The scratch of Scatter Gun from the Royal North could make things a bit easier for KASUGA (7) on the front end. Arguably the most polarizing runner in the field, Kasuga dropped into a $50,000 claiming event most recently and aired, earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 98. The 98 Beyer earned that day is far and away the fastest race of her career, and it also happens to lay over this field; the question now becomes - is that what Kasuga is? Her overall body of work would suggest that isn't really her, but at the same time she could regress off that effort and still beat this field. With 16 MTP she's 6-1, and a case can be made that she represents the value of the race at that price.