Darren Weir’s Schweppes Oaks winning filly May’s Dream is one of the headline nominees for the Queensland Oaks 2014 after early entries for the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival majors closed on Wednesday.

There are 69 three-year-old fillies nominated for this year’s $400,000, Group 1 Treasury Casino & Hotel Queensland Oaks (2400m) set to run at Eagle Farm Racecourse on May 31.

Weir’s flying New Approach three-year-old backed up from some promising Melbourne form this autumn in Adelaide with a third in the Schweppervescence Stakes before her narrow victory in the Group 1 Schweppes Australasian Oaks (2000m) last weekend.

Schweppes Oaks runner-up Star Fashion also features in the Queensland Oaks nominations, the David Hayes-trained daughter of Street Cry having run twice in Morphettville this season as well.

She was fourth behind subsequent Chairman’s Stakes winner Gamblin’ Guru, a top chance in the Group 1 SA Derby (2500m) this weekend, in the Listed Port Adelaide Guineas (1800m) before stepping up to the 2000m for the Oaks.

Hayes has also nominated for Helen Of Rose, also by New Approach, who is yet to race in the big city but who has had four provincial runs.

Another one of the top chances at this stage among those entries is David Vandyke’s Dubawi grey Arabian Gold who has won back-to-back Randwick Group 3s over 2000m this season.

Arabian Gold earned her Queensland Oaks assignment after beating home good fields in both the Adrian Knox Stakes and then the Frank Packer Plate last weekend over the boys.

She also looks able to go the distance in the mile and a half feature after running a credible sixth in the Group 1 Crown Oaks (2500m) at Flemington during the spring.

Another Group 1 Oaks performer making headlines ahead of the Queensland edition this month is then Shaune Ritchie’s Kiwi raider Chop Chop.

The Guillotine grey was last seen running fourth to Miss Mossman in the Group 1 NZ Oaks (2400m) in mid-March.

She makes her Australian debut this Saturday on the Gold Coast in the $125,000 Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m), a key lead-up race for Queensland Oaks-bound fillies.

The inclusion of Chop Chop in the Queensland Oaks nominations keeps the Kiwis in the mix after fellow New Zealand trainer Roger James shelved plans to send one of the likely favourites back over for the winter.

James was to have Lady Cumquat, winner of the Group 3 Manawatu Classic (2000m) at home, return down under for the Queensland carnival following her third to Arabian Gold in the Adrian Knox Stakes.

He’s pulled her off the flight, set to leave tonight, however after she failed to impress with a track gallop on Tuesday morning.

The Tony Pike-trained Rock Diva also comes via a New Zealand Oaks run, the in-form Lucky Unicorn filly having run third on the back of a win tin the Group 3 Sunline Vase (2100m).

Other Gold Coast Bracelet runners nominated for the Queensland Oaks this year meanwhile include the Noel Doyle-trained local Meadow Dreamer coming off back-to-back wins over 2156m and 1800m respectively, Michael Moroney’s last start Kensington winner Asadauskaite, Anthony Cummings’ Adrian Knox Stakes fourth placed Paris Match, and the Kelly Schweida-trained Little Bit Ditsy.

Bel Esprit filly Little Bit Ditsy comes off a good third at Eagle Farm from April 19 when beaten by Best Yet To Come and Quest For Peace in the Listed Princess Stakes (1600m).

Princess Stakes runner-up Quest For Peace is also an Oaks nominee, the Gold Coast-based filly on the improve.

See below for the full Queensland Oaks 2014 nominations with first acceptances to close on May 21.

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2014 Queensland Oaks Nominations

Eagle Farm Racecourse – 31/05/2014

#	Horse	Trainer
1	A CERTAIN GIRL	Matt Laurie
2	AIN’T GOING DOWN	Matt Kropp
3	ARABIAN GOLD	David Vandyke
4	ASADAUSKAITE (NZ)	Michael Moroney
5	BROWN WATER	John Morrisey
6	CHEEKY DEVIL	Trevor Whittington
7	CHOP CHOP (NZ)	Shaune Ritchie
8	CLARENCE VIEW (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse
9	CROOKED STICK	Patrick Webster
10	CRUZ BY (NZ)	Brian Smith
11	EKOFANIDEA (NZ)	David Kelly
12	EVERY FAITH	Robert Smerdon
13	FAIRYLAND	Guy Walter
14	FAIRYTALE BELLE	Steven O’dea
15	FALAMONTE (NZ)	Robbie Laing
16	FEDERICA	Anthony Cummings
17	GILAGO	Robbie Griffiths
18	GRANADOS	Toby Edmonds
19	HAVEN CANDY	Neil Hocking
20	HELEN OF ROSE	David Hayes
21	HERA (NZ)	Kris Lees
22	HUSSYENDA	Barry Lockwood
23	I’M TROUBLE	Matthew Smith
24	KATIE’S COVE	Roger James
25	KAZEMI (NZ)	John McArdle
26	KEPT WOMAN (NZ)	Peter G Moody
27	LADY LOUBOUTIN	Ron Quinton
28	LADY TATIA	Peter G Moody
29	LITTLE BIT DITSY	Kelly Schweida
30	LOVE THE ROCK (NZ)	Mark Kavanagh
31	MARMELO	Chris Waller
32	MARY LOU	Anthony Cummings
33	MAY’S DREAM	Darren Weir
34	MEADOW DREAMER	Noel J Doyle
35	MISS HUFFLEPUFF	Chris Waller
36	MISS HUSSON	Bruce W Hill
37	MOON AND THE STARS	Harold Norman
38	NIGHTINGALES	John O’Shea
39	NOONAMEENA	Leon Davies
40	OUR BAJA	Trevor Bailey
41	PARDON MOI (NZ)	John Sargent
42	PARIS MATCH	Anthony Cummings
43	PERFORMIA	Craig Smith
44	POSTNTHYME (NZ)	Michael Moroney
45	QUEST FOR PEACE	Toby Edmonds
46	RAUNCHY ROCKER	Gai Waterhouse
47	RED OCEAN	Matt Kropp
48	REZONED (NZ)	Robert Smerdon
49	RING DA BELLE	Paul Murray
50	ROCK DIVA (NZ)	Tony Pike
51	SANCERRE (NZ)	Tony Pike
52	SAVVY KINGSTONETTE (NZ)	Robbie Laing
53	SEA RED	Robert Heathcote
54	SIMPLY CHANEL	Frank Phillips
55	SISTER SOUSS	John P Thompson
56	SNAPCRACKLE (NZ)	David Kelly
57	SO CERTAIN	Ron Leemon
58	SOME CALL HER WILD	Les Ross
59	SOMERSET LASS	Liam Birchley
60	STAR FASHION	David Hayes
61	TEAR GAS (NZ)	Danny O’Brien
62	TELEPATHIC (NZ)	Donna Logan
63	TERAI	Peter Snowden
64	TINTO	Rex Lipp
65	TORNADO MISS	Tony Gollan
66	TOTAL RESPONSE (NZ)	Michael Moroney
67	TRAMELL	Ciaron Maher
68	TRANSFERS	John O’Shea
69	TRANSIT MOSCOW	Anthony Freedman