It's not often that a meeting on a rain soaked Sandown in winter has punters reaching for their black books but a handful of promising types look set to have many doing just that when they step out with the spring in their sites today.

Leading young sire Darci Brahma already has a full book for the 2012 breeding season.

Manawanui still has to be right in Guineas calculations

Secret Admirer came back with a slashing second

Promising filly Kneeling kicked off her spring with an impressive win in today's Listed Crockett Stakes at Moonee Valley.