Sydney Cup

The 2011 Sydney Cup is exactly a month away and there are still 85 nominations listed for the Group 1 event worth half a million dollars.

The Sydney Cup is still run over the full 3200m distance making it one of the favourites with punters and giving a sneak peak at a couple of the runners who will no doubt line up in the Melbourne Cup later in the year.

With that in mind there are a few former Melbourne Cup runners at the top of the nominations including the top weight Descarado.

The Gai Waterhouse trained runner won the Caulfield Cup last year and has recorded two second placings at Group 1 weight-for-age level since then including a narrow loss to Zavite last start.

That was the first race Zavite has won in a long time and he’s finished well out of the placings in the Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup as well as last year’s Sydney Cup.

Still, Zavite is the second highest rated runner and will 57.5kgs to carry in the 2011 Sydney Cup.

The mare with the heaviest weight is another Gai Waterhouse trained runner Once Were Wild.

She’s equal fourth on the order of entry and has a modest enough 52.5kg weight.

In terms of overseas runners the Irish and British bred Hawk Island and Illustrious Blue have 54.5kgs whilst the New Zealand import Showcause has 52kg after running second in the Group 1 Auckland Cup.

Make sure you stay tuned for further updates as the nominations are trimmed down to the final starting field mid-way through April.

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2011 Sydney Cup Nominations