The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained stayer has been allocated 63kg for the $100,000 feature.

Southern France boasts a rating of 103 after the Irish import won the group 2 $301,000 Sandown Classic, (2400m) in November 2019.

The six-year-old has been off the scene since finishing at the tail of the field in the group 1 Tancred Stakes taken out by Verry Elleegant last March.

The training partnership of Anthony and Sam Freedman could have a three pronged attack on the cup.

They nominated Steel Prince (62.5kg), Le Don De Vie (62kg) and Warning (61.5kg).

A total of 367 nominations were received for the eight-race card, including 31 for Wangaratta's premier race.

The final fields for Sunday's meeting will be finalised at 9am tomorrow.

The crowd will be capped to 1000 patrons.

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