On the 19th, Aguri, who will start in the Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin racecourse on 30th, was given a solid workout on the slope track and marked a time of 52.1 seconds for 4 furlongs (800m), with splits of 37.4 seconds for 3 furlongs (600m) and 12.0 seconds for the final furlong (200m).

After finishing 7th in the previous race, the Takamatsunomiya Kinen, Aguri had been in light work. Assistant trainer Yasuda said, "Since he doesn't like to do too much work over there, we gave him instructions to do a certain amount of work here. His mind is good. He still feels a bit heavy, but I think he will be in good shape after today's workout and tighten up, according to plan."