Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 239: Arima Kinen's Prelude

After placing the four chess pieces on the sand table, Yasui Shin stretched out his hand, simulated the game situation, and said:
"If there are no problems with your exit, you and Leafalu in the middle will obviously have the greatest advantage.

"but……"

Instead of speaking in one breath like he had done before when preparing for battle, he paused intentionally and looked towards Northern Xuanju:

"The prologue to Arima Kinen is a little different from most G1s, remember?"

Beibu Xuanju was just like usual, holding a carrot-shaped ballpoint pen in one hand and a small notebook in the other to record training content and experience.

"Yeah! I remember!"

As soon as Yasui Zhen finished speaking, she immediately raised her hand and said, "Although the Arima Kinen is using the inner lane of the Zhongshan racecourse, the starting point is actually on the outer lane.

“The distance from the outer lane to the inner lane is about 73 meters. Because the inner and outer lanes intersect, the space there is more spacious than other G1s.

"Based on the average pace of the early stages of this race, we'll be there in about 6 seconds after the start.

“So the best time to grab a position before the middle stage is six seconds after the start.

"And compared to the outer path, the inner path will be more advantageous."

Yasui nodded with satisfaction.

For Kita no Genju now, what she lacks most when facing her opponent at the Arima Kinen is experience.

It’s not that there is no gap in physical development, but that this gap can be made up by training content.

What's more, her physique is extraordinarily strong. Not only is her training volume much higher than that of her peers, but it is not much different from many of her predecessors in Guma Year.

But experience is different. There are so many differences between competition and training. Running one more race means more experience, which cannot be compensated at all.

Fortunately, it cannot be compensated, but it can be replaced with an approximately equivalent value.

In preparation for the Arima Memorial, Kita no Genju spent a lot of time following him and observing his opponent.

During this period, he told Beifang Xuanju many things that he had not explained in detail before.

In addition, he will also insert more in-depth explanations than usual into other training sections.

What delighted him and even surprised him was that although he, a horse girl, could not digest all the content that other trainers rarely explained, he could understand most of it.

This level is enough, at least enough for her to establish a more comprehensive understanding of the game and understand herself, her opponents and all aspects of the game from a deeper level.

"That's right, so based on these circumstances, we can respond specifically."

As he spoke, An Jingzhen moved the chess pieces representing Wanlai Zhengming and Golden Orchestra forward and placed them at the position mentioned by Northern Xuanju.

"From Wan Lai Zhengming's recent three competitions and training, her cadence in the first 300 meters was around 120, but in order to speed up, she would increase her cadence by 5% to 10% when turning.

"Two or three such speed increases are completely within her tolerance.

“But considering that Arima Kinen has six turns, just like the Kikukasho, and her lead is not the best in this race, she will probably only try to take the lead once.

"And Golden Melody is a veteran leading horse girl, so if nothing unexpected happens, the battle inside will be over in the blink of an eye."

Having said that, he paused again as before and looked towards Northern Xuanju.

Noticing An Jingzhen's gaze, he nodded in understanding. Kita no Xuanju pinched his chin, stared at the sand table for a while, and pushed the chess pieces representing himself, Leafa, and Shengzhishi forward a little.

"Lifalu... seems to have a habit of suddenly accelerating when entering a corner. Although it's not like this in every game or every training session, but..."

She pondered for a moment and said, "It's too dangerous to get too close to her." So at least before the second turn, I have to keep a distance of 1.5 horse lengths from her, both horizontally and vertically.

"As for Senior Shengzhishi..."

Looking at the chess piece on the sand table, the one closest to the outside of the board, she shook her head.

“The Arima Kinen track is still too regular overall, and the advantage of the outside lane is... indeed a bit too big.

"It's hard to say whether she'll sacrifice some of her energy to cut inside and gain position early on. This..."

Slightly uncertain, she looked at Yasui Makoto:
"I'll just have to wing it, Trainer."

Seeing Kita no Xuanju's hesitation, An Jingzhen did not feel dissatisfied, but nodded with relief.

Because he couldn't be completely sure whether Shengzhishi would take the risk.

This uncertainty is not unique to the Arima Kinenkai, but is the norm for all competitions.

As for accidental factors, some horse racing girls who are scheduled to go out may cancel their trip on the day of the race due to sudden physical discomfort or other accidents.

There have been cases where a runner was about to enter the gate but was unable to do so due to difficulty breathing, and the race was therefore cancelled.

In terms of inevitable factors, the starting order of the competition is randomly drawn, and the draw ceremony will not be held until one to two weeks before the competition.

In other words, until all the horse girls have entered the gate, no one actually knows what will happen when they rush out of the gate.

Faced with this uncertainty, not only Yasui Shin, but even the most experienced trainers can only speculate on all possible situations as much as possible and continue to prepare until the moment before the game.

Just like what he and Northern Xuanju are doing now.

Of course, there aren't many horse girls like Kita no Genju who can participate in so much content in preparation.

Knowing the various possibilities of the event better than other opponents will obviously be more beneficial to performance.

"Okay, Xiaobei, you put it very well. Let's analyze the other situations in the opening game together, and then we can move on to the next stage."

Nodding with satisfaction and praising Kita no Xuanju, Yasui Shin gradually guided his horse racing girl to complete the deduction of the entire race, seeing her excited expression.

Compared with previous war preparation simulations, this time more time was spent in order to allow the Northern Xuanju to participate more.

However, this year-end G1, like other top-level prize races, is the finale event, so there is plenty of time to prepare.

So after the deduction, they checked the winning suits, horseshoes, energy bars and other preparations together. After confirming that everything was ready, An Jingzhen gave a few brief instructions and left the final preparation time to Beibu Xuanju himself.

As soon as he walked out of the preparation room and heard the door close behind him, he let out a silent sigh.

He was nervous.

Arima Kinen is a top-level event that has created countless legends and is also the last grass field G1 every year.

It carries the expectations and dreams of countless people. Every horse racing girl who steps onto this event may leave her own glorious chapter here.

And every trainer tried his best to pour his heart and soul into it.

During the preparations just now, or from the time they arrived at the competition venue yesterday until now, he and Beibu Xuanju had tacitly agreed not to mention one thing.

This Arima Memorial is not only the first time that Northern Xuanju competes against the older racers, but also a key step towards a higher stage.

It was also the retirement battle of the Golden Ship that the two were familiar with.

(End of this chapter)