It's the Sankei Sports Sho Flora Stakes for the 3yo fillies in Tokyo over 2000m.

This is an important trial for the Oaks.  Leading the market are two horses owned by the Tokyo Horse Racing Co. Ltd – Rouge Stirai and Rouge Eveil, both on around 3.0.  The former is by Deep Impact and the latter King Kamehameha.

La Seule is by Kitasan Black and is the choice of Christophe Lemaire and there is another worth watching in Personal High, another Deep Impact filly.

At Hanshin it's the Yomiuri Milers Cup and it is a very open race.  The market is moving quite a bit but the latest quotes have Ho O Amazon on 4.6.  Air Fanditha and Karate are around 6.0 and Soul Rush, who was on top yesterday, is now on 8.6.

News during the week that the Japanese have bought a colt by Mendelssohn out of his first crop – this one out of Grace be Good, a Malibu Moon mare.