The Gai Waterhouse trained Herculian Prince and the Chris Waller trained The Verminator share the top weight of 59.5kg for the $100,000 listed Lord Mayor's Cup at Rosehill on Saturday.
Herculian Prince is coming off a second place in the listed JRA Plate (2000m) at Randwick on April 21, while The Verminator was unplaced in the Group 3 Doncaster Prelude (1600m) at Randwick a week earlier in his first race since running 13th in last year's Melbourne Cup.
There are 13 nominations for the race after withdrawals of Snow Alert and Vintedge.
Larry's Never Late and Skyerush have 57kg with Crafty Irna, Firebolt and Wazn share 54.5kg with the rest of the nominations on 54kg.
There are a total 115 nominations for the eight-race programme with acceptances on Wednesday morning.
