Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 377 I Want to Surpass G1's Seven Wins
Yasui Makoto was somewhat surprised by the question from Gyokumine. In his mind, Gyokumine didn't seem to like noblewomen very much, and the tone he had just heard seemed to confirm that.

The feud between these two female racehorses is quite well-known in the industry.

Both debuted with a best-of-three record, entering the Classic Series with immense popularity, and their famous feud began in the Classic Series.

The Cherry Blossom Show, the Oak Tournament, the Autumn Blossom Show, and the three G1 events, plus the G2 Roses Championship before the Autumn Blossom Show.

In four races, Lady Domino swept the championships, becoming the third Triple Crown female and the ninth Triple Crown female in the history of the Shining Series in Japan.

Unfortunately, in this series of encounters, the peak team only managed to score two goals, and narrowly lost in the Sakura and Autumn Blossom competitions, with the difference in finishing distance being almost negligible.

In the Year of the Horse, the two female racehorses will face off twice more, in the Japan Cup and Arima Kinen.

Just like in the classic year, the champions of both matches were again the Lady.

To be honest, Makoto Yasui asked himself if he were to encounter such a nemesis in extreme sports... or rather, not a nemesis, but a complete nemesis or jinx, he probably would never bring up the other person in normal times.

It's not that they don't have a chance to win; even if there's a gap in strength, it's not as insurmountable as some might think. Yet, they can't win every time they clash. This situation is incredibly frustrating and a real shame.

It's a real shame that this is the industry's assessment of Extreme Peak.

This racehorse has never won a match against a noblewoman, but that does not diminish her skill.

Two of the classic Triple Crowns are an achievement that thousands of female racehorses can only dream of, not to mention her five big wins and two consecutive G1 Victoria Mile victories.

After thinking about it, Yasui Makoto felt he could understand why Gyokumine had brought up the lady at this moment.

After all, she is a top-tier female racehorse, possessing both strength and temperament. If she had been afraid to even mention her nemesis's name because of her repeated defeats in the past, she probably wouldn't have achieved those accomplishments back then.

“As for the lady, you could say we know her,” Yasui Makoto recalled, explaining the Arima Memorial event from last year, and added:

"...That's about it. I accidentally injured my arm with her, and we had contact a few times afterward because of medical expenses and apologies."

"Why are you suddenly asking about that classmate, the noblewoman?" he asked again, puzzled.

Extreme peak was somewhat unexpected, yet also somewhat inevitable.

She was aware of the arm injury that Yasui Makoto had sustained a few months ago.

Northern Genko is not only a rival to the elegant and refined horse in this Emperor's Spring Appreciation event, but also one of the most outstanding female racehorses of this generation.

As the trainer of Genko Kita, Makoto Yasui's situation has naturally attracted much attention in the industry.

The arm injury was reported as major news by major media outlets and became one of the hottest topics in the academy at that time.

It's somewhat embarrassing that she was injured because of a wealthy woman, and since Japan doesn't have a culture of digging into such matters, neither the reports nor casual conversations among horse racers mentioned it.

Most people's attention was focused on how the training and race schedule of Genko Kita would be arranged given Yasui Makoto's injury.

The unexpected thing about Jifeng was that her injury was related to a noblewoman. As for why it was so natural, she felt that it wasn't hard to understand if it was a noblewoman.

"I just heard a familiar name and wanted to ask," Kyokumine explained, a mix of amusement and helplessness in his voice.

"The lady... she is indeed very strong. According to her roommate, the charming scenery senior, she... can crack walnuts with her toes."

"Toes...crushing walnuts?" Yasui was surprised. He knew that the strength of noblewomen was exaggerated, but he did not expect it to be to this extent.

He unconsciously fidgeted with his toes inside his shoes, realizing he couldn't imagine how much strength it would take to crack walnuts like that, so he shook his head helplessly and smiled.

"That is indeed... an exaggerated amount of strength."

Meanwhile, the girl who had been listening to the conversation with curiosity blinked her almond-shaped eyes and raised her hand, saying, "Um... this lady is really that amazing? I only knew that she injured the trainer's hand before."

Yasui Makoto and Kyokumine were both taken aback. Just as they were about to speak, Qiangji, who had been looking sullen, pouted and huffed:
"It's impressive... but I think it's mostly luck. If... ouch!"

Before she could finish speaking, she covered the back of her head, looking helplessly at Jifeng who was withdrawing his hand in a chop.
"Sister Jifeng, why...why did you hit me? It hurts!"

"I didn't use any force at all."

After explaining, Jifeng said with a complex and somewhat helpless look in his eyes, "There's no such thing as luck or bad luck in a race. If you really have to say, the only thing that's considered lucky is the Japanese derby, where the luckiest horse girl wins the race."

"But who can really say that winning a game is all about luck?"
"Lack of strength is lack of strength. Training, tactics, performance... Even if you know where you're lacking, if you're lacking, then you're just not good enough. There's nothing more to say."

Upon hearing this, Qiangji paused for a moment, then puffed out his cheeks like two steamed buns, looking indignant. He was clearly somewhat unconvinced by Jifeng's words, but he couldn't speak up because she was his older sister.

Yasui Makoto did understand the meaning of "Giant Peak" to some extent, and felt that his previous guess was correct.

Perhaps feeling resentful, this racehorse girl was still able to accept losing to the noblewoman.

She was not only stating her position, but also subtly reminding her younger sister Qiangji not to attribute wins and losses to vague luck.

After taking the opportunity to remind his younger sister, Jifeng looked at Xingmu, smiled, and said seriously:

"The noblewoman...is very strong."

"With her classic triple crown of Cherry Blossom Award, Oak Tree Tournament and Autumn Blossom Award, as well as seven G1 titles and a 10-win bonus, she truly stands at the pinnacle among us."

"To achieve this level of success, she, like her fellow seven-time champions Rudolf, Good Opera, and Vodka, is destined to be a racehorse that will be recorded in the history of the Shining Series."

These words were clearly a reminder to her sister that the lady's victory was not due to luck, but to sheer good fortune.

However, Qiangji's chubby cheeks were still puffed up, and his almond-shaped eyes were already wide open as he muttered to himself:

"So that clumsy senior... was actually this amazing? I never expected that..."

Upon hearing this, Qiangji's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly as if his anger had dissipated, "Right, right? I also think that...senpai is a bit rash. Almond-san really thinks so too!"

"Yeah, it's because she hurt the trainer's hand."

Nodding and saying something, her almond-shaped eyes gradually concealed their surprise, then suddenly revealed an excited expression, just like when she was about to strike, and she clenched her fists:

"But now that I know how strong you are, senior... good!"

"My goal after my debut is to win the Sakura Award, Oak Award, and Autumn Flower Award!"
"And it's not just the classic three championships, but also seven G1 wins... No, I want to surpass my predecessors and win even more G1 victories!"

(End of this chapter)