FLEMINGTON’S famous Spring Racing Carnival is less than two months away, and while our weather hasn’t fully synced with the calendar, good weather (hopefully) and good quality racing also ramps up across our country tracks.

Spring signals country racing.

With cup action at Coleraine, Dunkeld, Penshurst, Mortlake and Hamilton over the next few months, there will be plenty of opportunities for racing lovers to get on track.

Preluding those cup meetings is racing action at Hamilton on Monday.

With over 400 nominations, full fields are assured for what may eventuate in being a nine-event program - (fields were not available at time of print).

The track was inspected by stewards on Thursday with a Heavy8 rating given, and with more weekend rain predicted, it’s hard to envisage the track improving beyond that rating.

The overall quality of horses might be down with Maidens and BM58 racing, albeit a Super Vobis Maiden and the good prizemoney that goes with it could unearth a quality galloper.

Of the 39 nominations for the three-year-old Maiden, almost half have not raced with stables across the state looking to get involved.

Obviously without fields finding a winner is difficult, but my lead would be to follow the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman stable, they have entered five unraced youngsters and depending on who runs that might be the way to go.

Local trainer, Trudy Cottier, has Hoodys Horse entered in the 2200m BM58, a drop back in class from a down the track run in the Sheep Hills Cup at Warracknabeal last month.

His two previous wins at Casterton were full of merit and a return to that form would see him very hard to beat.

Andrew Bobbin-trained four-year-old mare, Thinkhardandfast, is worth considering if she takes her place in the 1400m Maiden.

On debut she finished strongly over 1200m at Warracknabeal, the extra 200m on a bigger track looks ideal.

With well over 20 horses nominated for the meeting, Symon Wilde should have a strong hand come race day.

One runner of interest is Tremamore, who is first up since debuting when second at Geelong in March.

A very quiet trial at Colac last week suggests that the horse is going well and may win first-up.

One horse on pure speculation is the Gemma Reilly-trained Platinum Reggae.

The mare may struggle to gain a run, but going on two recent trial placings at Sale and Cranbourne, she may be one at good each way odds.

Her only run was a midfield effort on the first day of the strong Warrnambool May Carnival when only beaten four lengths.

Good punting.