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63. The last songs of the golden age! Phoenix vs. General! Condor vs. Noble Family!

[In the pre-match fan vote for Arima Kinen, Kusagami, who had a dismal performance in the autumn season, ranked only 14th, which can be said to be the worst voting result among the golden generation. ]

[After all, Grasshopper is considered a precocious horse. This is a common situation. Many horses that won the Japanese Derby were considered to have wasted their luck and would never be able to achieve good results again.]

【So at that point in time, both Te Bie Zhou and Cao Shang Fei were questioned. 】

[Their experiences are somewhat similar. ]

[But the most reviled and criticized is the Emperor's Glory, a disgrace to his reputation and blood, unworthy of participating in the competition. It should realize the fact that it is not first-rate, right? .... Various extremely unpleasant insults are heard. ]

【The team of the Imperial Brilliance was also very worried about this Arima Memorial, because the Imperial Brilliance had already shown its inability to adapt to long distances, and many people even believed afterwards that the British Shorthair would be its final destination.】

[In fact, there is another huge reason why the real horse of Emperor Glory is struggling so much in long distance performance. It is not the bloodline factor, but the fact that the real horse is indeed difficult to train physically and often gives up. If the real horse Emperor Glory had the same temperament as the Spring and Autumn Equinox and the Northern Black Colt, or even half as good as them, perhaps its results would be different, and it would not have left the regret of running British short distance earlier in the future. ]

[Also, Emperor Glory's struggles in the middle and long distances only meant that he didn't get first place. He never had a bad result at all. Even when he lost, he only finished 14th in the Japanese Derby, and that was under Fukunaga's amazing operation. In all other competitions, no matter what the distance was, he entered all of them.]

[It is better to say that it is not a bad runner, but it runs very well in all distances, but it has not reached the extreme. Its bloodline is impeccable. It has defeated Qingyun Tiankong and Te Bie Zhou, but it has not won the championship. ]

[So, the strength of Emperor Glory is still worthy of recognition, and it has never given up its desire to be number one, which is admirable. ]

【In this Arima Kinen, it is also determined to win. 】

【But in this 1998 Arima Kinen, it was not the only horse that wanted to win the race. In 1998, it can be said that there were many strong horses in the Arima Kinen, such as Qi Cao, Guangming, Qingyun Tiankong, Cao Shangfei, etc. Anyone who came here had their eyes on the biggest celebration at the end of the year, the champion of this GI Arima Kinen. 】

[In this match, the top four in popularity are Qingyun Tiankong, Qi Cao, Mejiro Guangming, and Kusagami Fei. However, Kusagami Fei's single win rate is 14.5 times, which is very different from the top three. For example, Mejiro Guangming is third in popularity, but his single win rate is as high as 5.3 times. ]

[Soon, the much-anticipated Arima Memorial will begin. 】

[However, before the 1998 Arima Kinen Race, there was a famous scene. When entering the race, Qi Cao first threw off the guide horse and then used a crab step to try to throw off Taketoyo, but ended up leading Mejiro Dobo and Taikan Fukurai who came out next to him to walk sideways. At this time, the camera cut to Kusanagi Tobi who was very calm, and the contrast between the before and after was extremely obvious.]

[I can only say that compared to the calm and handsome Grasshopper, these ponies walking in crab steps still look a bit dull.]

[Cao Shangfei's inner thoughts: What? Are you going to give me a show before the game? ]

[Qi Cao's inner OS: In 1998, I fought free fighting for the first time in Japan...]

[Mejiro Dober's inner thoughts: Weird, it's such a ridiculous dance, but I'm actually interested in it...]

[Taikaen Fulai's inner thoughts: Is this a prayer dance before the game? ]

[Wu Feng’s inner thoughts: Stop now, my ancestors...]

At this moment, the group of people couldn't hold it anymore.

Inside Spica.

The Eagle said in surprise: "Xiao Cao, you are really amazing. Is this the mentality of practicing calligraphy? You are so calm and steady. Do you want me to write some too?"

Te Bie Zhou: "Indeed, Xiao Cao's calligraphy is really good. Every time I see it, I think it's amazing. I can't do it at all."

Shenying also said: "Right, I think I can do it too. My calligraphy must be super good, probably the kind that flows smoothly and gracefully, with the style of a master, which is very consistent with the style of Shenying as the world's number one horse girl."

"It's so smooth and flowing, really..."

Cao Shangfei couldn't hold back after hearing that. He couldn't help but knock on the Eagle's head and said, "Ailu, you are so flattering."

Condor put his hands on his hips and smiled: "I can do it, right, Charming Scenery-san."

Charming Scenery was stunned, and said thoughtfully: "I can't imagine what Shenying's calligraphy looks like. Your handwriting is usually not good. It seems that only Senior Zhou's handwriting is more sloppy than yours."

"Huh? That's too much!"

Especially Zhou's handwriting was indeed sloppy, which had been criticized countless times. Now she was CUEd again, and her faith collapsed again. She had clearly written it carefully.

"Tell the truth."

The charming scenery doesn't give Dad any face.

"But, Senior Qi Cao also knows free fighting?"

Yae Wudi was also present at the event. When she talked about free fighting, she was no longer sleepy. However, she looked at the content again and wondered what the crab step had to do with free fighting?

Also, why does Qi Cao want to fight free-fighting, and who is he fighting against, Wu Feng?

"It looks like there's a conflict, but it's not a big problem. We're all young people full of energy and sometimes fists speak louder than words, so a fight will solve the problem."

Qingzhu recalled without any doubt. After all, she had practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she felt that fighting was also a way to sublimate emotions.

However, if Wu Feng knew Qingzhu Yiqi's thoughts, he would immediately say - No, no, no, if you want me to die, just say it. This would sublime the feelings and directly sublimate the soul.

"It's obvious that he was just making fun of what Qi Cao-senpai said."

Yamato Akagi is smart, or rather he knows that Trainer Xu Zong likes to talk big. This guy likes to have fun more than anyone else. But to be honest, Yamato Akagi really wants to see the expression on Senior Qicao's face now. After all, Senior Qicao must be so embarrassed for doing such a thing.

Indeed, many people have been making fun of Qi Cao. They didn't expect that the usually elegant and ladylike Empress Qi Cao would walk in a funny crab step before the game. It was too funny.

A group of them even wanted to find a way to vent their anger. Looking at her expression now, it was definitely very interesting.

Twin Turbo suggested, "Speaking of which, let's go find Senior Gas Trough now and ask her how she felt at that time."

Beautiful Sunday's eyes lit up: "Marvelous, the world is so Marvelous, but Twin Turbine, do you really want to ask Senior Qizou how he feels? I always feel like you want to see Senior Qizou embarrassed."

Twin Turbo didn't deny it at all, and raised his eyebrows: "Hey, don't you want to see it?"

"miss you!"

Beautiful Sunday did not hesitate at all. After all, the sight of Senior Qicao blushing and shy was so funny that it made people call him Marvelous.

Heavy artillery also got excited and wanted to go too.

And in the president's office.

"How could this happen? I walked like a crab, which is not in line with the image of a lady."

Qi Cao's defenses were broken. She saw the content about her own competition in the log. Why did she feel that trainer Xu Zong was targeting her? No, it was not just a feeling, he was targeting her.

First, it wrote about her being defeated by Must-win Chance in the Japan Cup, then being defeated by Condor, and then it wrote about her crab step in the Arima Kinen. There were basically no good words.

Actually, the failures in the previous parts don’t matter, but the last crab step, what on earth...what does it mean?

After all, she was a girl, and she snorted in anger.

I'm so angry. Today I have a grudge with trainer Xu Zong.

She even felt that it was really necessary to go to the basement and have a good talk with Trainer Xu Zong. Couldn't she write something good about herself?

When Rudolph saw Qicao blushing and biting his lips, she thought it was a cute scene and smiled heartily. But she knew that Qicao was thin-skinned as paper and must be very bothered by this matter.

So she thought it was okay, at worst she could just do the crab walk or something like that. If Rudolph, the president of Tresen Academy, also did the crab walk, then everyone's attention would not be focused on the gas tank.

However, what Rudolph didn't expect was that as soon as she had this thought, she heard a noisy noise at the door. It turned out that a group of naughty little guys had arrived.

When Qicao heard this, he immediately panicked and rushed out of the door.

"President Rudolph, I...I suddenly remembered something, so I'll leave for a while. Please leave your official business to me first. No matter how much, I will finish it today."

The Qi Trough left these words and jumped out, revealing the speed of the Empress.

"Wow, isn't that Qicao-senpai? Hey, Qicao-senpai~~~"

Heavy Artillery chased forward a few steps. She herself had never expected that usually she was the one being chased by Senior Qi Cao, but today the roles were reversed. It turned out this was what it felt like to chase someone. It was so fresh and fun.

Rudolph wanted to call for help, but no one came back. She immediately held her forehead with her hand and could only say that it happened too fast.

However, at this time, Xu Zong's diary continued.

[Soon after the farce before the race ended, all the horses entered the gates, and under the eyes of everyone's anticipation, the Arima Memorial Race finally began.]

[First of all, everyone's eyes were focused on Qingyun Tiankong. After all, it was the most popular player, and everyone knew that it would adopt an escape strategy. However, what was unexpected was that Qingyun Tiankong made a huge strategic mistake in this game.]

[Qingyun Tiankong tried to escape the inner lane where the horses were concentrated by running away, but because of the detour, his leading rhythm was disrupted, resulting in his inability to exert force in the latter part of the race.]

[After Caoshangfei started out, he was in the seventh or eighth position at the beginning. He was still a poor horse and maintained his rhythm very well. ]

[Qi Cao also galloped at full speed in this battle, and this was also the retirement battle of Qi Cao, the Heisei Empress. Not long after her debut, she reached the peak position and had always wanted to dominate the world as a mare. However, in the previous Japan Cup, because of the appearance of the Condor, her ambition was shattered, so in this last battle, she also wanted to protect her own glory. ]

[Whether it is the blue sky, the emperor's glory, the flying grass, or the gas tank, every racehorse comes with its own dream, bears its own pressure, and sprints forward. ]

[However, in this Arima Kinen race, I can only say that Qicao had very bad luck. He suffered a hoof fall during the Arima Kinen race, which greatly affected Qicao's performance in this retirement race.]

[Mejiro Mitsuki and Mejiro Tabo, as siblings, are also galloping at the Arima Kinen. As the last glory of the Mejiro family, they want to take over the Arima Kinen and revive their glorious days. ]

【The Arima Kinen race came to the end, and Kusagami took the lead in accelerating. To everyone's surprise, Kusagami really seemed to have completed a miraculous resurrection. Its indigo-colored tenacity amazed everyone. Its galloping speed instantly surpassed all the powerful GI-level horses that also stood at the top of the JRA, and it went straight to the first place.】

[The Empress's ability to sprint in a straight line is as sharp as ever, but the erosion of time has made her no longer able to persevere to the end. It can no longer withstand the impact of the golden age. No matter how unwilling she is, the era of the 93 Empress has come to an end.]

【At the 200-meter mark of the final straight, Cao Shangfei had already reached the first position, but the suspense of the race continued. Just when Cao Shangfei took the lead, Mejiro Guangming rushed in from the outer lane, overtook several opponents, and chased Cao Shangfei. 】

[In the back, Emperor Glory also began to speed up, but at a distance of 2500 meters, its physical strength could not sustain it and it failed to break out of the herd.]

【So at the last moment, it became a fight between Mejiro Mitsuaki and Kusagami Tobi. 】

[But in the end, Kusagami Fei withstood the pressure from Mejiro Komeito and miraculously won the GI Arima Kinen championship by half a length. ]

[Phoenix Nirvana Rebirth! 】

[A racehorse that was at the top at three years old is still strong at four years old (old). A racehorse that was at the top at three years old is still strong at four years old! ]

[This is the golden era. They started winning the Classic Year and dominated all GI events in the Classic Year.]

[In the special week, Qingyun Tiankong, Caoshangfei, and Shenying won all the GI championships in the competition. ]

[In the final race, among the most popular horses, Grasshopper first, Mejiro Bright second, Blue Sky fourth, Chi Cascade fifth, Emperor Glory sixth, and Mejiro Dober ninth.]

[Such a result can be said to be surprising to countless people. ]

[Especially the resurrection of Cao Shangfei, which was unexpected to everyone, including the horse owner himself.]

[He said: I never dreamed that Kusanagi Hi could be resurrected in Arima Kinen. ]

[——To be honest, I felt a lot of pressure when the Condors won the Japan Cup.]

[——If this horse's four consecutive wins in the GI Asahi Cup Three-Year-Old Championship is the first part of its life, then winning the Arima Kinen is the second part. ]

[This race of Turfgrass broke the expectations of many horse racing professionals. They thought Turfgrass should specialize in the 1600m mile race, but they didn’t expect that he would also run in the 2500m race.]

【At the same time, many records were set: he was the first foreign-bred horse to win the Arima Kinen, and also the first horse to win the Arima Kinen with the fewest entries (7 including the Arima Kinen).】

[Later, its record was tied by Explosion-proof Outfit and Lotto Heart, and in 2022, it was broken by a talented teenager named Chunqiufen, who won Arima Kinen in just 6 games and broke Ms. Kusa's record. ]

At this time, everyone in Treson was stunned.

"Phoenix Flying on the Grass, what a cool nickname. And congratulations, oh my god, I knew you could do it. This is the champion of Arima Kinen. If I had known, I would have participated in the competition. If we hadn't gone to the world stage, we might have met at Arima Kinen."

Shenying straightened his back and gave his blessing with a smile. Cao Shangfei won the Arima Kinen Championship, and she also found that as long as they participated in the competition, they won all the championships of the Gu Ma Year. As a member of the golden generation, she was very proud.

However, the Condor was puzzled. It was obvious that the nickname of the Phoenix was more suitable for her, so why was it given to Xiaocao? Xiaocao is not a bird. The Condor and the like are birds.

The CPU of the Condor was about to burn out again, and she couldn't figure it out.

"By the way, what do three and four years old mean? It's impossible that Ah Cao went running at the age of three. That's too young. Could it be that he is talking about the grade in Tresen Academy?"

"Hmm... That makes sense. If the first and second years are considered the training years, and the third year is the classic year, then the fourth year is the ancient horse year. It makes sense."

Pipa Chenguang pushed her glasses and suddenly found that the frame was a little bit outward. The quality of the frame was not very good. Anyway, it had nothing to do with her big head. It must be a problem with the quality of the glasses. She thought so, wiped the glasses, and put them on her ears pretending not to care. At the same time, she fixed her hair. Her long silver hair was draped over her shoulders, which was a little restrained, making her face look small and delicate.

"Indeed, starting to run at the age of three is too exaggerated. There is no possibility of that happening."

Victory Ticket said the same thing. It wasn't that she was being picky, but running at the age of three was indeed too outrageous. However, if they saw the real horse one day, they would probably understand.

So, is this what their real horses look like? And their life span is not as long as theirs. Generally, the life span of a racehorse is very good if it can reach 30 years old.

Of course, Grandpa Lottery lived a very long life, but unfortunately he has passed away in Malaysia.

"Lose, lose. This is Xiaocao. Not only in appearance, but also in temperament, she is not inferior to anyone. More importantly, her competition ability. Xiaocao in Gu Ma Nian still showed dominance, while Qingyun-chan failed."

Qingyun Tiankong's EQ was at its highest. He praised Cao Shangfei so much that he almost felt embarrassed. After all, she was also a girl. She would naturally be happy when being praised for her good looks and good temperament.

Qing Yun Tiankong was also open-minded. She knew that her talent was far behind Cao Shangfei and the others, and she thought that the Chrysanthemum Award would be her last championship. But she did not give up and wanted to see if she could think of another way.

"Mejiro Mitsukoshi and Mejiro Dobo-san are also very powerful. The glory of the Mejiro family will be protected by us together."

McQueen also raised her fist. She wanted to transform into a cheerleader for the Mejiro family and cheer for everyone. But if she really went on stage, it would indeed be a beautiful sight. After all, although Fatty was a little fat, she had fair skin, beautiful looks, elegance and cuteness, and she had never lost in appearance.

"However, Senior Qi Cao was also unlucky. He didn't have the beauty of the end, but that's not the most regrettable thing. What's a pity is that the horseshoe fell off, otherwise he might have been able to run a good result."

Te Bie Zhou also sighed, and at the same time she was thinking about a question.

The passing of Qicao-senpai marks the end of her era. Will the golden generation also come to an end one day? Whether it’s her or them, who will take over the baton of their era?

Te Bie Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up. If I remember correctly, it was a good opera, right?

But she didn't know which game it was yet.

The final curtain call of the golden age.

In addition, Special Week also paid attention to Emperor Guanghui. In the current golden generation, she was the only one who did not win the GI championship. She wanted to go up and say something, but did not know how to start.