Recaps

Kitasan Black won the Osaka Hai by a record margin and renewed her ambition to race overseas, while Anjing Zhen and the team handled resistance to that plan without telling her. After learning of the opposition, Kitasan Black joined Gold Ship, Gold Artisan, and Supernatural Steed in secretly investigating Anjing Zhen’s meeting with officials.

• Anjing Zhen, Agnes Tachyon, and Daiwa Scarlet pushed Kitasan Black through exhausting pursuit drills with Tamamo Cross and Oguri Cap to strengthen her pace and stamina.
• Kitasan Black announced at the Osaka Hai press conference that victory was her goal and the race would begin her campaign to rule world-class long-distance racing.
• Kitasan Black controlled the Osaka Hai from the front, held off the pursuing pack, and won by nine horse lengths in a record 1:57.2.
• Satono Crown accepted her defeat and renewed her resolve, while Mikki Rocket and the other racers reflected on what they needed to improve.
• Kitasan Black recovered with Anjing Zhen and her friends, then returned to training and declared her ambition to become a world-class long-distance champion.
• Kitasan Black grew uneasy about the attention surrounding her and learned from Mikki Rocket that Association members and sponsors wanted to stop her overseas campaign.
• Kitasan Black realized Anjing Zhen and the team had concealed the resistance, then went looking for him and decided to eavesdrop on his meeting.
• Gold Ship, Gold Artisan, and Supernatural Steed helped Kitasan Black investigate, and the group hid behind a movable whiteboard when Anjing Zhen entered with Tokai Teio, Agnes Tachyon, Daiwa Scarlet, and two officials.

Kitasan Black confronted officials trying to stop her overseas campaign, then returned to her team and entrusted them with the political fight. At the hearing, the Association threatened to replace Anjing Zhen unless the team offered a broader solution.

• Anjing Zhen and his team defended Kitasan Black’s overseas plans against Association and business representatives, until Kitasan Black burst in and declared that she would choose her own future.
• Gold Ship, Supernatural Steed, and Gold Artisan intervened, and Supernatural Steed ordered the representatives to face a disciplinary investigation.
• Kitasan Black fled the office, while Anjing Zhen blamed himself and Tokai Teio organized a search and planned to counter the opposition.
• At a childhood park, Kitasan Black played with children before Satono Crown and Satono Diamond found her and relayed Anjing Zhen’s message that the team could decide its plans together.
• Diamond challenged Kitasan Black to resolve her troubles and meet her on the Kyoto track, prompting Kitasan Black to return to the team meeting and recommit to racing.
• Kitasan Black entrusted the political struggle to Anjing Zhen, and the team prepared for a formal hearing as the Association and Commercial Federation escalated their opposition.
• At the hearing, the Commercial Federation and Association warned that a failed campaign could damage contracts, jobs, sponsors, academy funding, and younger Horse Girls’ opportunities, while Anjing Zhen defended the team’s plans and responsibilities.
• When an Association representative threatened to review Anjing Zhen’s position unless the team offered a systemic solution, Kitasan Black spoke up, and Nase Fumino gave the team the floor to respond.