BLUE MAESTRO (8) is the one to beat after returning with a decisive four-length win at Nakayama, where he beat Yamanin Galassia as favourite and put the race away quickly. The return to 1600m is the only query, but he has already placed at this track and his six-start record reads three wins and three placings. AVION (6) brings the cleanest local mile profile, having finished second to Tommy Barows at this track last start after a strong Hanshin win, and she holds Fairylike on that recent meeting. FAIRYLIKE (1) still has a genuine case from barrier 1 after closing out third in the same race at odds, and her track-and-trip record is hard to fault. VOCALIZE (3) arrives in winning form after beating Stop The Time at Hanshin and Lien Mahina at Chukyo, with his first start at this venue the main reason he sits just behind the leading trio.