PERLE DU CLAN (13) is the horse to beat despite resuming, with her Fukushima Dirt third behind Oken Honey and Niigata Dirt Mdn form giving her a stronger overall reference than most of these. The first go around 1500m is the main question, but she is lightly raced and gets Takayuki Yano, one of the stronger Kawasaki riders. SARASA DANDY (8) brings the sharpest recent result after being beaten a neck by Piguet at Funabashi, and that effort clearly reads better than his previous sixth at this track. WISE BLAZE (7) has been reliable without winning, placing three times from five starts at this venue and again second last start behind Alia Fabula. PASSION ROSA (3) is third-up, carries only 52kg and comes off a second at this track, so she has enough recent improvement to stay in the winning mix.