Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 17: Debut Day

After understanding the fighting spirit and intentions of his own horse girl, Yasui Makoto thought for a while and simply compared it with the situation of Satomi Crown.

In his first debut race, he ran 1800 meters on grass, finishing in 1 minute and 50 seconds, with a speed of 16.36 meters per second.

The last three waves took 33.5 seconds, with a speed of nearly 18 meters per second.

The second race was also 1800 meters on grass, and the finishing time was even faster, 1 minute 47 seconds, with a speed of 9.

The last three waves were a little slower, 38 seconds. It should be that the cruising speed affected the sprinting stamina, otherwise it might have been faster.

For a newly debuted Umamusume, this level is really not weak, especially compared with the Gaoyue Award data of the past five years.

In terms of finishing time alone, in G1 races like the Gaoyue Sho, the champions in the past five years have taken times between 1 minute 58 seconds and 2 minutes.

The slowest time was 2 minutes 01 seconds by the champion Golden Boat two years ago.

The total length of Gaoyueshang is 2000 meters, and the speed of the Golden Ship is 16.48.

Both of Satomi Crown's races were Pre-OP. Being able to run 16.36 or even 16.68 in such a basic event makes him a favorite candidate for the Satsuki Sho championship.

In comparison, Northern Black Horse's average speed during this period of training was over 15, with the better times being around 16.2.

Perhaps it was because she secretly compared these data that this horse racing girl felt pressured.

However, Yasui Zhen did not explain this to Kita Genju.

Compared to training, competition situations are much more complicated.

Weather, venue, audience, physical condition on the day, opponent's condition, game atmosphere...all of these will affect the outcome of the game.

If pre-race predictions can be taken as results, then it’s better not to run at all and just watch the predicted awards.

If you really want to win a game, the trainer and the horse girl must work together and cooperate with each other tacitly.

Thinking of this, Yasui Zhen registered the competition for Northern Xuanju and explained at the same time.

"I think one race a month is the ideal rhythm, so that's how it was arranged before the Gaoyue Sho.

“The reason for choosing the Spring Stakes is very simple. The Yayoi Sho is on March 3, which is too early.

“The Spring Stakes is on the 22nd, so there will be more time to prepare.

“The Wakaba Championship is not considered because it is held at the Hanshin Stadium in Kansai.

"The Gaoyue Sho is held at the Nakayama Stadium, which is in the Tokyo area just like the Tokyo Stadium. The conditions of the two stadiums are relatively similar, at least closer than those at Hanshin Stadium.

"So generally speaking, if you're not from Kansai, you'll definitely choose the Yayoi Sho and Spring Stakes, the two preliminary races in the Nakayama area, rather than the Wakaba Stakes."

After giving his horse girl some common sense about the classic battle line, Yasui Zhen changed the subject when he looked at Kita no Xuanju who looked confused.

"But these are things that will happen in more than two months. What you should be thinking about now is your debut match."

"Okay! I will try my best!"

He nodded vigorously as if it was a conditioned reflex, and then Beibu Xuanju was stunned.

"Wait, it's right in front of me...?"

"Didn't you see the time? It's this Saturday, game day."

Pointing to a line of competition information, Yasui Zhen reminded:

"In my opinion, you are in good enough shape to make your debut, so why not make it this Saturday?

"Tokyo Arena, 1800m on grass, race .

"That's your debut match."

……

After getting up on the day of the competition, Yasui Shin felt for the first time that he might have to find a way to transfer to the academy trainer dormitory.

It's probably the same in every dimension of Japan, with all walks of life emphasizing things like seniority and seniority.

Rookie trainees like him weren't eligible to live in the academy dormitories, no matter how good their test scores were; those were given priority to senior trainees. In the past, he hadn't cared much about living in the academy or not; he simply didn't like interacting with other people.

But it was impossible for him not to be nervous and excited about his first race as a horse girl. He couldn't wait to see how Northern Black Horse performed today.

However, he was anxious, so he still patiently washed up, had breakfast, packed the things he needed for the competition, then went downstairs, got on his motorcycle, put on his helmet, and rushed to Tresen Academy.

Central Tresen Academy and Tokyo Stadium are located in Fuchu, west of District 23, about a few thousand meters apart.

Without special application, horse girls and trainers attending races will be picked up and dropped off by school buses.

Kita no Genju was already waiting at the entrance of the academy parking lot, accompanied by a horse girl with long light brown hair and pale golden eyes.

Based on the information he had read, he quickly recognized that it was another eldest daughter of the Satomi family, Satomi Mitsuzume's roommate.

Then, Yasui Zhen looked at Kitaguchi Xuanju's feet strangely.

Beibu Xuanju was still wearing sportswear today, a crimson top and crimson trousers, and he also changed into running shoes.

The issue is……

"Xiaobei, when you came out of the dormitory, didn't your shoes feel uncomfortable?"

"Good morning, trainer... huh? Not feeling well? No... huh?! Why are my shoes on backwards?!"

Today is the competition day at the Tokyo Arena. There are a total of 12 games throughout the day, with an average of 15 contestants per game. These more than 200 horse girls are all students at Central Tresen Academy.

At this moment, many students have arrived at the parking lot. Those wearing sportswear are the ones who have competitions today.

Next to them were their friends who accompanied them to the stadium like Satomi Hikari, and they were also the school horse girls.

Northern Xuanju's exclamation was quite loud, which immediately attracted a lot of attention.

The horse racing girls looked over here, and following the exclamation, they glanced at the shoes that Beibu Xuanju was wearing backwards, and many of them covered their mouths and laughed.

"What happened... Sorry, trainer, I'll find a place to change my shoes..."

With her pretty face blushing, Northern Black Horse turned around and was about to run.

Satomi Mitsuzumi was also a little surprised, and at the same time felt a little guilty.

"Xiaobei, I'll help you too... I'm so sorry, Trainer Yasui, I should have checked Xiaobei's shoes..."

Although An Jingzhen was a little speechless about Kita no Genju wearing his shoes backwards, he could understand it.

If you really consider his age, he is more than twice as old as he looks, but he is still a little nervous about the upcoming races, not to mention the Northern Black Horse.

Due to their naturalization, the development of horse girls is different from that of humans, but it can also be roughly converted.

Having just entered the stage of becoming an adult, Northern Black Horse's mentality is no different from that of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old human girl. It would be incomprehensible if she was not nervous and anxious when facing the first game of her career.

"There's nothing to apologize for. This is my responsibility as a trainer."

After quickly explaining to Satomi Mitsuzumi, Yasui Shingo raised his voice.

"Hey—Xiaobei! Stop running! Come back!"

The horse girl's speed is indeed fast. In just a few seconds, the Northern Black Horse has rushed back dozens of meters.

However, after hearing what An Jingzhen said, she quickly slowed down, stopped, turned around and was stunned for a moment, then ran back with a somewhat awkward pace.

"I'm back trainer, but these shoes of mine..."

"Just change on the motorcycle."

Nodding to the embarrassed Kita no Xuanju, and seeing her obediently sit on the parked motorcycle, An Jing Zhen squatted down.

"Hey?! Trainer, you, you..."

Amidst Kitagawa Xuanju's screams, An Jingzhen naturally squatted down, untied Kitagawa Xuanju's shoelaces, and took off the pair of sneakers that were worn inside out.

(End of this chapter)