Chapter 441: NO．24：It

NO. 24: This is a race arrangement where only the trainer is injured.

For the vast majority of Central Tresen horse girls, August is the month they pay the least attention to, as they are either sweating through summer training camps or enjoying their final holidays.

The distinction between the two lies in their grade level and whether they have participated in career races.

Therefore, there is no trace of G1 races in August's race schedule.

On the contrary, GII and GIII races are quite numerous, and there is no shortage of OP-level races.

In the early race system of the URA Association, OP races included G1–G3 type high-stakes races, but later changes to the race regulations turned it into a general term for races lacking sufficient level, failing review, and having no prize money restrictions.

At the same time, it also serves as a stepping stone for lower-level horse girls to advance to higher levels.

It is well known that participation rights in high-stakes races come with prerequisites:

Besides requiring accumulated prize money and popularity (fans), one can also qualify by winning designated lower-level races.

The foundation of the latter is today's OP-level races.

The initial stage, where even an insignificant pebble can, through gradual ascent, wash away its dullness and reveal the true form of a gem—

"But is it necessary? Aren't they all Central Tresen horse girls?"

Suzi, who once had no interest in horse girls and knew nothing about race rules, could actually say such a thing, which genuinely surprised Aomo.

Because this involves a certain 'common sense' that largely applies only to citizens of the Ji Men Qu Shi: Central Tresen horse girls possess considerable 'privilege' in terms of participation rights.

Skipping grades.

A one-time, two-level-or-less grade-skipping challenge.

This is the long-standing reputation of Central Tresen, where 'every student has the potential of a G1-level horse girl,' a student privilege permitted by the URA Association.

This allows sufficiently confident horse girls to directly start their debut with a G2 race.

Of course, many horse girls and trainers prefer to keep this opportunity as a backup.

Then it often happens—some never use this privilege even until retirement.

Always thinking it's not yet time, that they should be more cautious, so they end up never throwing away the safety net……This phenomenon is unusually common, to the extent that this privilege often feels nonexistent in many cases.

But it does indeed exist.

As a privilege that makes many out-of-town horse girls envious, jealous, and resentful, it enjoys extremely high discussion in the outer districts.

And a certain pink-haired JK who often 'surfs' the internet can generally pick up such a 'message in a bottle.'

Then she finds Aomo's busy before and after particularly puzzling.

Let alone Chazuo and Suzi, Bourbon is even a half 'second playthrough player' who reset his racing career, with no reason to treat OP-level races as a newcomer's battle.

His racing career has been reset, but his prize money and fan count have not been reset; just this standard alone already allows him to participate in many G-level races, even such as the 'Aoi Stakes,' which was newly set up as a listed race but upgraded to a high-stakes race, though it has not yet received international grading recognition.

However, Suzi saw on the table Aomo was holding something like XXX Prize, XX Championship, etc. —names that were neither thunderous nor ear-piercing, and likely not famous races.

"First, anti-collision."

Aomo tapped the paper; as a trainer, he himself was also quite helpless.

"No matter how harmonious our daily interactions, on the racecourse they won't hold back, even if the three of them could sweep the top three in a race; as a start, it's not pretty either."

"Before entering high-stakes races, even if someone runs a record-breaking performance, it's still hard to gain public recognition. Everyone will only think you ran low-level races, winning first is normal, coming second is a bit lacking, and if third, it's somewhat embarrassing……"

"And as a trainer, I must say—be careful of G-level races in the off-season."

Saying this, Aomo raised his head and fiddled with an electronic device, taking a screenshot of the several lists displaying horse girl names and corresponding finish times, and sent it to Suzi.

While she buried her head in her phone, he stated the conclusion:

"There are many who blow up like fried fish, and the chance of overturning is not low."

As he said, Suzi already saw many numbers standing out like cranes among chickens in the table Aomo sent her.

The finish times differed by 30 seconds, even up to a minute, and even she felt this was somewhat excessive.

Are they here to sabotage other players' morale?

Through her expression changes, Aomo realized she had noticed, and continued:

"Compared to G2 and G3 such high-stakes races, OP-level races, horse girls with a sense of honor generally disdain participating, while those without honor look down on its prize money."

"Unless truly desperate, willing to take both the fans and prize money of OP-level races, such a situation is still not common."

He spoke at length.

The data from countless races he had collected and researched for horse racing betting, along with information on other horse girls, were accumulated at this moment.

Generally speaking, the strategy and planning of horse racing manifest in performance on the racecourse; races blessed by the Heart of Terra at nodal points and protected by the Three Goddesses almost never involve race manipulation.

But……predicting opponents and choosing races, this kind of planning based on information gathering can achieve similar effects.

In the high-speed information age, such behavior is not uncommon and is entirely legal.

Like Tian Ji's horse race, understanding how to avoid low-probability combat—perhaps someone might not appreciate it.

"Then doesn't this just become Bourbon blowing up like fried fish?" The pink-haired girl raised her head, posing this sharp question.

Indeed sharp, but……

"Is this a problem?" Aomo looked at her somewhat doubtfully, "Do you feel guilty? Or are you worried she will feel guilty?"

One horse ahead, ten thousand horses without light; every horse girl and trainer who registered for the student council upon enrollment is generally unfamiliar with this slogan.

Competitive races always involve the victor's intimidation of the loser, and the victor's stage also strengthens this sense of intimidation.

The runner-up and third-place finishers accompanying the champion, as well as the background panel behind them with dimmed lights—this design is actually quite malicious.

Highlighting 'whether you wish it or not, you have already caused harm to others.'

Sunshine exercise, mutual blessings—this phenomenon naturally exists, but rather, it is Thus we output: Thus we output: QiuChuan, the committee chairperson, who strives to steer the atmosphere toward this direction, thus shaping Central Tresen into this ideal freedom.

Attempting to instill in all students the spirit of 'running is truly tm happy hahahaha.'

But the existence of tree holes in the campus still makes sense.

The psychological counselor in the infirmary often has nothing to do, yet this does not mean everyone is free of pressure.

And Aomo's attitude toward this is……indifferent.

The resources in this world are always limited; if you take the good ones, someone else will get the bad ones, and if you pursue your dreams, someone else might lose theirs—horse racing is ultimately an individual sport, not a team one, so he wouldn't care about other girls' feelings in order to give his own girls the best start.

And the one who raised the question, Miss Shin Suzi—

"No, I just think the reputation of Bourbon Sauce is worrying."

She clearly doesn't care either, after all, this guy is obsessed with blowing up fish when playing games, and a few days ago he was still using the account Aomo corrected for her to go on a killing spree in normal matchmaking.

His smug look isn't any better than Bi Ze Hou from the neighboring game.

"One race isn't that big a deal, and besides, if there are real complaints, they can just be dumped on the trainer's head."

Aomo shook his head, thinking such worries were unnecessary—after all, compared to horse girls, trainers hounded by countless news stories are the most obvious targets.

Play it well, and he might truly become a scapegoat king like Angola Manu.

"Besides, Bourbon already has a stable fanbase—fans who would still support her even if she were suspended for two months and then returned."

"And what about Suzi and Chazuo Sauce?" Shin looked at the other two sheets of paper in Aomo's hand.

"What else can I say? I really hope they don't both rush at once; right now I can't play favorites, so I have to register them separately, which means I'll have to investigate all the OP events of their cohort and any possible horse girls that might appear—sigh..."

Aomo let out a long sigh.

"Same cohort, same period—it's truly a hassle, and moreover, their goal for next year is all to aim for the classic Triple Crown."

"Civil war……as for aggressiveness, there's not a single bit lacking."