Just the two meetings on Friday with racing from Kawasaki and Nagoya. We've done the form and picked out our best bets for the day.
Kawasaki Race 6- #7 Sasakin Tomotaro
The three-year-olds clash here and I think Sasakin Tomotaro is the horse to beat. He's the horse with the most upside having only had one start, up against a lot of horses who have already hit their mark. He led at a slow tempo on debut and made the most of the easy time up front, sprinting well to win by 2 lengths with gaps back through the field. He started $7.40 there but his rating suggests he's well up to winning this and if he's able to improve again I think he wins. #9 Honu has posted the best rating of anything with a dominant win inbetween two failures. He's got talent if he's able to show his best.
Nagoya Race 8- #1 State Diadem
This is a cracking race with a number of horses bringing strong form and short starting prices and State Diadem is one of them. Again, she's the horse with the most upside having only had two starts, one of them on the JRA at Niigata when second in a fillies' maiden before transferring to the leading Tsunoda stable. She made her Nagoya debut last start and destroyed them, leading all the way as the $1.10 favourite to score by 6 lengths, with another 5 lengths back to third. #5 Albus Draco is the main danger, also coming off a very short starting price and boasting strong peaks from his JRA days, but recent form has little between them and State Diadem has more upside.
Nagoya Race 12- #5 Water Aye Aye
Another race with a host of chances coming off victories and commanding starting prices, with a remarkable eight last start winners in a field of nine, three of those starting odds-on, another four starting <$3 and all nine starting <$6.5. That should create plenty of betting opportunities and it is Water Aye Aye who presents as the horse to beat. This four-year-old filly is coming off a dominant 6 length win at $2.10 and has really struck form of late, running to the same figure in two of her past three starts, which should be good enough to be highly competitive here. She also notably comes through the fastest race and led all of the way their in slick time which should hold her in good stead for this tougher test. #9 Song Of Sophia might be the biggest danger and likely favourite having won both runs this time in, winning by 6 lengths at $1.70 last start, but Water Aye Aye holds the narrow advantage with our numbers.