By Michael Sharkie

MELBOURNE, Aug 28 AAP - Melbourne's wet weather gave noted first-up specialist Rightfully Yours the edge over his rivals in the Listed Clamms Seafood Stakes at Caulfield.

Trainer Mick Price kept a close eye on the weather and track conditions this week, believing that a soft track would nullify the brilliance of the majority of the field in Saturday's 1100m event.

Although a noted first-up performer, Rightfully Yours is something of a 1400m specialist with five wins over that distance and Price was keen to exploit his strength on a stamina-sapping track against a field of speedsters better suited on a firmer surface.

"He's such a good horse fresh but the 1100 metres probably wasn't ideal on top of the ground. But with the wet track, and the slower sectionals, it probably helped him a fair bit," Price said.

Rightfully Yours is an older brother to Price's Cox Plate hopeful Heart Of Dreams but while the six-year-old has his fair share of ability the trainer is not aiming at any lofty spring goals at this stage.

"He's a really nice horse fresh and I'd prefer to keep him that way and restrict him to races where he can win," he said.

"The owner has an idea of running in the Rupert Clark Stakes later on but we'll see how we go."

Rightfully Yours was ridden patiently by Glen Boss who pushed him through a gap when it appeared early in the straight.

Once clear of the ruck, Boss and Rightfully Yours nabbed Stanzout near the line to win by a short neck with late closer Returntosender filling third place 2-3/4 lengths back.