A ton of quality...astonishing! That's how racing scribes are describing the 23 nominations for next Wednesday's $300,000 Geelong Cup. Seven international horses trained out of the Werribee Quarantine Centre have been entered, along with several others now owned and trained in Australia. The international entries are Brigantin, Gatewood, Ibicenco, My Quest For Peace, Prairie Star, Shahwardi and Tac De Boistron. Other high quality entries include Excluded, Exceptionally, Maluckyday, Tanby and for

A ton of quality...astonishing! That's how racing scribes are describing the 23 nominations for next Wednesday's $300,000 Geelong Cup. Seven international horses trained out of the Werribee Quarantine Centre have been entered, along with several others now owned and trained in Australia. The international entries are Brigantin, Gatewood, Ibicenco, My Quest For Peace, Prairie Star, Shahwardi and Tac De Boistron. Other high quality entries include Excluded, Exceptionally, Maluckyday, Tanby and former internationals Fictional Account, Mourayan, Midas Touch and Winchester.

GEELONG CUP NOMINATIONS

1 BACK IN BLACK (NZ) John Steffert 89
2 BRIGANTIN (USA) Andre Fabre 105
3 CHATEAU MARGAUX Peter G Moody 93
4 DAME CLAIRE (NZ) Pat Carey 95
5 EXCEPTIONALLY (NZ) Terry & Karina O'Sullivan 98
6 EXCLUDED (NZ) Robert Hickmott 98
7 FICTIONAL ACCOUNT (IRE) David Hayes
8 GATEWOOD (GB) John Gosden 101
9 IBICENCO (GER) Luca Cumani 100
10 MALUCKYDAY (NZ) Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 108
11 MIDAS TOUCH (GB) Robert Hickmott 105
12 MOUDRE Ciaron Maher 104
13 MOURAYAN (IRE) Robert Hickmott 108
14 MY QUEST FOR PEACE (IRE) Luca Cumani 107
15 NIWOT Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes 108
16 PRAIRIE STAR (FR) Danny O'Brien 104
17 SABRAGE Michael Moroney 94
18 SHAHWARDI (FR) Alain de Royer Dupre 105
19 TAC DE BOISTRON (FR) Michael Kent 106
20 TANBY Robert Hickmott 104
21 UNUSUAL SUSPECT (USA) Michael Kent 103
22 VERDANT (GB) Robert Smerdon 81
23 WINCHESTER (USA) John Sadler 111

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