Chapter 1137: NO．42：The Beginning of Autumn Blossom (Lower)

No. 42: The Beginning of Autumn Splendor (Part 2)

At the end of October, autumn's bloom.

Though it shows desolation in countless literati's inscriptions, it is also often a scene of abundant harvest—even in the circle of horse girls, it is likewise an opportunity to test one's achievements.

This opportunity is the Autumn Blossom Award.

A G1 race for classical horses in late October, it replaced the Elizabeth Queen Cup as the final battle of the new "Triple History Blossom Crown," its venue often rotating between Fu Zhong, Canaan, and Kyoto, with participation requiring and only requiring over six hundred thousand fans.

In other words, as long as one meets this fan count condition and does not aim for the Chrysanthemum Award, anyone can participate.

But frankly speaking, not aiming for the Chrysanthemum Award is already a rather rare condition.

Supreme dominion is an irresistible temptation for the vast majority of horse girls, even though everyone inwardly knows the classic Triple Crown and the Triple History Blossom Crown hold no superiority over each other, yet if they wish to prove themselves the rightful strong, they will all make the "voluntary choice" of the classic Triple Crown.

Indeed, there are also those like the Celestial Sky Palace who "want it all," somehow pressuring Rock Hui II into simultaneously submitting applications for both the classic Triple Crown and the Triple History Blossom Crown.

Coming to the Autumn Blossom Award just two days after resting and adjusting from the Chrysanthemum Race—normally, athletes of sound mind would not make such a choice.

For competitive sports consume not only physical condition but also mental state.

Horse racing is moreover an exercise that cannot be called non-extreme; each run may very well develop new injuries for the athlete, and it is easier to have new emo.

Narita Hakujin, who once relied solely on campus running to break his peers' spirits, thus has a deep personal sense of being the "perpetrator" in this situation.

And during her period of frequent injuries and declining state, she could also demonstrate how "racing also consumes mental state."

Usually, a horse girl's schedule has consecutive competition intervals no shorter than half a month.

This half month is both adjustment time and a state observation period—whether mentality or body, the possibility of lurking problems remains not low throughout one's career.

If no problem arises, naturally good; once encountered, it is a hundred percent hindrance.

Therefore, generally speaking, no horse girl nor trainer would undertake such risk.

But—

Celestial Sky Palace just stands there.

On the dedicated platform for pre-race displays, bearing number 11, she stands alongside those who likewise chose the Triple History Blossom Crown path, letting all these colleagues cast their gazes upon him.

They are coworkers from the same workplace; even if not familiar, they should still know which girls are under the other's command.

Being of the same generation, they naturally become enemies on the battlefield, and at this time the trainers are each equivalent to military strategists before the tent, needing to clarify for the general the true and false of the opposing side.

The harmony of team-building gatherings does not hinder turning back to analyze again and again the information of the opposing side and their horse girls, forming respective hypothetical counters.

"Not planning to go take a look?" Nishizaki Yutaka was the first to speak up and greet.

In the entrance ceremony segment, after walking through, one proceeds backstage to change into respective victory or defeat attire, and in this segment, the horse girls' trainers can wait outside.

One may also accompany the other through that dim passage before the racecourse, seeing them off into the gate.

—Of course, the vast majority of trainers would not do the latter.

It's not like truly caring for small children by helping them all the way; nurturing horse girls' independence and self-reliance is also for the smooth progress of training itself—you wouldn't want to see your horse girl nearly graduated yet still relying on you for everything, as if wanting to move into your home, right?

Indeed, most horse girl fans probably yearn for such a future, and not a few local trainers pursue exactly this point.

Moreover, not mentioning that these local trainers completely disregard whether their future motivation can pass, the central trainers are all those who passed through rigorous screening to take office, and this is one reason many of them despise Aomo, as well as where their pride and arrogance lie.

What they pursue is honor, achievement, and forging generation after generation of renowned horse girls.

Every central trainer's hands have at least gone through two or more horse girls, and the truly renowned trainers who have stepped into the Hall of Fame domain have nurtured even more horse girls.

Under such numbers, naturally no trainer would truly neglect and disregard, accepting all comers while maintaining zero distance with the horse girls they nurtured, even negative distance contact.

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Even Aomo, who never thought of entering the Hall of Fame, likewise tries to nurture horse girls' independence and self-reliance, trying to give them the cultivation of having no self, and striving to live without worry even off the racecourse.

What?

You ask why Suzi there shows not a trace?

This can only say that some grandmothers' bad habits are indeed hard to correct, and can only say Aomo is still striving.

Moreover, not mentioning the independence and self-reliance issue of those under Aomo, facing Nishizaki's greeting, Rock Hui II merely smiled and shook his head.

"No need, she made preparations from the start, no need for me to encourage."

This remark is not what someone who once argued with horse girls would say; it seems these two have also experienced not a little these past days, Aomo so thought, and did not continue to pay attention to Nishizaki and the other's interaction.

He merely glanced at the athletes below, then glanced at Mit田 Ayaka trainer's side of colleagues, immediately turned his gaze back, and flipped through memory files.

Re-processing those details from that earlier glance, not necessarily fully processed.

The Autumn Blossom Award is not some small competition; even if he has been busy these days without end, he likewise did advance attention.

Indeed, for trainers this can only count as professional foundation, and he relies on this professional foundation to match the racecourse athletes with these colleagues here, and observe their respective reactions.

This returns to his original entertainment.

Observation.

Central Torasen, as the highest academy for horse girls, has accommodated the vast majority of promising horse girls, despite still existing cases of local horse girls refusing to go to Central for certain reasons.

But that ultimately is individual.

Thus, most of the time, the horse girls you see in G1 can be found on Central Torasen's roster.

Only there exists a three-tenths possibility—that the opposing party's trainer is a local trainer.

Such a situation has just appeared now.

Among the 16 participating athletes, 3 are local trainers signed in Aomo's information, the remaining 13, though under central trainers' responsibility, only 6 can be matched and completed within the field of view.

Another 7, unknown whether they did not come or simply refused Nishizaki Yutaka's invitation, sat elsewhere in the spectator stands.

"Although he spoke with great confidence, Celestial Sky Palace is merely fourth in popularity."

"Popularity third is Mejiro Zenxin, second is Extreme Peak, first is Noblewoman, quite subtle."

"Mejiro Zenxin has accumulated considerable popularity since winning the June Takarazuka Kinen, but strength is evident to all, not considered a major threat; the key lies in Extreme Peak and Noblewoman..."

"The younger sister of Dazhenhan, Noblewoman, who stumbled slightly on the Oak Tree Race despite consecutive victories, now everyone feels she can dominate the Triple History Blossom Crown; if anyone could break her winning streak, it could only be Extreme Peak, consistently second, and the previous Oak Tree Race champion Celestial Sky Palace."

Discussion continued without cease.

The professional trainer did not rush to make a judgment, but that attitude of clearly excluding the Sky God Palace still made Aomo open his eyes and look toward those few people whose communication was astonishingly straightforward, completely indifferent to the fact that Yan Hui Er was also listening.

Yan Hui Er's expression was as steady as his surname, his gaze fixed on the green grass without the slightest waver.

Was it confidence, or had he simply prepared himself for what was to come, or was it merely an extraordinary disguise…?

The result would obviously be known very soon.