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DARUMA POWER (15) 2yo by Mind Your Biscuits having first race appearance for trainer Takashi Saito. Tatsuya Watanabe is a pivotal booking. Watch the betting. ALL BET (9) Hiroyuki Uemura trained 2yo by Kizuna having first race appearance. Follow the money. MAGICAL BLACK (5) 2yo by Mozu Ascot on debut for trainer Koichi Tsunoda. Betting is the best guide. ABSOLUTE GUY (2) 2yo by New Year's Day racing as a debutant for Kenichi Fujioka and will try to take advantage of the draw. Osuke Tayama rates highly steering. Betting as a guide.
Jockey: Kanta Taguchi
Weight: 55kgs
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Debuts from barrier 1 for Y Ohashi, whose first starters have produced 1 win and 5 placings from 25 runners. The family gives her a sound dirt base, with Tamamo Passion and Tamamo San Siro both city winners over 1800m, and Tamamo Reimei placed on debut. The inside draw helps her case, and she profiles as a realistic place chance if she begins cleanly.
Jockey: Osuke Tayama
Weight: 55kgs
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Steps out for K Fujioka from barrier 2, and the stable's debut figures are encouraging with 4 wins and 9 placings from 22 starters. He is by New Year's Day from Breisgau, and the dam has produced Saigoni Aiwa Katsu, a two-time winner. The draw gives him every chance to show professionalism early, so he sits among the better place hopes.
Jockey: Nana Kawaharada
Weight: 52kgs
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Makes his debut carrying only 52kg, which is a useful advantage in a field of unraced two-year-olds. His half-brother Taisei Sabre won over 1800m at Hanshin Dirt after finishing sixth on debut at the same trip, so the family gives him relevant grounding for this distance. The stable debut record is modest, but the weight pull keeps him right in the contest.
Jockey: Katsuma Sameshima
Weight: 56kgs
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Debuts by Mind Your Biscuits from Jeroboam for Teruhiko Chida, whose first starters have returned 3 wins and 5 placings from 27 runners. The trainer-sire combination has placed once from 8 starts, so the profile is sound rather than standout. From barrier 4, he gets a fair platform and looks capable of being competitive for a minor placing.
Jockey: Yutaka Take
Weight: 56kgs
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Debuts with Yutaka Take booked, which immediately adds polish to his profile. He is by Mozu Ascot from Piedra De Luna, and Koichi Tsunoda's runners by this sire have produced 3 wins and 5 placings from 18 starts. The stable's broader debut record is quieter, but this rider-sire-stable mix is a strong pointer and he deserves serious respect.
Jockey: Takashi Fujikake
Weight: 56kgs
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First starter by Mr Melody from Shakerato, carrying 56kg from barrier 6. Katsunori Tanaka has had 2 wins and 5 placings from 27 debut runners, which is a workable base without being a dominant signal. With no standout sibling pointer supplied, he looks more likely to be competitive around the placings than to command the race first time out.
Jockey: Shota Kato
Weight: 56kgs
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Debuts by Cheval Grand from Sea Dragon, and the family has quality through T O Al Ain, who placed in the Listed Shirayuri Stakes over 1800m and has won three races. That gives him a stronger pedigree note than his trainer's debut figures, which are 1 win and 1 placing from 32 starters. He has place appeal if that family quality comes through early.
Jockey: Riki Takasugi
Weight: 56kgs
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Debuts for Kyoko Maekawa, whose 34 first starters have produced 4 wins and 9 placings. The more interesting pointer is the trainer-sire combination with Le Vent Se Leve, showing 1 win and 3 placings from only 3 runners. That is a small sample but a positive one, and he has enough profile strength to be considered a place chance.
Jockey: Yuichi Kitamura
Weight: 56kgs
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Debuts with the strongest statistical profile in the field for Hiroyuki Uemura, whose first starters have delivered 5 wins and 15 placings from 34 runners. The Kizuna link is even better, with the stable-sire combination returning 11 wins and 27 placings from 53 starts. Half-brother Finger was second on debut over 1800m and later won at the trip on dirt, making him the one to beat.
Jockey: Yamato Tsunoda
Weight: 56kgs
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Debuts by Salios from Divina Preciosa, and the family has produced several winners, including Valiosa and Beauty One. Yasuyuki Tsujino's debut runners have placed 6 times from 28 starts without a win, so the stable record points more to patience than immediate dominance. He has pedigree depth, but will have to show more than the profile suggests to threaten the main chances.
Jockey: Akatsuki Tomita
Weight: 56kgs
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First starter by Chrysoberyl from Rose Carina for Daisuke Takayanagi, a Group 1-winning trainer with 2 wins and 6 placings from 25 debut runners. The family has produced winners including Shimasan Black, Rose Clan and P M Pinko, while Rose Clan and P M Pinko both placed on debut. Even so, his overall profile looks a shade below the main debut hopes.
Jockey: Seinosuke Yoshimura
Weight: 56kgs
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Debuts by Espoir City from Heaven And Earth, with barrier 12 and 56kg. Kensuke Ogura has 1 win and 3 placings from 31 first starters, and the family debut record is mixed, though Behind The Sun did place over 1800m at Kyoto Dirt. That gives him one relevant pointer, but he still appears to be searching for a stronger winning case.
Jockey: Manami Nagashima
Weight: 54kgs
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Debuts by Mind Your Biscuits from Fibula and carries 54kg, which is a small positive against many of the colts. The family has shown early ability, with Chiton winning on debut and Snow Candle also placing first time out, while Pearl Shell was fourth over 1800m at Nakayama Dirt. He has enough background to be considered for a placing.
Jockey: Yuichiro Shibata
Weight: 53kgs
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Debuts as a 53kg filly for Masayuki Nishimura, whose first starters have placed 5 times from 22 runners. The stable has a Group 1-winning profile, but the immediate family gives only one supplied sibling, Bambton Call, who is yet to win from 13 starts. The light weight helps her place case, though a stronger pedigree signal would have lifted confidence.
Jockey: Tatsuya Watanabe
Weight: 56kgs
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Debuts with one of the deeper pedigrees in the race, being from Mohini and related to Pista, a G2 winner, and Badrinath, a Listed winner over 1800m. Takashi Saito's debut runners have produced 4 wins and 12 placings from 35, a reliable record for this kind of assignment. Barrier 15 is the obvious complication, but the bloodlines make him a strong winning chance.
Jockey: Kazuki Kikuzawa
Weight: 55kgs
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Debuts by Orfevre from Little Monster, with Last Legacy the key family reference after winning twice on dirt between 1700m and 1800m. Katsuharu Tanaka has 2 wins and 6 placings from 28 debut runners, while the supplied trainer-sire sample is only one runner without a placing. From barrier 16, she looks to have a task against the stronger profiles.