Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 160: Preview with the commemoration of St.

The G1 games in the Shining Series all have preliminary events, which are basically based on G2 and G3.

All preliminary battles have the right to leave first. After reaching the specified ranking in the competition, you can directly leave the corresponding G1.

Generally, it is required to make one move, but there are also situations where the first two or three moves are required.

For example, in the spring championship that Northern Black Horse participated in, the top three were able to participate in the Gaoyue Award.

In addition, the outpost battle also serves as a "rehearsal", which is more in line with the meaning of "outpost".

It is still the Spring Championship. This race, like the subsequent Gaoyue Sho, is held at the Zhongshan Stadium, and the race schedule is relatively close to 1800 meters and 2000 meters.

Having participated in the Spring Championships, your familiarity with Gaoyueshou will obviously be greatly increased.

Judging from past performances, Umamusume, who have won top places in the Spring Championship, also performed well in the Gaoyue Sho.

However, in Yasui Makoto's opinion, the establishment of some outposts is not so reasonable.

For example, the prelude to the Chrysanthemum Appreciation, the St. Regent Memorial and the Kobe Shimbun Cup.

The Chrysanthemum Appreciation is a long-distance event of 3000 meters, while these two races are middle-distance events of 2200 meters and 2400 meters.

The venues are also very different. The former is located in Kyoto, while the latter two are located in Nakayama and Hanshin respectively.

According to the explanation given by the association, the setting of these two preliminary battles has historical origins and is related to a lot of game history.

This statement is understandable, but in terms of the adjustments to the competition itself, the St. Regent Memorial Cup and the Kobe Shimbun Cup are obviously not as valuable as the Spring Championship.

However, after thinking about it, Yasui Makoto felt that he had no choice.

Given the popularity of Northern Black Horse, there is no need to worry about leaving to enjoy the chrysanthemums.

The problem is that apart from the two preliminary matches, the rest of the events are even less valuable for reference.

It is already August, and the Chrysanthemum Viewing Festival is in September. During this period, the only long-distance races are the Tancho Championship and the Sapporo Nikkei Open.

It is true that these two races are long distance races, but the race distance is only 2600 meters and the venue is in Sapporo.

The Sapporo stadium is located in Hokkaido, and the environment is very different from Kyoto.

Moreover, the grass species used in the stadium are also quite special, using overseas grass species that are not found in other stadiums.

All in all, these two long-distance races are not ideal choices, and there has never been such a run of the Kikukaku Sho Uma Musume in previous events.

Use the St. Regis Memorial to test the results of special training, and use more 3000-meter training and endurance training to target the chrysanthemum viewing.

This is the arrangement in Makoto Yasui's training program.

However, he didn't expect that not only were Wusheng Suzuka and Miyu unaware of this, but Beibu Xuanju also seemed to be unaware of it.

"Saint Liet... Oh, yes..."

After being reminded by An Jingzhen, Kita no Xuanju showed a look of sudden realization.

Scratching her head embarrassedly, she looked at An Jingzhen, then at Wusheng Suzuka and Mi Yu.

"Sorry, I was just thinking about the Chrysanthemum Viewing and the Saint Martyr Memorial... Anyway, I'm preparing seriously!"

Seeing her anxious to explain, the two senior horse girls smiled and nodded kindly, and Yasui Makoto's previous speechlessness disappeared.

Just as Kitahara Xuanju herself said, even though her attention was on the chrysanthemum viewing, she did not slack off at all during the nearly one month of special training she had undergone at Santou Mountain.

Or it could be said that it was precisely because she was focused on the final event of the classic triple crown that she was so focused.

The first two weeks were two times of intensive training per week, but this week it has been increased to three times.

Basic training every morning, special training and parallel running in the morning and afternoon.

There is also equipment training and swimming training indoors and at Lake Okutama.

The three of them witnessed the efforts of Northern Xuanju in this task day after day.

"I'm not blaming you, it's just... at least you still remember the St. Regent Memorial."

After saying it jokingly, Yasui Shin turned his tone to serious.

"This race will be held in Zhongshan, a venue you are very familiar with." The race is 2200 meters, which is not a problem either.

"My idea is that since you are familiar with the venue and the schedule is within your ability, you can use this competition as a preview of the Chrysanthemum Appreciation.

"If everything goes well, we can determine what running style and tactics we will use in the end."

Beibu Xuanju nodded seriously as well. Suddenly, his expression changed and he asked impatiently:
"A rehearsal for the Chrysanthemum Festival...are you trying to get me to run away during the Chrysanthemum Festival?"

Hearing this, Silent Suzuka looked at An Jingzhen thoughtfully, and Mi Yu, who had been silent before, hesitated.

"The Chrysanthemum Festival Grand Escape... it should be hard to win, right? I remember that even if it wasn't a Grand Escape, the horse girls who had won the Chrysanthemum Festival in the past..."

Halfway through her sentence, she suddenly became flustered.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yasui, I'm not questioning you... I'm just, just..."

After spending almost a month together, An Jingzhen was almost familiar with Mi Yu's personality. Knowing that this horse racing girl was very introverted, he quickly spoke in a comforting tone.

“Don’t worry too much, Mi Yu, I understand what you mean.

“In fact, it’s not just the Chrysanthemum Appreciation. In long-distance races, there aren’t many horse girls who can successfully escape… or even win by escaping.

"let me see……"

He recalled.

"Just talking about the chrysanthemum appreciation, the one who escaped and won the competition... I remember there was a blue sky."

Mentioning the name of a horse girl, he continued:
“That’s why I wanted to develop various leading techniques for Xiaobei, precisely because it’s so difficult to win by escaping the horse.

"I've discussed this with Suzuka-san, and she also thinks there's nothing wrong with this approach."

This was the idea that Yasui Makoto had from the beginning.

For fans, it was quite a sight to see Escape Horse leading the way alone.

But for horse girls and trainers, winning the race by escaping is definitely more difficult than other running methods.

When you are alone at the front, you have to rely on yourself to judge the situation, and any mistake will lead to failure.

It also consumes a lot of physical energy, and I have to adjust my pace several times to ensure that I don’t slow down when crossing the finish line.

During this period, they also have to deal with various pursuits from behind, which not only consumes physical strength, but also consumes brain power to make judgments.

Short, English and Chinese races are a little better, but in long distance events, any consumption will be greatly increased, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it will double.

Based on this premise, we ask Mi Yu to help further enhance the defense capabilities of Northern Xuanju, and ask Silent Suzuka to help expand the escape skills, and rehearse through the preliminary battle of Saint Liet Memorial.

Only this kind of thinking can ensure the success of the chrysanthemum viewing to the greatest extent.

"Yeah! Suzuka-senpai told me that too!"

Northern Xuanju nodded repeatedly at this time:
"She told me before that her escape method isn't suitable for everyone, and that I should just try to master it, but not force it... She also said that just now."

"So this is ah……"

Mi Yu breathed a sigh of relief and covered his chest.

"This way, Mi won't have to worry too much, then..."

She then gave a weak smile that contained a hint of confidence.

"Mi will continue to work hard to help..."

"I'm really grateful to Miyu-san and Suzuka-san."

After expressing his gratitude from the bottom of his heart, An Jingzhen smiled and changed the subject.

"But after such a long period of special training, it's time to make some adjustments.

“It just so happens that there’s a match this week, and Xiaobei has been clamoring to go watch it.

"Let's just take this opportunity to go to the stadium to relax and unwind."

(End of this chapter)