Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 17 He Really Doesn't Know Horses
Kitahara was completely relieved by Oguri's performance in the simulation match. After intuitively understanding that Oguri was better at actual combat, he adjusted his training ideas accordingly.

He also found a time to have Oguruma come to his dormitory and briefly explained his ideas.

"...That's about it. Since you don't have much experience in competitions right now, you can't really grasp the higher intensity requirements during training. So at this stage of training, I will increase the intensity as much as possible based on your physical condition. To truly bring out your talent, you have to rely on various competitions."

"That is to say, I will try my best to give you the most suitable training plan. As for the competition, you just need to run as hard as you can according to your own ideas."

This kind of description is not as complicated as the explanation of knowledge. It is very straightforward and Xiao Limao understood it immediately.

"Oh! I finally understand what Kitahara is talking about. If I try my best in the competition, I will definitely do it!"

She gave Kitahara two thumbs up with a bright look in her eyes.

"Well, that's good." Nodding with satisfaction, Kitahara said:
"As for how to accurately grasp your physical fitness... I'll figure it out. You don't have to worry too much about it."

The reason why Kitahara didn't discuss the training details with Oguruma was not because he hadn't thought about it or didn't intend to say it. In fact, he had already sorted out Oguruma's training plan and showed it to the other party.

However, as his studies at the Exam Preparation Center deepened and he gained a deeper understanding of the world of Uma Musume, Kitahara discovered that although this world had magical beings like Uma Musume, the related technology was far behind.

For example, there are various instruments similar to those used for training human athletes, such as heart rate, blood sugar, and testers, but there are no such instruments specifically for Uma Girls in this world.

He speculated that this world's timeline regarding Uma Musume might very well correspond to the 80s and 90s in another world, which was the era before and after Oguruma was active.

At that time, Japan's horse racing industry had only been established for a few years. The professional knowledge and technology regarding the health status, athletic ability and influencing factors of racehorses, the prevention and treatment of sports-related diseases, the elimination of fatigue, injury recovery, and nutritional balance were all in a very backward state.

In this world, the knowledge and technology related to horse girls are quite rudimentary. Almost all Japanese trainers rely on experience and the horse girls' own talents for training. This level is not even comparable to the small ranch before Kitahara traveled through time.

Therefore, what he said about "accurately grasping Oguruma's physical fitness" is actually a very long-term job.

This kind of work not only takes a lot of time and energy, but more importantly, it requires money and resources that money cannot buy. I am just an unknown local trainer now. Just to train Oguri, I have to rely on the academy to solve the cost of food. If I want to thoroughly train Oguri, or even establish a more advanced horse girl training system, it is impossible without a lot of resources.

The central government... Only the central government has such resources, so we must continue to work hard, Kitahara thought to himself.

Although Kitahara decided to communicate everything honestly with Oguruma, it was a headache just thinking about it himself, let alone asking Oguruma, a fool, to think about it, so he concealed this point for the time being.

Fortunately, Oguruma had understood and agreed with the previous explanation about the training, and Kitahara felt that the matter could come to an end.

Kitahara asked another question:

"So, what's the situation with this horse girl?" Kitahara asked puzzledly, pointing at a horse girl behind Oguruma.

Oguruma did not come to Kitahara's dormitory alone. She also brought a horse girl with her, the new Glory who had been very close to her on the training ground before.

"Oh! She's the new Shining Glory, a very good horse girl, I want her to join Kitahara's team as well."

Oguruma suddenly became excited. She turned around and pushed the brand new Guanghui behind her in front of Kitahara, "Bring the team list for her to sign. Guanghui, this is my trainer, Kitahara Rang." "It's Kitahara Rang, you'd better remember the trainer's name for me." Kitahara got a headache. He found that Oguruma, a natural-looking person, had difficulty remembering names.

But thinking about it this way, the fact that he could accurately remember the new and glorious name meant that Oguruma liked him very much.

and many more!

what about me?
We have known each other for so many days, but she still can't remember my name. Is it because I am unlikable?
Beiyuan became resentful.

However, thinking of Oguruma's natural character, he quickly comforted himself, "Maybe she was just joking with me." Then he looked at the new light, forced a smile, and stretched out his hand.

"Hello, my name is Kitahara Joi, and I'm Oguruma's trainer. It's our first meeting, so please take care of me."

“Ahh…Please, please take care of me! My name is New Glory!”

When he was standing behind Oguruma before, Shining Glory had his hands clasped in front of him, his two index fingers entangled together, and he looked down at his toes facing each other, looking very nervous.

Being pushed in front of Kitahara and hearing his self-introduction, she became even more nervous. She stood up with her whole body tensed, swung her hands to her sides, and put her five fingers together against the seams of her trousers, just like a novice soldier facing the inspection of her superiors.

"You don't have to be so nervous," Kitahara smiled. "How about joining my team? I'll take care of you and Oguruma together."

Xin Xin Guanghui's eyes widened suddenly, and his hands subconsciously raised up to grab his collar.

"Is it possible? But I'm not very fast... In the previous mock race with Oguruma, I came in last..."

Before Kitahara could respond, Oguruma began to comfort him:
"It doesn't matter if you run slowly. I couldn't even run before, but now I can run very fast. Besides, Kitahara is a very good trainer. He will definitely make you run very fast."

Hey, hey, hey, don't promise anything for me without my permission.

With a bitter smile, Kitahara had another thought, thinking that there might be some benefits if he recruited a brand new Guanghui into the team.

My goal is to become an excellent trainer. Even if I have never heard of the name of Shining Glory before traveling through time, and even if the other party does not achieve anything in the future, it is the job of an excellent trainer to diligently discover the talents of every horse girl, and I should not be picky.

He is not using the right way to drive the horse, he is not feeding it the best of its potential, he is not understanding its meaning when it neighs, he is holding the whip and looking at it, saying: "There are no horses in the world!" Alas! Is there really no horse? He really does not know horses!

There is no "Horse Theory" in this world, but Kitahara implicitly regards this article as a motto. After all, the principles in it are very suitable for trainers to learn from. He secretly admonishes himself:
There are no bad horse girls, only useless trainers. So what I should do is to teach each horse girl in accordance with her aptitude and train her in the right way.

Having made up his mind, Kitahara smiled at the new Guanghui who looked a little excited under the comfort of Oguruma and took the team application form from the bookshelf in the dormitory.

"So, would you like to join my team, Glory?"

(End of this chapter)