Over the next week, aside from her regular training and stamina drills, Kitasan Black kept trying to learn the techniques of Great Escape from Silent Suzuka.
But even without anyone telling her, she could tell that it would be difficult for her to master those techniques as effortlessly as her senior.
She was also a Horse Girl skilled at a front-running style, so she understood the importance of posture at the Starting Gate, Center of Gravity, and pushing off the ground.
Only by entering a near-sprinting state right from the start could one seize the Leading Position at the opening of a race and lay the foundation for widening the gap afterward.
However, what Silent Suzuka taught was not a kind of start that most Horse Girls could manage.
Not even Horse Girls skilled at front-running could do it.
To get ahead of everyone else the moment the gate opened, one needed more than techniques like posture. One also had to adjust their condition in advance through a Warm-up and possess greater explosive power.
After taking the lead, one had to rely on the body naturally improving its condition during the race, as well as Borrowing Strength from the track, the opponents, and even the atmosphere.
For instance, Borrowing Strength from slopes and curves, or from the atmosphere of the final stretch.
Even after months of training and several official races, Kitasan Black knew very well that every time she took the lead out of the Starting Gate, she had relied on her exceptional strength.
Suzuka Senpai was clearly not as strong as she was, yet she could achieve a faster start without much Warm-up.
More importantly, her senior had done it directly, without relying on the track, her opponents, or the atmosphere at all.
So how could she enter