Two local trainers are keeping an eye on the weather as they contemplate their best hopes of winning the feature Kennards Hire Taree Benchmark 66 Handicap over 1412m at Manning Valley Race Club’s TAB meeting at Taree on Monday.

Newcastle trainer Grant Marshall has long had a reluctance to spell mares when in peak form but there was no choice when Leave Me Some recorded her fifth win on her home track back in December.