A soft 7 rating on Monday afternoon with plenty of rain in the forecast for Tuesday. A track back in the heavy range is likely. SALAMANCA SIX was the pick of the new-comers without being confident about any of them on heavy ground. He's had plenty of trail and jump out experience, including one on a soft 7 (first gear). AEMOND trials up like he wants further but in the likely testing ground, he should be suited. Mark Zahra to midweek Bendigo is always significant. SILENT GRIT returns gelded. Both runs in his first prep were solid performances in decent races. No jump out experience for him on rain affected ground. BRENIN gets blinkers first time and he's jumped out well over 900m. Perhaps back to the 1000m is the key at this stage of his career.