Anjing Zhen had indeed compiled a list of Horse Girls who might enter the Takarazuka Kinen. After all, knowing oneself and one's opponent was the key to winning every battle. With a general direction in mind, even if the official lineup differed from expectations later, adjustments would be easier to make.
That was how they had prepared for last year's Arima Kinen. The underlying approach was actually quite similar to the Student Council's work.
However, compared to the Student Council, the list he had compiled himself was bound to contain considerable inaccuracies.
Take the current Takarazuka Kinen, for instance. He had anticipated most of the Horse Girls on that list, yet he had still missed many of them. Adroit Labyrinth, for example, had never crossed his mind.
It was not because he looked down on her. In the recently concluded Tenno Sho Spring, Adroit Labyrinth had crossed the finish line almost simultaneously with Kitasan Black, so her ability could not possibly be lacking.
It was simply that, according to the information he could find, this Horse Girl's popularity rating was not particularly high. At the very least, many others ranked ahead of her.
Following that line of thought, Adroit Labyrinth would have ranked outside the top thirty, so he had assumed she might not even secure a spot in the race.
Now that he thought about it, the information he could obtain had been limited after all.
All he could look up were things like Racing Account and Junshu Account follower counts, along with support ratings from certain unofficial platforms.
Those figures reflected only part of the situation. There were also changes after the Tenno Sho Spring, the Shining Series event schedule, and other factors that could affect the final entry list.
Besides, he was not a professional analyst to