In the afternoon, just as Zhou Tai'an was about to leave work, he received Oguri Cap's physical examination results.
"Not bad," he breathed a sigh of relief after a quick scan and finding no problems. "Not even a minor hidden injury. Her body is very sturdy."
In that case, the race plan he had envisioned could be executed.
He took out a registration form and began to register his horse girl for the Chukyo Cup in October.
As the name suggested, this race was held at Chukyo Racecourse, which was under the jurisdiction of the Central URA.
He knew very well what it meant to have her participate in this race, but he was not worried at all—
"Other Central trainers might notice, but the relationship I've built with Oguri Cap now will not be broken."
After filling out the registration form, he looked up and found his desk surrounded by the academy's trainers.
"What is all this?" the young man was taken aback and asked.
"Congratulations on your Graded Race victory, Zhou-kun!" Just like at the hot spring inn in Hokkaido a few days ago, he was once again showered with confetti.
While brushing the confetti from his hair, he thanked his colleagues.
"Now that you've won a national local exchange Graded Race, when will you be challenging Central?" someone asked, a hint of揶揄 in their tone.
In the eyes of some trainers at Kasamatsu Tracen Academy, he could coast on this one victory for the rest of his time at the academy, and no one could criticize him. The idea of "challenging Central," which sounded incredibly difficult, could be postponed indefinitely. At this thought, someone always had to be sour.
However, his answer was decisive. "Next year."
"The words I say are never a joke," he put down his pen. "In the first half of next year, I will take her to challenge a Central Graded Race."
"It's just one Hokkaido Yushun Championship. It won't become a stumbling block that holds me back from moving forward."
With that, the atmosphere in the office became somewhat awkward.
"I'll be leaving now."
But he didn't care at all. He picked up the registration form he had filled out, slung his bag over his shoulder, stood up, nodded at his colleagues, and then left the office, leaving them all behind.
Although he could treat the Hokkaido Yushun as an ordinary race, the trainers of Kasamatsu could not. With just this one race, it didn't matter if his relationship with some of his jealous colleagues deteriorated.
He still had Kitahara. If he needed to train, he could just find him and his Fujimasa March. Even if the training effect was not as good as running with the Rigil girls, it wouldn't be too far off.
After submitting the registration form, he felt his pocket. The car key the chairwoman had given him was lying there quietly.
But after a thought, he still didn't go to pick up the car. Instead, he went to the parking lot, got into his Alto, and prepared to go see the apartment the chairwoman was renting to Oguri Cap first.
"It's a 30-minute drive, not too close, but it's a 2LDK... If she wants, she can live with her mother at any time. This is very good." Before driving, he glanced at the information about the apartment that the chairwoman had sent him in the afternoon.
Then he drove away from the academy.
When he arrived at his destination, he parked his car in the parking lot and stepped into the apartment building.
It was obvious that this building had been built not long ago. The interior layout and decoration were all very new. When the young man arrived on the 24th floor and opened the door of the apartment with his key, he was taken aback.
"After renting it, I'll just need to buy some furniture, right?" he scanned the interior and compared it with his own current apartment. "If it's decorated well, it will be much better than mine."
He said that, but he had no intention of moving.
For him, as long as it was livable, it was fine. The most crucial point when he had rented his current apartment was its proximity to Kasamatsu Tracen Academy.
"Hmm... I'll go buy furniture tomorrow," since he had already made the decision for her, he had no intention of procrastinating. "She still needs to rest for a few days after the intense race. I'll use these few days to get this place set up."
…
After locking the apartment door, he drove home.
But that didn't mean his work for the day was over.
After dinner, the young man sat at his desk, picked up his pen, opened his notebook, and frowned.
"Now that I've accumulated enough capital to challenge a Central Graded Race, I need to consider how to train her specifically for it."
And during the targeted training, he couldn't let her forget how to run on dirt—after all, she still had two races at Kasamatsu this year.
After winning the Hokkaido Yushun, she had certainly become the "hero of Kasamatsu," but in the eyes of some very confident horse girls, she had also become a very suitable stepping stone for others to become famous.
As her trainer, he had no desire to see another horse girl become famous by beating her.
"Not even Kitahara-san's Fujimasa March," he clenched the pen in his hand as he sat at his desk.
Even though the Stat Viewer clearly stated that she had excellent turf aptitude, he also knew that he had to find a way to get her accustomed to a turf track.
Although the only local racecourse with a turf track, Morioka Racecourse, was a 10-hour drive from Kasamatsu, Nagoya had Chukyo Racecourse, a Central racecourse.
"When we go to challenge the Chukyo Cup, we can use the training grounds there," he thought, having made up his mind. "Then I'll let her run lightly on the turf track to get a feel for a Central turf."
At this time, the turf at the Central racecourses was still normal. European and American horse girls also liked to go to Tokyo Racecourse in November to compete for the extremely generous prize money of the Japan Cup. The Japanese horse girls often seemed helpless against the strong European and American horse girls.
In all the years since the Japan Cup was established, only Katsuragi Ace and Symboli Rudolf had defended the honor of the host country.
"It would be great if she had a chance to challenge the Japan Cup next year..." he said to himself.
He shook his head. "Forget it. Let's not think so far ahead. Let's take it one step at a time."
Then, he began to seriously plan her training schedule for the second half of the year.
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