Cox Plate.
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Twice placed behind Winx in the Cox Plate, Humidor is first emergency and Mr Quickie is second emergency.
Humidor finished second in 2017 and third last year.
The seven-year-old has had four starts for Maher-Eustace this preparation - his first for the stable - with a last-start hard-finishing fifth to Cape Of Good Hope in the Caulfield Stakes, 2000m, on October 12.
Mr Quickie has had a mixed campaign, with his latest run being a luckless 11th in the Caulfield Cup.
Humidor and Mr Quickie are among seven horses in the Cox Plate line-up, including emergencies, previously trained by the now banned Darren Weir.
They also include Black Heart Bart (now trained by Lindsay Smith), Kings Will Dream, Very Elleegant and third emergency Gailo Chop.
Former Ballarat-based jockey Ben Melham has the ride on Homesman for Liam Howley.
COX PLATE FIELD
1-BLACK HEART BART Brad Rawiller 11
2-AVILIUS (GB) Kerrin McEvoy 7
3-KLUGER (Japan) Tommy Berry 9
4-HARLEM (GB) Dwayne Dunn 2
5-HOMESMAN (USA) Ben Melham 16
6-KINGS WILL DREAM (Ire) Hugh Bowman 17
7-TE AKAU SHARK (NZ) Opie Bosson 18
8-DANCETERIA (Fr) Jamie Spencer 10
9-LYS GRACIEUX (Japan) Damian Lane 15
10-MAGIC WAND (Ire) Ryan Moore 3
11-CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (Ire) Mark Zahra 8
12-MYSTIC JOURNEY Anthony Darmanin 6
13-VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ) James McDonald 5
14-CASTELVECCHIO Craig Williams 4
Emergencies
15-HUMIDOR (NZ) Blake Shinn 14
16-MR QUICKIE Glen Boss 12
17-GAILO CHOP (Fr) Damien Oliver 1
18-DREAM CASTLE (GB) Patrick Cosgrave 13
