Courtesy The West Australian website:

Heavyweight jockey Patrick Payne retains the ride on Northerly in the Victoria Gold Cup , Northerly has the maximum limit topweight of 60kg.

Kersley said Heavy Nova, a first-up third at Sandown, would be ridden by Carbery in the Carlyon Cup, a race Northerly won two years ago on his climb to stardom.

He said the 2020m of the Victoria Gold Cup was an ideal step up from the 1800m of last week's St George Stakes in which Northerly trounced arch rival Fields of Omagh.

Although Northerly meets inferior horses to Fields Of Omagh on Saturday, Kersley is mindful of the big weight difference between Northerly and his rivals, a factor which cost him several Perth races.

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