JP - Mombetsu - Race 7

TORUK MAKTO (4) holds the clearest winning profile after consecutive placings at this track, the latest a third in C3 grade behind Ten X when sent out short odds-on favourite. That defeat stops her being a risk-free proposition, but she is proven at this track and distance and gets weight relief, so the form still reads strongly for this. M P FLIP (8) is the immediate danger after finishing second to Ten X last week, beaten a length and a half, and he had Toruk Makto behind him there. His earlier fifth over 1m was also sound at big odds, and the return to a proven track-and-distance set-up keeps him right in play. MARINO STIR HEART (9) has been knocking on the door with back-to-back seconds, both by a length, and she has already beaten Toruk Makto at this venue. ARMY LOOK (11) brings winning form after charging home to score in C4 company, though her broader track-and-distance record says she is more a genuine each-way threat than a horse to take short odds about.