Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 135 The Gate Leaked

Gates must be used. The closer the design of the training match is to the official competition, the better the effect will naturally be.

So, with the Golden Ship and the Golden Master arguing, the horse girls worked together to push the gate to the designated starting position.

Each of the horse girls who came to assist were experienced, and Kita no Xuanju was no newcomer, so the incident of pushing the gate did not affect the warm-up break.

It can even be said that with the experience of working together, the horse racing girls seemed a little closer, their condition improved as they continued to warm up, and they quickly adjusted to the level of preparation for the competition.

After realizing this, Yasui Makoto didn't say much.

After Beibu Xuanju and the others entered the gate like in the official competition, he began the final confirmation.

"I've already booked the gate opening time, and it shows a 30-second countdown."

With a tablet in one hand and a stopwatch in the other, he looked at the racehorse ladies in the gate.

Seeing no response from the other side, and everyone staring intently at the front, he nodded secretly, staring at the time on the screen, and continued:
"Then the training race is 2400 meters, left turn, sawdust track...

"Start!"

The start of the game was announced at the same time as the gate opened, and the next second, Yasui's pupils shrank slightly.

It was extremely obvious that the six horse girls participating in the training match were instantly divided into two groups.

Leading the way is the Northern Black Horse.

After a swift and precise exit, dark brown sawdust splashed under the black-haired girl's feet. The muscles of her arms exposed outside her sports T-shirt and her legs exposed outside her sports shorts were clearly bulging.

After previous training and competitions, Yasui Zhen was completely sure that the running style that she, the horse girl, was best at was escaping, followed by leading the way.

The instructions given before the game were naturally the former, and Northern Xuanju undoubtedly executed it perfectly at this moment.

Following Northern Black Horse are Special Week, Flying on the Grass, and Vodka.

All three of these horse girls have excellent advance abilities, and this race is arranged in this way.

However, the first priority after leaving the gate is to get into position, and the instantaneous speed is not low. At first glance, they seem to want to overtake the Northern Black Horse and grab the leading rhythm, so they are following quite closely.

After the four horse girls formed almost a straight line, as if they were a beat late, Big Shock and Golden Master missed at the same time.

Looking from the side, the two horse racing girls were half a horse length away from the one in front. The former looked normal, with a look of unusual excitement in her eyes, while the latter pouted as if unhappy.

"Oh oh! This guy was talking about me before!"

Golden Boat suddenly burst into laughter. "But my exit is still so bad, hahahaha!"

"A Chuan, it's not nice of you to say that about Master..."

He whispered something in amusement, and Silent Suzuka pinched his chin in thought.

"But from what I remember, it seems like Master and Shocking did have some difficulty exiting the gate..."

"It's quite famously difficult. I remember a few matches where the commentators even teased them about it."

Echoing this, Yamato Akagi said with a serious look:
"But even with this disadvantage, they were able to win the Classic Triple Crown. Xiaobei... we can't let our guard down just because they slipped up."

"Well, if it's a very strong opponent..."

With a slight frown, Silent Suzuka watched the galloping figure of Northern Black Horse.

"Xiaobei's current posture and stride... need to be lower and narrower."

Listening to the conversation between the horse racing ladies beside him during the interval between races, Yasui's mind was thinking rapidly.

It was somewhat expected that the two horse girls, Great Shock and Golden Master, would slip up. They had seen this happen many times in their previous races and public training records. For this reason, the running instructions for them in this race were to be off-track, so that if a slip-up did occur, they could take advantage of the situation and take position.

Running slowly is the way they are best at, so there is no need to worry about affecting the training results.

So just as Yamato Akajima and Silent Suzuka said, Northern Black Horse should not be taken lightly, and the handling of the early stages is far from enough.

On the track, he quickly adjusted his breathing, gradually turning the breath-holding when leaving the gate into the short rhythm required to take position. The Northern Black Horse's peripheral vision and ears unconsciously tilted backwards.

The five seniors behind him actually felt like they were about to surpass him at this moment.

In particular, Zhou's stomping was quite dull, and he kept pressing on the inner lane on the left rear side.

Cao Shangfei was right behind him, which should be the pursuit tactic emphasized by the trainer. The footsteps, gaze and even breathing of this senior were all stuck to his back like glue.

Vodka's position was a little further back than when he left the gate, and should be exactly between the other two predecessors. Judging from the rhythm of his breathing, arm swinging, and footsteps, he adopted the idea of ​​waiting in the middle section.

The pressure from the two seniors at the back was even more exaggerated.

She could hear the leak and saw it out of the corner of her eye.

However, they were not affected at all, and the two footsteps found their direction in a very short time.

One attacked inward, the other attacked outward, as if to surround him, and they attacked from both sides with a thunderous sound from a distance of one or two horse lengths.

This distance, this position, this pace...

No!

Still need to be ahead a little bit more!
We can’t give them the opportunity to continue forcing us!
His eyes suddenly focused, and Northern Black Horse sped up the speed of adjusting to various states.

She is no longer an inexperienced newbie. She has won many real competitions and is very familiar with and sure of what her predecessors are thinking at the moment.

Faced with a runaway horse, no opponent is willing to let it easily lead the pace.

Positioning, cornering, cruising...

At any time, in any position, any opponent may force the escape horse in various ways, trying to waste the escape horse's energy.

If you want to get rid of these, you have to give the other party a reason to give up chasing you!

such as……

Even though you are all seniors, I still want to say...

If you feel like you can catch up with me at a time like this, then give it a try!

His eyes instantly became firm, and just as his breathing, posture, and arm swing were adjusted to the most ideal state, the Northern Black Horse suddenly narrowed its stride, and its horseshoe-studded running shoes slammed onto the solid and elastic sawdust track.

The strong wind blowing in her face became stronger in the blink of an eye, and she even felt a slight sting when it brushed against the corners of her eyes, but she didn't care at all, and instead sped up again.

There was no need to look back. Northern Xuanju could feel by hearing alone that the three seniors who were following closely behind him had slowed down their momentum and were now running ahead in a normal "two, one" arrangement.

This means that they gave up the idea of ​​forcing her, completely gave her the leading position, and accepted the fact that she set the pace.

If the two seniors further behind do the same and enter the first corner at this pace, the subsequent tactical space and even the chance of winning will be greater.

Very good, Senior Xiao Te and the others must have given up. In that case, then... Eh heh heh?!
Just when he was happy about his decision, Beibu Xuanju suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure appearing outside, as if it were an illusion.

Feeling bewildered, she looked at it in astonishment and screamed uncontrollably.

"Shocking... Senior?! This is just the prologue?!!"

(End of this chapter)