COME UP ROSES (7) gets the nod after improving sharply into second at this track, where he was beaten four lengths by Access and held market respect. His previous run in the G2 Kobe Shimbun Hai (Japanese St Leger Trial) was sound enough at big odds, and third-up he brings the strongest current profile. DIAMOND HANDS (6) is the immediate danger, having missed by a neck at Hanshin after a solid fourth at Chukyo, and his record at this venue gives that form extra weight. SKY SPLENDOR (8) resumes with a poor G3 Radio Nikkei Sho result to put behind him, but the Tokyo win over Arrow Metal prior showed the level that makes him a genuine winning hope. HO O TITAN (4) resumes off mixed form, with a Chukyo second more persuasive than the Niigata seventh, and her overall consistency keeps her in the contest.