2026 Woodlands Stud Ballarat Pacing Cup

Champion trio Leap To Fame, Kingman and Bulletproof Boy head the10 nominations for Saturday night’s G2 $100,000 Woodlands Stud Ballarat Pacing Cup, 2170m.

Bulletproof Boy is chasing back-to-back Ballarat Pacing Cups and is a last-start Bendigo Pacing Cup winner.

Kingman and Leap To Fame are coming off a head-to-head battle in the Shepparton Pacing Cup, in which they finished one-two respectively.

Hometown trainer Emma Stewart has four nominations.

Bulletproof Boy and Kingman have each taken one step towards claiming a Summer Of Glory $1m bonus with their cup wins, needing two more over the next three weeks (Ballarat, Cranbourne or Kilmore) plus the AG Hunter Cup.

Every runner in the Ballarat Pacing Cup has a chance to be in the running to secure the bonus with a win.

Wins in three of the Bendigo, Shepparton, Ballarat, Cranbourne and Kilmore cups, plus the AG Hunter Cup at Melton lands the $1m payout.

Cup nominations (extended until 7.30am Tuesday):

  • Bulletproof Boy (trainer Scott Ewen)

  • Catch A Wave (Andy Gath)

  • Dee Roe (Aaron Dunn)

  • Kingman (Luke McCarthy)

  • Leap To Fame (Grant Dixon)

  • Mach Dan (Emma Stewart)

  • Miki To Success (Emma Stewart)

  • Oliver Dan (Emma Stewart)

  • Triple Eight (Jess Tubbs)

  • War Dan Buddy (Emma Stewart)