Epingle, Pheidon, Fat Al and Tuscan Fire head Ballarat Cup weights

Of the 35 nominations for the 2014 Ballarat Cup four horses have been given equal top weight of 60 kilograms including Epingle, Pheidon, Fat Al and Tuscan Fire.

The Michael kent trained Epingle finished second to Au Revoir in last Saturday’s Group 2 Zipping Classic at Sandown carrying 57 kilograms under the weight-for-age conditions.

He will carry three kilos more in the Ballarat Cup on Saturday.

Pheidon, from the Gai Waterhouse stable, trainer of last year’s winner The Offer, will have to lump four kilos more than he carried last Saturday when runner-up to Zabisco in the Gr3 Eclipse Stakes at Sandown.

The Peter Moody trained Fat Al, a former winner of the Group 1 Epsom Handicap, has also been given 60 kilograms, the same weight he carried two starts ago in the Ararat Cup when he finished second last beaten 6.6 lengths.

Rounding out the 60 kgs quartet is local hope Tuscan Fire, from the Dan O’Sullivan yard, who will carry 3 kilos more than his most recent outing at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day.

Next in the weights were Mick Price’s Count Of Lemonade and Mick Cerchi’s Tanby, both with 59 kilograms.

Of the three Darren Weir three runners, Hurdy Gurdy Man has 58.5 kilograms, while Mobaco and At First Sight will both carry 57 kilograms.

The 2014 Ballarat Cup nominations and weights can be found below and the final field and barrier draw will be released tomorrow morning after acceptances.

2014 Ballarat Cup nominations and weights

#	Horse	Trainer	Weight
1	Epingle	Michael Kent	60.0
2	Pheidon	Gai Waterhouse	60.0
3	Fat Al	Peter G Moody	60.0
4	Tuscan Fire	Dan O’Sullivan	60.0
5	Count Of Limonade	Mick Price	59.0
6	Tanby	Mick Cerchi	59.0
7	Vilanova	Chris Waller	58.5
8	Hurdy Gurdy Man	Darren Weir	58.5
9	Tango’S Daughter	Mick Price	56.0
10	Escado	Matt Laurie	58.0
11	Sysmo	Tony McEvoy	57.5
12	Massiyn	Robert Hickmott	57.5
13	Mobaco	Darren Weir	57.0
14	At First Sight	Darren Weir	57.0
15	Hvasstan	Peter Gelagotis	56.0
16	The Inventor	Bevan Laming	56.0
17	Electric Fusion	Robert Smerdon	55.0
18	Mujadale	Paul A Jones	55.0
19	Spinderbella	Robert Smerdon	54.0
20	You Think So	Michael Kent	54.0
21	Motivado	David Hayes & Tom Dabernig	54.0
22	Waltzing To Win	David Huxtable	54.0
23	Rialya	Matt Laurie	54.0
24	Happy As Hell	Terry & Karina O’Sullivan	54.0
25	Shenzhou Steeds	Mitchell Freedman	54.0
26	Scratchy Bottom	Michael Kent	54.0
27	Phantom Brew	Colin Little	54.0
28	Cadillac Mountain	Peter G Moody	54.0
29	Great Lane	Symon Wilde	54.0
30	Terai	John O’Shea	54.0
31	Master’S Degree	Steven Lake	54.0
32	Bring Back	Mark Ashby	54.0
33	St Issey	Pat Hyland	54.0
34	In Masquerade	Peter G Moody	54.0
35	Cadel Triomphe	Colin Little	54.0

The Ballarat Turf Club received 238 nominations for the 2014 Ballarat Cup meeting.