Looking for the key international entries for this year’s Caulfield and Melbourne Cups?

Here is a summary of the key international nominations with links to their overseas form:-

• Reigning Melbourne Cup winning-trainer, Ireland's Joseph O'Brien, has entered three horses for both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in Irish Derby winner Latrobe and his stablemates Ming and Master Of Reality

• Aidan O'Brien, Joseph’s father, has entered 12 horses for the Melbourne Cup with Deauville, Idaho, Cliffs Of Moher and Yucatan also nominated for the Caulfield Cup. Group 1 winners Kew Gardens and Lancaster Bomber are among those carrying a Melbourne Cup entry only for the Ballydoyle stable

• Global powerhouse Godolphin has three trainers - Charlie Appleby, Saeed bin Suroor and James Cummings - spearheading its pursuit of a maiden Melbourne Cup triumph and second Caulfield Cup

• Charlie Appleby's entries are headlined by Cross Counter (Melbourne Cup); Emotionless (Caulfield and Melbourne Cups) and Hamada (Melbourne Cup)

Hamada Photo by Press Photo

• Saeed bin Suroor has G1 winner Best Solution (Caulfield and Melbourne Cups) whilst highly-rated French import Avilius (Caulfield and Melbourne Cups) has been nominated by James Cummings

• Germany's 2014 Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Andreas Wöhler has entered recent stable acquisition and Ascot Gold Cup placegetter Torceder for both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups

• Ebor Handicap quinella Muntahaa and Weekender have been nominated for the Melbourne Cup by trainer John Gosden

• Hall of Fame owner Lloyd Williams has 126 entries in a bid to secure a third consecutive Melbourne Cup win with 14 prepared by his private trainer Liam Howley. Joseph O'Brien has Latrobe and Master of Reality

• The first lady of Australian racing Gai Waterhouse and her co-trainer Adrian Bott have entered six horses in both the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup, with enormous intrigue surrounding their imported northern hemisphere three-year-old Hush Writer

• Chestnut Coat (trained by Yoshito Yahagi) and Sole Impact (Hirofumi Toda), who will be ridden by 21-year-old apprentice Ryusei Sakai, are set to fly the flag for Japan in both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

Overseas entries have risen from 31 to 50 for the Melbourne Cup and from 22 to 27 for the Caulfield Cup with nominations received from England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany and Japan.

The Melbourne Cup has attracted a total of 183 entries, up from 140 in 2017.

The Caulfield Cup has 164 nominations, up from the 142 received last year.

The Stella Artois Caulfield Cup will be run on Saturday October 20 with the Lexus Melbourne Cup on Tuesday November 6.

Weights for both races will be released on September 11.