Talented galloper Philda has been hit with a big weight as trainer Mick Kent attempts to place the five-year-old to advantage this winter.The Secret Savings gelding has 58.5kg in Saturday's third heat of the Winter Championship (1400m) at Flemington which has attracted an impressive 38 entries.Philda has won nine of his 24 starts and rises two kilos on his last-start victory when resuming over 1200 metres at Moonee Valley on May 29.After the win, Philda's rating jumped from 95 to 100, making Ken

Talented galloper Philda has been hit with a big weight as trainer Mick Kent attempts to place the five-year-old to advantage this winter.

The Secret Savings gelding has 58.5kg in Saturday's third heat of the Winter Championship (1400m) at Flemington which has attracted an impressive 38 entries.

Philda has won nine of his 24 starts and rises two kilos on his last-start victory when resuming over 1200 metres at Moonee Valley on May 29.

After the win, Philda's rating jumped from 95 to 100, making Kent's job of protecting him from big weights this campaign much more difficult.

"He's a pretty genuine horse and doesn't run very bad very often," Kent said.

"We have got the Winter Championship earmarked for him, but he's getting up in the weights, which makes it hard to place him."

Kent has to find a new rider for Philda, with jockey manager Adrian Coyne advising that Nick Hall will be riding this weekend in Malaysia at the Selangor Turf Club's international racing carnival.

Chasm and Falaise head Saturday's weights with 59kg ahead of Philda and last-start Winter Championship heat winner Jungle Ruler who produced a stunning form reversal to score at Cranbourne on May 30.

Dr Doute's and 2008 Cranbourne Cup winner Majestical are also up in the weights with 57.5kg.

Meanwhile, the Mick Price-trained Our Baby Bonus heads the weights with 59kg for Saturday's Listed Creswick Stakes (1200m) while stablemate Dubleanny has 57kg.

Unbeaten after four starts, Our Baby Bonus is a son of Dash For Cash and was an impressive last-start first-up winner at Moonee Valley.

Matthew Allen has been booked for the ride, but Price won't finalise a start for him until later in the week.

The Creswick was picked as a target for Dubleanny who continues to improve with every run.

She has won four of her six starts including her last three in a row.

Steven Arnold will ride her on Saturday, replacing Craig Newitt who will be riding in Brisbane.

The Creswick attracted 12 nominations on Monday but the entries increased to 15 after they were extended.

Broken (57.5kg), Undeniably (56.5kg) and Tan Tat Brav (55.5kg) are among the better-performed three-year-olds entered.