The $120,000 City of Greater Dandenong Stakes (1000m) is the highlight event at Sandown Hillside on Saturday with Grane the only last start winner amongst the 15 acceptances.
Grane's task of backing-up last Saturday's win has been made difficult however, drawing the outside barrier.
Runners to draw much more favourably include the Robert Smerdon-trained Reldas (barrier two) and the Mark Kavanagh-trained Wild Rain (barrier six).
Saturday's Sandown Hillside meeting also sees the first heat of the Summer Championship.
Run over 1300m, a field of 16 has accepted for the $80,000 contest with the Tony McEvoy-trained Mr Backchat likely to be supported in betting after drawing well in barrier three.
The rail at Sandown Hillside on Saturday is out eight metres with the track rated a good (3).
The first of nine races jumps at 12.25pm (AEDT) with the final event to be run at 5.25pm.
The Bureau Of Meteorology forecast for Melbourne is.
Wednesday - Possible shower. Max 17.
Thursday - Mostly sunny. Max 21.
Friday - Sunny. Max 27.
Saturday - Mostly sunny. Max 30.
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