New Order of Entry is out:
https://www.racingvictoria.com.au/t...69c6dd9d76.ashx
Regal Power and Delphi have been withdrawn.
Tiger Moth jumps from 53rd in the order into the #12 spot vacated by Regal Power, following his 2.5kg penalty earned this past weekend.
It looks like Selino may have been omitted by accident from the first Order of Entry out last week, but is only noted in 85th now and unlikely to come into calculations.
In other news coming out:
- Nancho (currently at 25th in the order) has been ruled out. Apparently he jarred up after his trial last month and won't recuperate in time for a Spring challenge. Trainer Anthony Cummings is confident he'll be back - and very competitive - next Autumn.
- Three Irish jockeys have tested positive to coronavirus. This doesn't seem to have affected plans for Irish stable staff coming for the Spring carnival at this stage. Joseph O'Brien's staff, for example, will be flying to Sydney in the next day or two, spending two weeks in hotel quarantine, before road-tripping to Melbourne ahead of their charges' arrival on October 2nd.
- Aidan O'Brien has reported that Cup topweight Anthony Van Dyck
2, along with fellow nominees Tiger Moth
12 and Santiago
7, have entered quarantine; not locked in that they're coming yet, but that's obviously the first step in the process as they keep their options open.
- Williams Racing/Joseph O'Brien have said that Master of Reality
9, Twilight Payment
11, Buckhurst
20 and Pondus
69 are coming. Patrick Sarsfield is another he's reportedly thinking of bringing, but he's yet to pass the first ballot clause.