Hokkaido Horse Racing Story

After seeing the column of production pasture that he had previously skipped, his eyes suddenly became a little subtle.

"Isn't this Mr. Sugiyama's horse?"

Among the several ranches in Sanshi, Mejiro and Nishiken can barely be considered neighbors.

However, in terms of physical distance, the closest to Mejiro Ranch is Meiji Ranch, which is across the Minowa Bridge from Mejiro Ranch.

Mr. Sugiyama is the owner of the joint venture company Meiji Ranch.

There will be more later

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Chapter 228 Intuition and Reality

Although they are neighbors, there is no real relationship between the two ranches.

Kitano had only met Mr. Sugiyama, known as the "Gifu celebrity", a few times.

but--

An auction is not a place where decisions should be made based solely on relationships or likes and dislikes.

"Let's take a look."

Raising his head, Kitano cast his gaze towards the entrance of the display passage.

As expected of a colt with a winning streak in sight—

When I saw the deer-haired horse coming, this thought suddenly came to my mind.

First, the chest from the front.

Both the depth and width are too full, which makes it seem a bit uncoordinated.

The horse's body outline is similar to its father's, with a short and narrow shape. Coupled with its round belly covered with thick hair, it looks like a Daifuku covered with chocolate powder from a distance.

"It's not the size of a racehorse at all."

This is Majima's comment.

"It could be a powerful sprint horse."

The original rider, Wada, also came to the conclusion based on his intuition.

At this moment, the stable attendant also stood in the center of the display area with the deer-hair pony.

Amid the continued noise, the pony raised his head slightly, chewed on the bit, and a small amount of foamy saliva flowed out.

However, the muscles in the withers did not tremble noticeably.

"He should be the type with a calm temperament."

After observing for a while, Kitano also made his own judgment.

"Number 27, Witch Queen 2026, male, deer hair, born on February 12th. Father is on the verge of victory, mother is the Witch Queen of Nagoya 2."

"What do you think of 13.4 million yen? 13.4 million—"

Faced with this starting price that is close to the cost price, many horse owners seem hesitant.

This year marks the third year of Winning Stud's career.

Judging from the new horse races in the past two months, most of the foals born from the promising winners do not have the high initial completion of their fathers.

Although the best view is that the late bloomer and high growth potential that the previous generation has inherited are what they really want, but if the worst case scenario is -

"How about 13.4 million? My mother and father won the Takamatsunomiya Kinen, and they're the Holy King Halo, who excelled at multiple distances. Is 13.4 million yen okay for you?"

Opening the panel in front of him, Kitano selected [Detector].

The target is the chubby deer-hair pony right in front of your sight.

【Witch Queen 2026 (Untitled)】

【M1】

【Deer hair】

[Distance Suitability: 2100-2700]

[Horse Farm Suitability:?]

【Foot texture: ? 】

【Growth type: Late bloomer】

[Temperament:?]

【character:?】

【speed:?】

【physical strength:? 】

[Winning or losing nature:? ]

[Instantaneous Power: B+]

【strength:?】

【healthy:?】

【Xian:? 】

[Spiritual power:?]

【Softness:? 】

After using the [Detector] three times, Kitano briefly fell into contemplation.

"A 'B+' instantaneous power is definitely worth the gamble."

Unexpectedly, Rachel Ho's intuition accidentally hit the right answer.

However, even if we put aside the frowning distance suitability, the late growth type is also a minus point option.

It's not worth buying at a price that will break your plan.

Thinking of this, he tapped the screen and entered the first quotation.

The upper limit is set at 2500 million yen.

After completing this series of operations, he raised his head again.

"At first glance, this horse's physique seems to be quite complete. Perhaps by the time he's two years old, he'll be able to run some impressive sprint races."

After Majima said this, Kitano's expression suddenly became a little subtle.

"Yes, but considering the female's bloodline, it might be possible to extend the range to a mile or even 1,800 meters, which is more of a medium-range range."

The supplement from Wada made the trainer nod frequently.

For a moment, Kitano looked hesitant, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

"Fourteen million, fifteen million—fifteen million is the offer from this customer. Is there a higher bid than fifteen million?"

There seemed to be fewer horse owners raising their hands to make bids in the field than before.

But it is still more than in previous auctions.

“Oh eh—”

"Oh!"

The two horse owners in the front row raised their hands to bid almost at the same time, and the number on the electronic screen jumped to "1700 million".

Then, without anyone calling out a price, the price quietly climbed to "1800 million".

At this time, some small and medium-sized horse owners who were still on the sidelines decisively gave up the idea of ​​competing.

Amid the sound of pages turning, a horse owner in the front row raised his arm again.

"Oh!"

However, the offer only stayed at 1900 million yen for a while before it immediately broke through the 2000 million yen mark.

Most of those still participating in the bidding are JRA and South Kanto horse owners with stronger financial resources.

A considerable number of them had met Kitano at a recent exchange meeting.

"Oh!"

The horse owner who asked "How to find a good horse at an auction" had already made his second bid.

"Twenty-three million, twenty-four million yen. Thank you very much for the offer from this online horse owner."

The price increase finally ended here.

"The price of the token is 24 million yen. Thanks to this anonymous online owner."

The moment the gavel fell, Kitano breathed a sigh of relief.

It's a little cheaper than the highest price I expected.

It's about one million yen.

It is foreseeable that the next bidding will become difficult.

But I don’t know whether to say it was lucky or unfortunate, Kitano didn’t have a second chance to bid until the end of the morning auction.

Overall, the quality of this Hokkaido selection is even worse than the previous two times.

In terms of price, the premium has further increased.

Should we increase investment in the Hokkaido Select Auction or shift our focus to the upcoming summer auction?

Kitano was thinking about this question while eating lunch.

In the end, he chose the latter.

He swallowed the fried noodles and bread that was a little stuck in his throat and crumpled the wrapping paper into a ball like an elementary school student.

"Let's go see the horse I bought this morning."

"Is it the colt born by the Golden Master?"

Without having time to swallow the food in his mouth, Majima asked in a somewhat unclear voice.

"No, it's the last colt that was on the verge of winning."

Upon hearing this unexpected answer, Majima and Wada both widened their eyes.

"Eh!"

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"【Hokkaido Selections 2027 First Day】

Kitano Yuki, a representative of Mejiro Ranch, purchased the promising colt "Witch Queen 2026" for 2640 million yen (tax included).

——《n○tkeiba》

The highest price on the first day of the Hokkaido Selection Fair was 9700 million yen for the spring and autumn colt "Miu Jia Ren 2025"

The total transaction volume has increased significantly compared to last year."

——《n○tkeiba》

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