NAR racing continues Wednesday with Ohi (Tokyo City Keiba) highlighting the day's racing with a solid 12-race card that features what should be a competitive Conditions event for the two-year-olds over 1800m. Nagoya and Sonoda are the other two meetings scheduled with each of the respective meetings offering up appealing betting opportunities.
Nagoya Race 1 - #5 Hate A Lose
Siding with the T Tsunoda-trained Hate A Lose in the first of the day at Nagoya. The two-year-old colt has made an immediate impression since switching to the in-form Tsunoda stable by finding the frame in both attempts on the Nagoya surface. Sure to face stiff competition from Rhone Mefa'a who too has ran into the placings in her last two efforts, a huge push for Hat A Lose's chances comes from leading rider Makoto Okabe electing to stick with his mount after piloting him to second in his latest outing. Shouldering an impressive winning strike rate of 32% from his last 50 engagements, Okabe will look to stalk the speed from barrier five before hopefully proving too strong for his rivals in the dash home.
Sonoda Race 4 - #4 Tournage
In what looks a competitive match race between anticipated favourite Tokino Hito and Tournage off the back of their narrow last start defeats over the track and trip, it's Tournage who gets the nod. While both possess good early speed, it's Tournage who should be able to find the better spot in running from the lower gate, while Tokino Hito looks to face a bit of trouble landing an ideal from an outside draw. Another positive for Tournage comes with her pilot Tomohiro Yoshimura finding himself in career best form – striking at 31% in his last 350 rides. Expect her to race prominently and be too tough to hold out.
Ohi (Tokyo City Keiba) Race 8 - #6 Gryphia
With last start track and trip winner Shingun Spark sure to attract plenty of market attention, we've gone with Gryphia who might slip under the radar. Having found the frame in his last three efforts, the three-year-old gelding looks to carry plenty of upside leading into his track debut. Rattling home last start at Mombetsu to grab second, there appears to be good early speed engaged which should allow him to do the same – hopefully this time going one better.
