MEISHO HYUGA (10) is the one to beat after stretching his winning run to seven, most recently scoring by two lengths at this track when heavily supported into very short odds-on territory. His start prior was a dominant B2 win by a long way, and three wins from three starts at this track and distance makes the profile very hard to fault. PEACE OCEAN (5) is the main danger on her second to Nine Power two runs ago, where she was beaten just under a length despite being unwanted in the market, and her record with Masaya Matsudo keeps her right in the contest. LOVE AND LUCKY (8) has the right jockey-horse combination, with Yuma Shibata winning six from 17 on her, and her second to Song For You reads well enough around this level. IMMORTAL SOUL (1) was only fair last start, but four wins and five places from 17 starts at this track and distance give him a genuine platform to run into the placings.