Nine mares are set to take their place in the Group 2 Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill Gardens, with four of the runners coming in as Group 1 winners.
Chris Waller trains three of those, with Atishu making her return from four-month spell off the back of a career-best preparation where she won the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes.
Espiona returns looking to win her second Group 1 in three starts, after she claimed the Coolmore Classic during the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival.
Now a four-year-old mare, Zougotcha will be second-up on Saturday, seeking to put in a much better performance than her sixth-place finish in the Toy Show Quality three weeks ago.
Annabel Neasham has accepted with her classy mare Sunshine In Paris, who is yet to miss the placings from her five starts and is coming off a Group 1 Surround Stakes victory in the autumn.
Zapateo from the Godolphin yard has opened as the race favourite with online bookmakers, and she will also go into the Sheraco first-up.
The daughter of Brazen Beau brings solid form into the campaign after recording back-to-back third-place finishes in The Goodwood and the Robert Sangster Stakes at Group 1 level.
Missile Stakes winner I Am Me will be the only representative from Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, seeking her second Group 2 victory in as many starts.
The Michael Freedman-trained Queen Of The Ball will be looking to go one better this weekend after finishing second behind Parisal in the Toy Show Quality last start.
The final two runners, More Secrets and Cinderella Days, are yet to win at Group level and are considered outsiders by most bookies.
Sheraco Stakes 2023 field
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