The depth of Tasmania’s staying ranks has never been as shallow, which is why Hall of Fame trainer Barry Campbell will “test the water” with his promising mare Assaranca in Launceston on Sunday.

Trainer Adam Trinder is mapping a different course to the Launceston Cup for his bold front-running stayer The Risk Factor with the gelding lining up in Sunday’s Longford Cup (1800m) as his first serious lead-up to the Group 3 event at the end of February.

Premier trainer Scott Brunton will contemplate taking his lightly raced four-year-old Travelling Gigolo to Melbourne in the coming weeks owing following an impressive win in a benchmark 62 handicap over 1600m in Hobart on Sunday.

While premier trainer Scott Brunton looks set to dominate the show day meeting at Hobart with 28 acceptors, at the other end of the scale, David Keating is hoping to saddle up a winner with one of the two horses he will take to the track as a first-time solo trainer.