Chris Waller is having second thoughts about starting promising colt Brazen Beau if Rosehill stays in the heavy range for Saturday's Run To The Rose meeting.

Already identified as ineffective in soft ground, Brazen Beau's absence from the Run To The Rose would be a major blow to his chances of emulating former stablemate Zoustar's Golden Rose win in 2013.

In his only race start in rain-affected going, Brazen Beau was soundly beaten in the Lonhro Plate last season.

And the colt's reluctance to stretch out in the wet was again evident to Waller with a midfield finish in a barrier trial on Randwick's Kensington track last week.

By having Brazen Beau resume in the Run To The Rose after a winter campaign in Brisbane, Waller said he was following the racing template he used for Zoustar's Golden Rose triumph.

"They need a break after Brisbane ... obviously they hold some degree of fitness but they still need that pipe-opener to harden them up," Waller said.

Waller also has Law and Sniper Fire in the Run To The Rose.

Law is being taught to race from behind and hit the line while Waller admits Sniper Fire will be under review at his first start at stakes level.

"We'll be using this run to give us a gauge on whether he is up this level," Waller said.

"I think he will be in his three-year-old year but whether it's this early, I don't know."

Rosehill has received almost 200mm of rain since it raced two weeks ago.

But after only another 3mm of overnight rain, the track received a marginal upgrade after an 11.30am inspection on Friday.

While Waller weighs up his Run To The Rose options, Hawkes Racing seems set to start Nostradamus.

Nostradamus was also an acceptor for the McNeil Stakes at Caulfield but he will line up at Rosehill with a fitness edge after his first-up win in the San Domenico Stakes.

He will also start one of the favourites with bookmakers making him a clear-cut second pick at $4.60 behind the unbeaten Almalad at $3.80.

Trainer Gerald Ryan said Ygritte's promising form in the mud was a key factor in his decision to reconsider plans for the filly.

"In her only two runs on wet tracks she has run second to Mossfun and Eloping," Ryan said.