I became a horse racing tycoon in Hokkaido.

Noboru Takagi.

A trainer who rose through the ranks from a stable boy spent seventeen years as an assistant.

He only started his career as a horse trainer in 2007.

As his career has progressed, his stable's performance has improved in recent years.

Yuji Izumi took the initiative to call the other party.

He mainly talked about the arrangements for the snow mountain.

A mud track competition where only four-year-olds can win!

The rider sought out Xiao Hengshan to ride.

"Izumi horse owner, are you sure you want to let it run on dirt tracks?"

"Takagi asked."

Before the snow-capped mountain, there was no race on muddy ground.

He doesn't think highly of running a race on mud tracks in the snow-capped mountains, because the Golden Master is not exactly a mud-track stallion.

"Well, we haven't achieved any results after running on grass for so long, let's try dirt, it's our only option."

Yuji Izumi wanted to have the snow mountain participate in the mud race.

The future king of dirt tracks is now running on grass. What's going on?

"All right."

Takagi Noboru chose to compromise.

He feels that the snow mountain's strength has improved recently, and he might be able to get his second win after running a few more races.

If they don't win this mud race, let Izumi's horse owner change things up again.

"I'd like to have Takeshi Yokoyama as my rider. Could you please contact him, Mr. Takagi?"

Yujin Izumi believed in the strength of Koyoyama at the Zhongshan Racecourse.

This year marks the rise of Xiaohengshan.

The legendary King of Zhongshan.

This year marks the third anniversary of Lotto Kokoro and Takeshi Yokoyama's new reign as kings!

The ruthless horse racing machine, Ivor.

In the second half of its third year, it successfully defeated the undefeated triple crown winner, Airplane, and at the end of the year, it defeated all the strong contenders in the Arima Kinen race, successfully becoming the representative horse of the year.

"Yes, Yokoyama's skills are indeed quite good."

Takagi Noboru is very satisfied with Izumi Yujin as his rider choice.

The Hengshan family consists of three people: Old Hengshan, Middle Hengshan, and Little Hengshan.

The most promising one in recent years is Koyoyama. He has only been in the industry for a few years and is still on the path of growth.

The competition is much less difficult for riders in mud racing.

The competition in the snow mountain was quickly finalized.

"Then this is settled. You can discuss the tactics with me before the match starts."

Yuujin Izumi made plans with his second brother and Yu Matsumoto to go watch the game together.

Neither of these two people thought he was a good candidate to buy the snow mountain, but they'll show them what the snow mountain is all about.

"Goodbye, Izumi horse owner."

"goodbye."

Yuujin Izumi, who was sitting on the sofa, stretched.

Horse racing resumed in the first week of January.

The first competition in the snow mountain was pre-registered.

The registration fee for a competition is only a few thousand yen. Compared to the exorbitant registration fees in Europe, registration for domestic competitions in Japan is very easy.

Yujin Izumi felt that at this point, it would be fine for Yuzuru to run an open-group mud race directly.

But that's how the system works; you can only climb up from the best-of-one group, the best-of-two group, to the best-of-three group, little by little.

Other famous horses would win a new horse race at age two and then go straight for the big prize. Once they won the big prize, they wouldn't need to run like that anymore.

"But this is also a good thing, as it allows you to accumulate a lot of bounty."

Yuji Izumi didn't feel he was at a loss.

They have had ample time, and this year the snow mountain project has been focused on developing domestically.

The winner of the four-year-old group will receive a prize of seven million.

Winning two games will earn you back the money you spent on the snow mountain.

With Izumi Yujin's approval, Takagi, the horse trainer, also began communicating with Yokoyama Takeshi.

Zhongshan Racecourse.

January 16th, the eighth match.

1,800 meters!

Shinsuke Izumi and Yu Matsumoto were among the first to receive an invitation from Hisahito Izumi.

They had both agreed in advance.

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Takagi Shrine

"I'm leaving this matter to you, Yokoyama-kun."

Takagi Noboru is very responsible towards the snow mountain.

Snow Mountain's performance in the past few weeks of training has been mediocre. Although it has reached the age of four, it does not seem to have grown up much.

It looks very ordinary no matter how you look at it.

Looking at the snow-capped mountains, Takagi Noboru seems like an ordinary office worker.

The atmosphere here is a bit too strong!

"Leave it to me."

Takeshi Yokoyama, who had only been in the industry for three years, nodded.

He touched the deer-haired racehorse standing beside him, which was wearing four black socks.

Messy hair, with a white shooting star on her forehead.

Snow Mountain's normal weight reached over 500 kilograms, a completely different size from its father, the Golden Master.

*Sizzle*

With his head bowed, Xue Shan glanced at Yokoyama Takeshi out of the corner of his eye.

Compared to other master craftsmen, this one is already quite good; it didn't come up and perform a talent right away.

"Let's put in some effort in today's pre-match chase!"

Takagi patted the snow mountain's thigh.

The pre-match chase was the last training session before the match began.

The training content and data will be posted online.

This is like the final sprint before an exam; how well you perform in it basically determines how you'll fare on the field.

"Please take good care of me during our first collaboration."

Yokoyama Takeshi smiled.

Takeshi Yokoyama is indeed good-looking, but that's only when he's not smiling.

The riders are generally quite short.

This is also a requirement for the profession of rider; it's rare to see someone as tall as Wu Feng, who is 1.7 meters.

This was his first collaboration with Hisahito Izumi.

As the most promising member of the Yokoyama family, he was said to be Yokoyama Norihiro's son from the start of his career, and spent the past few years accumulating experience at local racetracks in the central region.

This year marks his successful entry into the four major racecourses in Central Taiwan.

and so.

Takeshi Yokoyama really hopes to achieve good results at the start of the new year!

To evaluate a rider, you should not only look at their victories in important races, but also whether they can reach the highest total number of wins.

*Sizzle*

The snow-capped mountain remained unmoved by such actions.

It's no longer the little pony that first came to the Mipo training center.

It has figured out what needs to be done at each stage.

"Let's begin."

Trainer Takagi Noboru was also helpless; he waved his hand.

Then a stable worker rode over on a four-year-old racehorse.

Cut through the mud.

Start!

Each training center has a dedicated track for sprinting.

This is also a process of getting to know each other between the rider and the racehorse.

Takeshi Yokoyama was very serious during training.

He used this time as much as possible to understand what characteristics "Snow Mountain" was as a racehorse.

Keep pushing forward!

There is absolutely no problem with Takeshi Yokoyama's efforts to push forward as a young person.

In mud racing, the key is to throw bricks with great force!

Many riders at local racetracks possess this special skill.

Push it hard!

The final burst of energy was really impressive.

This is the impression Xue Shan gives to everyone; he has the same spirit as his father!

But you can't win a game if you only have the last kick.

After several hundred meters, Takeshi Yokoyama was quite satisfied.

At least the instructions were given without any problems, and it is itself a racehorse with potential.

"I feel this kid has a lot of potential."

Takeshi Yokoyama jumped down and then said.

"The owner mainly wanted to try running it on dirt tracks; it will eventually return to grass."

Takagi felt that the snow mountain was just developing slowly.

This is normal in the Golden Family; many racehorses are late bloomers and don't achieve good results when they are two or three years old.

"What about tactics?"

"There's not much to say about tactics; just wait for the right opportunity from behind the team."

The two exchanged tactics.

There's really no need to say so much about this kind of competition.

On Thursday evening, Takagi Noboru called Izumi Yujin and briefly discussed the tactical arrangements for the snow mountain competition.