In the eyes of the workers, although the boss's cattle seemed decent, they still weren't quite up to the mark for the Cattle Racing Tournament.
Even though they now believe in the boss's technical skills, the cattle in such tournaments are always meticulously selected, and picking a dozen at random like he did seemed a bit too careless.
As for those horses, not many workers were optimistic about them either—they were too sturdy!
Horses aren't better just because they're sturdier; you have to consider their spirit. If a horse can't cooperate well with its rider, no matter how fast it runs, it's useless.
If being sturdy was all that mattered, some ranches even use pack horses; those are the real tall and big ones, clumsy but excellent at pulling carts, though they're not suitable as riding horses—if you're riding one and it bucks you off, that's already a good outcome; it might even hurt someone.
