Nominations are out for the TAB 50th Birthday Stakes, one of four listed events to be held at Flemington this Saturday on Australian Guineas Day.

The race will be run over 1400m and worth $125,000, there are 16 runners plus four emergencies.

Bart Cummings has had a fairly quiet Autumn season by his standards but that could change as he trains one of the biggest nominations in the field.

Roman Emperor has raced in Melbourne Cups, Caulfield Cups, AJC Derby’s and plenty of other Group 1 races over his career.

In fact his last win was in the AJC Derby back in 2009.

The horse hasn’t raced since the start of 2010 after being scratched from the Melbourne Cup.

It has been a long anticipated comeback to see if the horse can recapture the form of years gone by.

At only 1400m winning the race first up is a pretty big ask but there’s no doubting in terms of big race experience and career achievements no other horse comes close.

Other notable entries for the race include Luen Yat Forever, Orbit Express, Playwright, Danzylum and Keano.

The final field will be posted later in the week as well as complete Luxbet odds.

TAB 50th Birthday Stakes Nominations

No	Horse	Trainer	Handicapper Rating
1	BANANA MAN	Michael Kent	106
2	BELGIETTO	Peter Gelagotis	88
3	BUCCELLATI (GB)	Tony Noonan	104
4	CASUAL FRIDAY	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	86
5	DANZYLUM	Robbie Griffiths	107
6	ERASET	Danny O’Brien	90
7	FACE OFF	Shaun Dwyer	68
8	FROM THE TERRACE	Matt Laurie	78
9	GOLD IN DUBAI	Mark Riley	88
10	GRAND DUCAL (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	98
11	HARKAWAY	John Moloney	87
12	JUST LOOK	Lyn Tolson	97
13	KEANO (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	94
14	LAUNAY	Peter Snowden	93
15	LUEN YAT FOREVER	Peter G Moody	104
16	MILES ABOVE	Denis Daffy	87
17	NIBLICK	Robert Hickmott	89
18	OFFENDERS	Peter Snowden	96
19	ORBIT EXPRESS	Steve McKinnon	103
20	PLAYWRIGHT (NZ)	Steve Richards	103
21	PREVENTABLE	John P Thompson	84
22	ROMAN EMPEROR (NZ)	Bart Cummings	110
23	SHAMOLINE WARRIOR	Mark Kavanagh	95

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