Attractive 4-year-olds

(WED) January 21st, 2026

8:49 p.m. Checking the expected win odds of AJCC wondering what it's like. The most favored turned out to be Giovanni, which was a bit unexpected. Perhaps his stock rose thanks to Goltzschtal's win last week. Or maybe the fans haven't yet forgotten that Giovanni was the runner-up in Hopeful Stakes behind Croix du Nord and decided he was the Nakayama specialist everyone else has already wiped out of their memories. Well, we'll see in a couple of days if that's true or not. He doesn't particularly appeal to me at the moment apart from his sireline.

The horse that looks most attractive among the 4-year-olds is Faust Rasen. If you can recall how he swept up all the others to win Yayoi-sho (Deep Kinen), there's no doubt he's a Nakayama specialist. Also, he could be the type to perform better in non-major distances, considering his two wins both on good to firm tracks. Additionally, I think it would be better for Faust Rasen to draw an outer post to bring the best out of his racing style.

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