The $150,000 Listed Festival Stakes (1500m) is set for a full field of 20 after 22 entries were taken on Monday.
Queensland mare Tinto is expected to make the trip to Sydney for Toowoomba trainer Rex Lipp while another mare, Zanbagh will look to continue her resurgence under the training of John Thompson.
Last year's Festival Stakes winner I'm Imposing is back to defend his crown at the ripe age of 10 with three other members of the Chris Waller stable also in contention for a start.
Gerald Ryan narrowly missed out on victory behind I'm Imposing with Estonian Princess in 2014 and this year the Rosehill trainer is likely to be represented with two runners - Red Excitement and Peace Force.
Patrick Webster is keeping his options open with the lightly-raced Happy Clapper, nominating the son of Teofilo for both the Festival Stakes and the Benchmark 85 Handicap (1500m).
The $100,000 Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m) has 16 nominations including Peter and Paul Snowden's That's A Good Idea which returns from a forgettable Brisbane trip earlier this month where heavy rain resulted in him being a late scratching from the Listed Keith Noud Handicap (1200m).
The Snowdens have another entry returning from an interstate trip in Dublin Lass, which beat all bar one down the Flemington straight in the Group III GH Mumm Stakes (1100m) on Oaks day.
Marc Conners' grey mare Fiftyshadesofgrey could back up for the second consecutive week after recording a strong win in a benchmark 78 last Saturday while Echo Gal is set to resume for Gai Waterhouse.
Nominations for the Listed ATC Cup (2000m) have been extended after only eight entries were received. Waller currently holds a strong hand in the race with the top three rated horses - Instrumentalist, Telepathic, and Vilanova.
The Anthony Cummings stable scratched promising mare Rule The River from last Saturday at Rosehill but have entered her for Saturday's Fillies and Mares Benchmark 85 Handicap (1200m).
In the 3YO Benchmark 78 Handicap (1200m), Godolphin
The 2YO Plate (1100m) has attracted a variety of juveniles with four prepared in Victoria, two from provincial and rural New South Wales, and nine trained in Sydney.
Click here to view the nominations for Saturday's meeting at Rosehill.