Final acceptances may have only closed this morning but already an early scratching from the 2014 Starlight Stakes field has left a dozen hopefuls for the Rosehill Gardens race this weekend.

One of three early summer black types on the Sydney race card on Saturday, this year’s $100,000 Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m) originally drew a final field of 13 sprinters.

Anthony Cummings opted to scratch Holder Sunset soon after acceptances however, the Shamardal mare not having raced since July.

There are four last start winners among the Starlight Stakes hopefuls this year including the Gerald Ryan-trained Dothraki in barrier eight.

Blake Shinn has the ride on the in-form Mossman four-year-old, the gelding having won the Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) back in May.

He’s had just the two runs this season, the most recent of which was a Benchmark 95 win over this track and distance on November 15.

Dothraki carried 60kg to victory that day with Shinn in the saddle and so will appreciate the drop down to 58kg on the weekend.

He’s the second heaviest weighted hope in the Starlight Stakes this year following the Lionel Cohen-trained six-year-old Aeronautical into barrier two with 59kg to carry.

The other last start winners aside from Dothraki meanwhile are the Bart & James Cummings-trained Shamalia with the outside barrier to overcome, Senta De Noche and Our Boy Malachi for Team Hawkes.

Drawing the second widest gate is an early blow for boom Top Echelon six-year-old Our Boy Malachi who has won 14 of his 16 career starts to date including his last three on the trot.

His latest effort was an easy run from the inside alley over this track and distance on November 1 when defeating Zaratone by over a length in an effort he’s out to repeat here but stepping up to stakes’ company.

Other in-form hopes include the Gary Moore-trained Straight Gold and Lilliburlero for David Payne.

Stratum six-year-old Straight Gold comes off a third behind Atmospherical in a Listed 1000m sprint down the Flemington straight from Crown Oaks Day with 58kg, three kilos more than Tommy Berry will ride him on this weekend.

Lilliburlero meanwhile has gate four with Glyn Schofield booked for the ride on the five-year-old Redoute’s Choice mare.

She’s down in class here having raced exclusively in Group company going back to the autumn, her latest effort being a credible third behind Vain Queen in the Group 3 GH Mumm Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on November 6.

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2014 Starlight Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw

Rosehill Race 7 (5:05pm) – 29/11/2014

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	9x1x9034x6	AERONAUTICAL	Lionel Cohen	Hugh Bowman	3	59kg	103
2	1x35138x21	DOTHRAKI	Gerald Ryan	Blake Shinn	9	58kg	101
3	8x125604x3	LILLIBURLERO	David Payne	Glyn Schofield	5	56kg	101
4	266270×293	STRAIGHT GOLD	Gary Moore	Tommy Berry	10	55kg	95
5	5x68x1375x	TESTARHYTHM	Benjamin Smith	Paul King	1	55kg	95
6	1x1x1511x1	OUR BOY MALACHI	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	12	54.5kg	94
7	8x11221x25	CRADLE ME	David Pfieffer	Sam Clipperton	7	54kg	94
8	1x6220x00x	HIGH ESTEEM	Peter G Moody	Kerrin McEvoy	11	54kg	91
9	x421325x06	HAUSSMANN	John O’Shea	Tim Clark	4	54kg	90
10	115148×031	SHAMALIA	Bart & James Cummings	Timothy Bell	13	54kg	89
11	1x669x4181	SENTA DE NOCHE	Kris Lees	Brenton Avdulla	8	54kg	87
12	40122×2072	FARE WELL	Clarry Conners	Jason Collett	6	54kg	81
13	350x24189x	HOLDER SUNSET	Anthony Cummings	–	2	54kg	75