Group 1 winner Chautauqua has been given the top weight for the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap.

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He will carry 1.5kg more than recent Lightning Stakes Winner Terravista. Chautauqua is nominated for this Saturday's Canterbury Stakes at Randwick.

Group One-winning three-year-olds Extreme Choice and Flying Artie will both carry 52.5 kilograms.

Chautauqua, third in last year's Newmarket. is entered to run in the weight-for-age Canterbury Stakes in Sydney on Saturday, a week before Melbourne's premier sprint on the straight 1200-metre course at Flemington