Sydney’s leading horseman Chris Waller is looking to continue his Queensland Winter Racing Carnival success on Saturday with the stable dominating the 2020 Premier’s Cup nominations for Doomben.

There were 14 early entries taken for this season’s Group 3 $125,000 Premier’s Cup (2200m) including a commanding nine for Waller who is after his first win in the quality handicap event.

Heading the Waller contingent is the in-form Wu Gok chasing a third win on the trot.

The Sebring six-year-old has been flying at home in Sydney this prep winning the Listed Lord Mayors Cup (2000m) first-up on May 30 before his narrow victory back at Rosehill a fortnight later for the Listed Winter Cup (2400m).

Both races were run and won on Heavy tracks.

Wu Gok also holds an entry for the Listed WJ McKell Cup (2000m) in Sydney on Saturday where he would be chasing a hat-trick of winter feature race wins at Rosehill Gardens.

The horse is allocated the 61kg top weight for the 2020 WJ McKell Cup and is also one of nine entries for Waller among the 19 nominations taken for the Sydney showdown.

Eight of the other Waller-trained WJ McKell Cup nominees also feature in the Premier’s Cup nominations with the stable yet to decide in which state their runners will be racing.

Should he head to Queensland, Wu Gok will be returning to Doomben for the first time since winning at the track and distance on a Heavy (8) in April of last year.

The other Waller runners holding dual nominations for the WJ McKell and Premier’s Cup are: Alward, Another Dollar, Black On Gold, Kaonic, Satono Rasen, The Lord Mayor and Winter Cup runner-up Carzoff.

Le Juge meanwhile is the stable’s only Premier’s Cup entry that doesn’t also hold a nomination for the Rosehill race.

Two back the veteran seven-year-old won the Group 3 Chairman’s Handicap (2000m) at Doomben before his last start fourth in the Group 3 Tattersall’s Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm on June 13.

Waller trained the first four in the Tattersall’s Cup and could be in for a similar whitewash in the Premier’s Cup this weekend.

Outside of the Waller runners the danger looks to be the Michael Costa-trained La Pulga from the Gold Coast.

The progressive Dream Ahead four-year-old won at Doomben over 1600m on May 30 before a close sixth when only 2.4 lengths off the winner Gaulois in the Group 3 Eagle Farm Mile (1600m) as a $31 outsider a fortnight ago.

He has winning form up to the 2200m and so should relish the step-up in distance third-up on the weekend if accepted into the Premier’s Cup field.

Final acceptances for the Premier’s Cup 2020 close on Wednesday morning with markets to open shortly after at Ladbrokes.com.au.

2020 Premier’s Cup Nominations

#	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Hcp Rating
1	1413×06000	A MAN TO MATCH	G	4	Tony Gollan	89.5
2	311677×574	ALWARD (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	97
3	93×7903137	ANOTHER DOLLAR (NZ)	M	5	Chris Waller	105
4	x68222x658	BLACK ON GOLD	G	6	Chris Waller	94
5	3945×02492	CARZOFF (FR)	G	7	Chris Waller	102
6	7133×94249	FIGHTING TEO	G	5	Kevin Kemp	90
7	0408×06607	KAONIC (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	94
8	46×5412116	LA PULGA	G	4	Michael Costa	85
9	0420433414	LE JUGE (IRE)	G	7	Chris Waller	100
10	11x244x052	PICKA PLUM (NZ)	M	5	Paul Jenkins	79
11	09x0225x00	SATONO RASEN (JPN)	G	8	Chris Waller	96
12	600×477407	SWEET THOMAS (GER)	G	8	Matthew Smith	92
13	72133×0836	THE LORD MAYOR (NZ)	G	5	Chris Waller	99
14	0x97730x11	WU GOK	G	6	Chris Waller	110