Hokkaido Horse Racing Story

A big hand slapped Kitano's shoulder heavily.

"You're very courageous. We can have a drink together after the game."

After saying this nonsense, the man put on a black and blue baseball cap and strode out of the hotel.

"That guy is John Stuart, an American upstart."

The female horse owner sitting on the sofa opposite introduced the uninvited guest in a soft voice.

"Oh, I've heard of him."

Kitano nodded and looked towards the crowded hotel entrance.

John had disappeared.

This somewhat reckless new horse owner is somewhat famous even in Japan.

He is generally not highly regarded by industry insiders, but John is quite popular among horse fans.

He is also one of the co-owners of the Dubai World Cup runner-up, Goliath Giant.

Although he's a reckless eccentric, I can't say I have any ill feelings towards him.

I picked up my phone and took a look. It was almost time.

So Kitano stood up, and several horse owners around him also stood up.

After leaving the hotel, we quickly arrived at the IMAX theater where the lottery was held. There were so many people from each camp that their shoulders were about to touch.

After apologizing several times, Kitano successfully joined his own camp in the middle of the front row.

In order to facilitate the subsequent gate draw, I sat slightly closer to the aisle.

After a brief opening greeting, the gate draw for the Dubai Gold Cup began.

A guest whose name was unknown walked up to the stage, bowed slightly, and placed his hand on the gate extraction device.

Although that thing looks like a bubble ring toy for children.

After a brief animation, the screen behind the emcee had already arranged the gate positions for the first game.

People from the relevant camps raised their mobile phones and took pictures of the gate sequence displayed on the screen.

After the gate draw for the eighth race of the day, the Dubai Sima Classic, the next one will be the Dubai World Cup.

The first to take the stage were the Happy Time camp.

Yue Boren strode onto the stage and pointed to the horsewhip at hand without hesitation.

The hostess, who was an Emirates flight attendant, smiled and picked up the whip pointed by the Irish trainer and pulled open the barrier in front of the platform.

【4】

Barrydor's pink winning suit appeared below the number "4" on the screen.

After turning his head to confirm the gate position, Yue Boren nodded and returned to the stage.

Sparse applause broke out, and people quickly turned their attention back to the stage.

The next one to go was the Goliath Giants camp, and the main rider, Su Minglun, represented them in the gate draw.

After a slight hesitation, the Belgian rider pointed to the whip a little further away.

"Gate number six, the Goliath's gate is number six!"

When the host raised the microphone to make the announcement, a black and blue winning suit appeared on the screen.

"Next is Mejiro Sakuya!"

I felt nervous for a moment.

But when I stood up, all the distracting thoughts disappeared temporarily.

Walking onto the stage, Kitano chose a riding whip placed in front of him.

Then, he turned his gaze to the support below the whip.

The baffle slowly opened.

After seeing the number representing the gate position, he subconsciously pursed his lips.

For a moment, I didn't know whether this was the blessing of the three great gods.

Or maybe it was a trial that was sent down.

Second time.

The inside gate position second only to the first place.

In the audience, the other members of the camp showed slightly depressed expressions.

Kitano bowed slightly towards the seats with a somewhat subtle emotion.

I checked the order of the gates again before walking back to the stage.

"At least, it's not the outermost gate—"

The trainer let out a long sigh.

On the screen, the white and green winning suit popped up below the number "2".

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Dubai World Cup

Mejiro Sakuya will start from the second position in the inner lane.

The trainer from the mountain said, "At this point, we can only do our best."

DWC List

1. Rapid Strike (Kuri Sasaki Akira)

2. Mejiro Sakuya (Earth and Barren Mountain)

3 Galaxy Superstar (Outside Bubat)

4 Happy Time (Outside Yue Boren)

5 Rafid (Watson)

6. Goliath (outside of Gwefa)

7 Eternal Youth (Kuri Yahagi)

8 Heart of Glory (Osborne)

9 Anna the Mighty (Wai Mai Bojia)

10 Wende La (Outer Sima Bang)"

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Chapter 189 The Tested Man and the Tested Horse

The last Saturday in March, Dubai World Cup night.

As expected, there was no low-probability event like rain that morning.

Despite this wish, Kitano also does not expect the venue to change.

Because it is a race day, there will be no on-track training today.

Arriving at the brightly lit international stables, most of the training assistants were helping the racehorses with stretching and pulling exercises.

Mejiro Sakuya is naturally no exception.

"Okay, other foot."

Putting down the deer-hair horseshoe in his hand, Ogawa Katsu walked to the other side and patted Mejiro Sakuya's other hoof.

The deer-hair horse, with half-closed eyes, shook its ears, yawned, and raised its legs.

"Just like usual, nothing has changed."

Turning his head to look at Kitano, Huangshan said in a deep voice.

After a pause, the trainer added.

"She should be able to face the competition smoothly."

Hearing this, Kitano breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he relayed it in English to Kim Maggie, who was standing on tiptoe to look inside.

The corners of the female rider's mouth suddenly rose.

"Great!"

After stretching, Ogawa Katsu did not forget to use a brush to carefully comb Mejiro Sakuya's black mane.

Looking at the deer-hair racehorse that rarely appeared with bangs, Huangshan nodded slightly.

"Let's go——"

Last night, the camp had successfully passed the X-ray inspection.

However, before officially participating in the competition, all running horses need to complete a final gait check.

The sound of hooves in the corridor became more frequent, and the runaway group on World Cup night left the stable one after another.

When it was Mejiro Sakuya's turn, the veterinarian assigned by the Midan stadium silently completed a full-body palpation.

Then, under the slightly nervous gaze of the camp, the gait inspection began.

First circle to the left, then circle to the right.

Finally, walk in a jogging circle.

After completing all the examination items, the veterinarian suddenly raised his head and strode towards him.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

The veterinarian's face was full of enthusiasm when he took off his mask.

"Hello, Mr. Kitano!"

He shook the hand that Kitano subconsciously extended.

“Your paper on cost-sensitive treatment of Thoroughbreds with neurological lameness has been very inspiring to me and my colleagues at the Welsh Light Horse Medical Society!”

After letting go of his hand, the veterinarian pointed to the ID tag on his chest with an apologetic look.

"Sorry, duty lies."

Then he pulled his mask back on.

"Well, that's my duty."

Kitano nodded, an understanding look on his face.

"how's it going?"

On the way back to the international stables, Huangshan followed Kitano and asked in a low voice.

Kitano, who was walking in front, let out a sigh of relief.

"I guess I passed it successfully."

At the breakfast meeting after the morning inspection, the horse trainers generally looked heavy and listless.

In addition to the pressure of competitions and inspections, it is probably also closely related to the local climate.

It was just dawn and the temperature was already over 30 degrees Celsius. No matter where I went, I was hit by the heat.

"What's wrong, Kitano-kun? Is the food here not to your liking?"

Kimura put a few more Indian fried balls on the plate and turned his head curiously.

Earlier yesterday, Kimura, the representative of the production ranch, arrived in Dubai by plane.