REALIZE AURUM (10) is the one to beat after two solid runs this campaign, with a third at this track two back followed by a fourth at Tokyo Dirt when an outside chance in the betting. He is third-up, race fit, and his two placings from four attempts around 1800m give him enough grounding for this. IVY CHEEKY (7) is the sharper track-and-trip threat, having won a Mdn at this venue by three lengths before a plain ninth at Nakayama Dirt, and his overall record of one win and two places from five starts keeps him right in the argument. TORNADO ISLE (9) can rebound from a ninth at Tokyo, with the stronger guide being his Nakayama Dirt Mdn win over Le Sillage and a distance record that reads one win and three places from five attempts. B B BERZERK (3) comes through a last-start third at Kyoto Dirt and backs up quickly; the long winless record is the restraint, but seven placings from 18 starts show he regularly puts himself into the minor-money picture.