TRUSTED (7) is the clear horse to beat after making it three wins in a row at Kanazawa, where she beat Nac State by three lengths in C1C2 grade as a heavily backed odds-on favourite. Her previous win over Lot came in B1 grade by four lengths, and three wins from three starts at around 900m gives her the strongest race fit profile. MEERES BRISE (10) is harder to warm to on the bare margins, having finished last at this track over 1400m and second last in a Mdn at Sapporo, but she is fourth-up and still rates as the main danger on the supplied recent profile. PASSION MARE (11) was beaten as one of the better-backed runners last start, yet her Nagoya third two back and distance placing keep her in the winning conversation. GUSUKU (4) was plain at Urawa last start, though his fourth at this venue the run prior reads well enough for a place-style chance.