At this, Kitasan Black fell silent.
Before Anjing Zhen had offered that assessment, she had merely found it astonishing how healthy her senior was, then been shocked that she had never once sought medical treatment.
After forcing herself to analyze the figures on the report, she realized that Anjing Zhen had been right.
Gold Ship's physical condition was not merely healthy. It truly gave off the sense of being brand-new, as though she had never raced before.
So could a senior in such condition really have suffered a decline in ability...?
She could not help doubting her own judgment, then suddenly remembered something.
"Right! Trainer, we..."
She abruptly looked at Anjing Zhen.
"We watched Gold Ship's Tenno Sho Spring, Takarazuka Kinen, and Japan Cup together.
"We also watched footage of her earlier races together.
"It's just... the things Senior does in daily life really are... rather strange.
"But in races, you could clearly see that she was giving it her all.
"And Trainer, you also said that whether it was taking the Inner Lane around the turn in the Satsuki Sho, or overtaking fifteen opponents in one go at the Arima Kinen, Senior couldn't possibly have done it without using her full strength."
The intense scenes from those races surfaced in her mind, especially the close-ups of Gold Ship displaying her might. Her voice involuntarily rose.
"That's right. So I believe these reports can only show that Gold Ship is exceptionally gifted, extremely resilient, and possesses remarkable recovery ability."
Anjing Zhen returned to the desk, picked up a pen, and scribbled notes over several documents.
"Since there's no problem with her physical condition—in fact, it's extraordinarily good—yet she finished so far back in both the Takarazuka Kinen and Japan Cup...
"Then I suspect her decline is in some other aspect,