Today's results from Cup nominees:

THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	PFBC	1st of 13		CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $401,000	@$6.5
PRINCE OF ARRAN (GB)	39	2nd of 13		CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $401,000	@$8.5
SULLY (NZ)	62	3rd of 13		CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $401,000	@$9.5
WALL OF FIRE (IRE)	YTPFBC	4th of 13		CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $401,000	@$101
HANG MAN (IRE)	YTPFBC	5th of 13		CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $401,000	@$7.5
RAHEEN HOUSE (IRE)	44	6th of 13		CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $401,000	@$9.5
QAFILA	26	8th of 13		CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $401,000	@$17
GLORY DAYS (NZ)	31	9th of 13		CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $401,000	@$11
SUPER TITUS (GB)	YTPFBC	10th of 13		CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $401,000	@$18
HAKY (IRE)	51	11th of 13		CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $401,000	@$6.5
SWEET THOMAS (GER)	54	12th of 13		CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $401,000	@$101
AVILIUS (GB)	4	4th of 10		CAUL	2000m Good3 CAULFIELD STKS Group 1 $1,002,750	@$2.05
HUMIDOR (NZ)	YTPFBC	5th of 10		CAUL	2000m Good3 CAULFIELD STKS Group 1 $1,002,750	@$19
HOMESMAN (USA)	6	6th of 10		CAUL	2000m Good3 CAULFIELD STKS Group 1 $1,002,750	@$4.4
MASTER OF WINE (GER)	YTPFBC	1st of 7		RAND	2000m Good4 BM88	@$2.1
JUST THINKIN'	YTPFBC	4th of 11		RAND	2000m Good4 CHAMPION Group 1 $1,005,000	@$8

The Chosen One passes the first ballot clause and looks like he'll be around 42nd in the Order. If he gets a 1kg penalty then he'll be about 30th. I think it's quite plausible he'll get 1.5kg - which means he's as high as 23rd. Prince of Arran may be in the running for one also, they both put 3 lengths on the rest of the field.... The problem is that it wasn't a very strong field. Yucatan got a 2.5kg penalty for his Herbert Power win in 2018 with a smaller margin, but he eased down a lot and his race was still a second faster (both on Good 3). Racing Victoria will announce any penalties on Monday, along with a new Order of Entry. Second Acceptances are due at noon the day after.

Steel Prince was a late scratching; per the Steward's Report: "Fractious in the barrier and kicked out. Underwent a veterinary examination and was found to be lame left hind and had sustained abrasions to the thigh". Will need a vet clearance ahead of his next race. When might that be? It was reported they wanted another run ahead of the Melbourne Cup. They haven't made the Caulfield Cup field. Would he heal in time for Wednesday's 2000m Coongy Cup? Other targets could be the Geelong Cup on the 23rd, or the Moonee Valley Cup on the 26th.