As he watched the races, Anjing Zhen occasionally glanced at Duramente, mulling over an uncertain memory.
In that memory, Duramente seemed to have suffered a fracture after the Japanese Derby.
She had remained sidelined by injury afterward, only recovering and returning around February or March of the following year.
Judging by Horse Girls such as Tokai Teio, Silent Suzuka, and Rice Shower, they had experienced fractures in this world as well.
The difference was that the latter two had not been euthanized because of it. They had recovered and retired peacefully.
By that comparison, Duramente would likely experience something similar in this timeline.
The problem was that, as he recalled, that accident had seemingly happened not during a race or training, but while she was out at pasture.
That left Anjing Zhen deeply puzzled.
Whether racehorses or Horse Girls, the intensity of racing was immense, and training was much the same. A fracture occurring during that time was understandable.
But how exactly could an accident happen while out at pasture? He simply could not understand what the trainers and stable staff in Japan of that other world had been doing.
Even without thinking too deeply about it, being out at pasture should correspond to something like a rest day now.
How could someone fracture a bone on a rest day? It could not possibly be from tripping and falling on level ground while walking, could it?
Duramente looked a little slow and dull-witted, but she was not so airheaded—or so unlucky—that she would end up like that, right?
Puzzled as he was, Anjing Zhen held one firm belief.
He did not want Duramente to suffer any injuries in this world. He firmly believed that Kitasan Black could defeat this opponent beyond all doubt.
Had this been earlier—especially before he had