For horse racers, making money is victory!

This level of fatigue is even more tiring than when I finished running to see the chrysanthemums.

After all, 2500 meters is a really supermodel distance.

Not only is it longer than any mid-distance run, and more physically demanding, it also requires an excellent finishing touch.

No wonder... some female racehorses can barely manage 2400 meters, but when they see Arima Commemorating this 2500-meter race, they turn around and leave.

With this extra 100-meter gap, coupled with such a short straight track, it's very difficult to widen the gap if the last two runners are all very strong.

This will allow a formidable opponent to be firmly locked behind or even to the side, making victory extremely difficult, let alone winning by a large margin or by defeating a horse with a significant disadvantage.

Up...

Just like the historical duel between Grasshopper and Special Week.

The final result was that Grasshopper won by a very narrow margin of four centimeters.

This solidified her title as Special Week's "strictest mother," and completely eliminated any possibility of Special Week reaching the pinnacle of her career.

After all, Grasshopper, who has defeated Special Week champions more than once and won the Arima Anniversary Championship twice, has still failed to enter the Hall of Fame...

How can someone who was brutally beaten be allowed in during the special week?

Then, during the special week, thanks to his immense popularity and the popularity buffs of "Japan's War Cherry Blossom" and "Japan's Supreme Commander," he once again siphoned off Shin'yō's votes in the Hall of Fame vote.

It took the Divine Eagle almost ten years to finally be selected for the Hall of Fame.

To some extent, it can be said that the golden generation has been scamming one person after another, and then scamming another.

In this situation, the Divine Eagle has received a full set of debuffs. First, it got trampled on by Silent Suzuka in the Daily Crown event, then it left without participating in the Arima Memorial event, and after gaining fame in Europe, it...

Not returning to Japan for the competition…

It also falls short of the special week in terms of popularity.

This is enough to make him a legend in history and a Japanese Hall of Fame horse.

It's easy to imagine just how terrifying their raw power is.

Fighting the GOAT in foreign competitions is no joke!

If Xiaobai Zhuixue can't beat Senior Shenying, can't he at least beat Special Zhou and Senior Caoshangfei when they're old, weak, sick, or disabled?!

As it turns out, it works!

Even more impressively, Xiao Bai Zhui Xue won by a full three horse lengths, more than she had predicted before the race.

As expected, the Arima Memorial Trip was worthwhile!

The benefits of winning the competition in this way must be quite astonishing.

In terms of prize money, there are so many competitions in Japan throughout the year, but the highest prize money usually comes from the Japanese Derby, the Japan Cup, and the Arima Commemoration.

Other GI competitions nowadays mostly range from 100 million to 150 million yen.

These three matches all reached a staggering 200 million yen, a significant difference in tiers. It's easy to see that in the eyes of the Japanese tournament organizers, these three GIs are on completely different levels.

Xiao Bai Zhui Xue won two of the three matches!

"After receiving the prize money from this competition, we'll combine it with the sales commissions from the surrounding merchandise over the next few months."

"The family's debts can be paid off!"

Da Hong, our family is rich now!

A brief and inexplicable sense of confusion lingered in Xiao Bai Zhui Xue's heart for a moment.

So what's next...?

It's true that Xiaobai Zhuixue is very good at planning and preparation.

But her plans are all about earning bonuses to pay off debts, and how to maximize her win rate for certain key GIs.

But now, the debt can be paid off.

And the classic year has come to a perfect end.

There were just too many unexpected things.

The original plan for the Year of the Horse was somewhat rudimentary and needed to be scrapped and rearranged.

So what should we do next...?

"In the Year of the Horse, we need to rethink things."

"The future is something to look forward to."

The snow-white-clad girl was exhausted, and sweat was constantly pouring down her face.

Will next year bring a great opera performance of The Last Emperor of the Century?

Or will he remain the King of Battle? yik

No one knows the answer to this.

But at this moment, those crimson eyes shone brightly and gleamed!

Observe the rare things

The two tiny little girls were screaming excitedly.

"Ahhh! That's the Arima Memorial! The Arima Memorial won by three horse lengths!"

"Miss Zhui Xue! Miss Zhui Xue is the best in the world!"

"Not just a triple crown winner, not just a veteran, but the strongest active champion in Japan, right?"

'That's Special Zhou, that's Grasshopper! Miss Chasing Snow actually defeated them, it's unbelievable!'

After all, in the outside world's perception, hybrid GI is the highest grade of classic GI.

One side has no restrictions and anyone with strong skills can take on the challenge, while the other side has age restrictions, so the difficulty of the challenge will naturally differ.

In the end, it was Xiaobai Zhuixue who won the crown, and he won with a full three horses' worth of strength!

This left both Hikari Satomi and Genko Kita, who were die-hard fans, completely stunned.

As you can imagine...

Next, URA will be releasing tons of limited-edition merchandise commemorating Arima's Night Snow Chasing Snow!

The two little ones, whose wallets were already shriveled, are about to suffer another major financial blow!

...

Front row seats.

The emperor, Lu Duo, is depicted with her arms crossed over her chest, her eyes filled with astonishment.

"Xiao Bai chasing snow, she..."

With her keen insight, she, an observer, gained a clearer understanding and formed her own judgment.

"There's no territory?!"

161. The pinnacle of horse racing: Japan's answer!

[Domain]! That's the product of Saima Musume after she achieved mastery of "Mind, Skill, and Body".

At the same time, she is also an indispensable ace in the racing world, as a top-class racehorse girl.

It can be said that racehorse girls with a specific territory have a very clear advantage over racehorse girls without a specific territory.

While there are indeed a few geniuses who can defeat those who control a field even without having one, they are always countless exceptional cases.

At the same time, opponents who possess a territory are usually in extremely poor condition, such as being battle-hardened or injured, which is why they are "defeat by the underdog".

It seems that this unexpectedly fits the situation of this Arima memorial.

Of course, those who can utterly crush their opponents without needing a specific domain or caring about their opponent's condition, like that certain giant red monster, are extremely rare, practically nonexistent in the entire history of Uma Musume.

special case.

Rudolf crossed his arms, his mind replaying the acceleration downhill on the third bend, the start of the fierce battle that began then...

She remembered clearly that back then, Xiao Bai Zhui Xue had overtaken Tao Ma and taken first place.

As that snow-white figure was about to step onto the final bend, and Special Week and Grass Fly were getting closer behind, Xiao Bai Zhui Xue revealed her trump card.

That enhanced her strength and explosiveness, making her cornering and even straight-line speed more formidable, demonstrating an incredible improvement.

That's a field?

Or is it... just an exclusive skill?

If it's the former, then there's no problem; it's a normal, conventional field.

After all, when facing the areas where the special week and Grasshopper are starting up, there is a clear trend of them being slightly caught up...·k

This means that Xiaobai Zhuixue's domain is not very strong, and his future potential... is probably only world-class at most.

But what if it's not a domain, but a unique skill?

It would be perfectly reasonable for it to be recovered.

After all, the level of skills themselves is completely different.

If it really is an exclusive skill, then it's fantastic news, an amazing and incredible surprise!

After all, a domain is an upgrade from a unique skill. The better the unique skill, the stronger the domain that it can theoretically be.

The judgment based on the Rudo symbol is... a higher probability of obtaining exclusive skills!!

Xiao Bai chasing snow, perhaps there really is no realm!

After all, she didn't believe that a once-undefeated triple crown winner would improve as much as a predecessor whose form had declined.

"Why do I have this feeling... that might not actually be a domain?"

Ruduo symbolizes being unable to stop talking to oneself.

That means that Xiao Bai Zhui Xue's exclusive skills are far beyond the norm, and at the same time, he has unparalleled growth potential.

Although there is still a significant gap between it and other people's fields, it has already surpassed the exclusive skills of the same level by a large margin!

If this could be promoted to a field!

World-class?

No, that might become the pinnacle of the world, a phenomenon that only occurs once a year worldwide—the "World Horse King"!

Or even further, to reach the "historic" height of a prestigious family, a feat that can be described as once every few years or even once every ten years on a global scale!

This is the importance of a field; its strength or weakness can directly determine its upper limit.

"So, the physical fitness test data I saw back then might actually be true."

Lu Duo recalled that he had looked up Xiao Bai Zhui Xue's almost "horrible" physical test results when she entered the university a long time ago at the student council.

At first glance, such data might be mistaken for late blooming, which is not surprising.

But with Xiaobai Zhuixue's rapid growth and his undefeated triple crown, Ruduo's image has changed, and people even feel that...

Those physical test data might mean that when Xiaobai chased Xue, he wasn't serious at all, didn't use his full strength, and just ran casually.

After all, Xiao Bai Zhui Xue was known for a long time as "never losing a match but never winning a training match".

Before facing the new Year of the Horse racehorse in recent months, Yoshiro Tsurugi suffered crushing defeats in training races against both peers and seniors. However, she managed to win against her peers in actual races.

This would naturally make Rudo feel that the physical test data might be inaccurate or not measured seriously.

But now... it seems that this conjecture can be refuted.

Xiaobai Zhuixue seems to be a late bloomer and, due to underdevelopment, a young pony that hasn't yet reached its full potential!

In other words, she's still a minor in "Uma Musume Pretty Derby"!

'Will her growth be even more rapid and she become even stronger in the Year of the Horse?'

"At that time, when I reach the true peak of my physical condition, there is no doubt that I might replicate or even surpass the Divine Eagle!"

Such incredible growth potential and endless possibilities are truly exciting and something to look forward to!

Having witnessed countless geniuses, even Lu Duoxiang couldn't help but conclude that perhaps Xiaobai Zhuixue was the super monster most worthy of close attention.

No wonder it is the only entity recognized by the secretariat of that legendary mud-ground creature.

Will Yoshiro Oishi become the new pinnacle of Japanese horse racing?