The biggest names in racing will be represented in next week's $250,000 Launceston Cup at Mowbray.
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Sydney trainer James Cummings - grandson of the legendary 'Cups King' Bart Cummings - is targeting the race with his in-form stayer Etymology.
A winner of his past three starts in Melbourne and Sydney, Etymology is raced by global racing giant Godolphin, the world's biggest racehorse owner.
Gai Waterhouse, often referred to as the 'First Lady' of Australian racing, also has her sights on Northern Tasmania's richest event with Fabrizio.
Etymology and Fabrizio are among seven interstate entries, with the others including last year's winner Bondeiger.
Etymology won the $160,000 Bagot Handicap at Flemington on New Year's Day by five lengths to stamp himself as a future Melbourne Cup prospect.
James Cummings won the Tasmanian Derby and Strutt Stakes over the Hobart Cup carnival with his first two runners in the state.
His travelling foreman Necim Dilmi said the success in those races with Cossetot and Rock Dove prompted Cummings to look at other feature races in Tasmania and he believed the Launceston Cup would be a perfect fit for Etymology.
James Cummings will be trying to emulate his father Anthony who won the Launceston Cup in 2009 with Zavite.
Bart Cummings, who died in 2015, never won the race. He had the hot favourite Great Quest in 1989 but the horse went amiss while finishing near-last behind Shykoski.
Fabrizio is a former Hawkesbury Cup winner who has won at Flemington and Randwick and finished third to Etymology in the recent Australia Day Cup at Warwick Farm.
Bondeiger was trained by Darren Weir when he won 2018 Launceston Cup but, following Weir's four-year ban, was transferred to Ciaron Maher.
The local entries are headed by Hobart and Devonport Cup winner Eastender.