Multiple Group 1 winner Black Heart Bart is double nominated for Zipping Classic Day at Sandown on Saturday but is likely to be saved for the Group 1 $1m James Boag’s Premium Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot in Perth the following week.

Trainer Darren Weir has entered Black Heart Bart for the Group 3 $150,000 Sandown Stakes (1500m) and the Group 3 $150,000 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m) but the seven year old is a strong chance to return to Western Australia after being allocated the top weight of 59kg for the Railway Stakes.

Black Heart Bart has had a freshen up since running fifth to Bonneval in the Group 1 $750,000 Hyland Race Colours Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield on October 1 and is ready to head back to the race track.

“He’s been up the farm a little while and went back down the beach yesterday and he’ll trial tomorrow morning (at Terang) and he’ll be ready to go either this Saturday or in the Railway the following week,” Weir told racing.com.

Black Heart Bart is one of nineteen horses nominated for the weight for age Kevin Heffernnan Stakes while twenty-one have been entered for the Sandown Stakes run under Quailty Handicap conditions.

Black Heart Bart was placed three times from four starts so far over the Melbourne Spring Carnival but has failed to find the winner’s stall with his best effort being a second to Vega Magic in the Group 1 $1m New Zealand Bloodstock Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on September 2 before running third to his stablemate Humidor in the Group 1 $750,000 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on September 16.

Weir has also entered Burning Front and Lucky Hussler in both the Kevin Heffernnan Stakes and the Sandown Stakes.

Ladbrokes.com.au will be offering all the top odds for all ten races at Sandown on Zipping Classic Day on Saturday.

Nominations for the 2017 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m)

#	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	11160×8458	BASSETT (NZ)	G	5	Mick Price	98
2	11x75x3235	BLACK HEART BART	G	7	Darren Weir	114
3	14119×0725	BURNING FRONT	G	7	Darren Weir	104
4	17493×3920	CASINO WIZARD	G	7	Lee Creek	98
5	x1111x659x	CHETWOOD	G	5	James Cummings	104
6	111x1x35	CRYSTAL FOUNTAIN (NZ)	M	4	Anthony Freedman	78
7	111x11x257	DESERT LASHES	M	4	Shayne Cahill	87
8	1175×31945	GRANDE ROSSO	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	101
9	28x506979x	HAZZABEEL (NZ)	G	7	Peter Healey	91
10	221118×321	HELLOVA STREET	G	7	Scott Brunton	104
11	2x50020x26	ILLUSTRIOUS LAD	G	6	Peter Gelagotis	104
12	3512076875	JUNGLE EDGE	G	7	Mick Bell	105
13	78×0455129	KEEN ARRAY	G	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	104
14	x705x60010	LUCKY HUSSLER	G	8	Darren Weir	112
15	0x8180x781	OCEAN EMBERS	M	5	Shea Eden	103
16	51x493x134	RAVI	M	5	Peter & Paul Snowden	102
17	3397374043	RUETTIGER (NZ)	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	90
18	20629×7221	RUTHLESS AGENT (NZ)	G	4	Kurt Goldman	72
19	1121306×1	THRONUM	H	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	82

 

Nominations for the 2017 Sandown Stakes (1500m)

#	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	1211x734x1	AERATUS	G	8	Kylie Vella	88
2	4111151514	BALF’S CHOICE	G	5	Ryan Balfour	97
3	11x75x3235	BLACK HEART BART	G	7	Darren Weir	114
4	14119×0725	BURNING FRONT	G	7	Darren Weir	104
5	113×126	DIVINE QUALITY	M	4	Robbie Griffiths	74
6	1×17458111	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	G	5	Tony McEvoy	85
7	139×239402	DUKE OF BRUNSWICK	G	6	Mick Price	94
8	1175×31945	GRANDE ROSSO	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	101
9	221118×321	HELLOVA STREET	G	7	Scott Brunton	104
10	3380×53872	LAND OF PLENTY	H	4	Grahame Begg	81
11	8x4x90x908	LIZARD ISLAND	G	5	Pat Hyland	85
12	x705x60010	LUCKY HUSSLER	G	8	Darren Weir	112
13	741090×485	MASTER RESET	G	6	Matt Laurie	90
14	1122821131	MOSS ’N’ DALE (NZ)	G	5	Peter Gelagotis	98
15	4501120673	ORIENT LINE	G	6	John Moloney	79
16	3x112x3244	PETITION	M	4	Anthony Freedman	84
17	4067×70150	PURE PRIDE (NZ)	M	5	Murray Johnson	96
18	3397374043	RUETTIGER (NZ)	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	90
19	183436×514	SEBRING DREAM	M	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	82
20	054335×000	UN DE SCEAUX	G	5	Todd Balfour	73
21	3032×69977	WELL SPRUNG	G	5	Lyn Tolson & Leonie Proctor	89