The Dream Embrace Summer Held

At the start of the week, all he felt, body and mind alike, was exhaustion.

On the night he finished watching the races in Tokyo, he immediately boarded a flight to Beijing. Even the post-race celebration, which should have allowed some leisure, was reduced to a brief discussion centered on Chongli's next start.

"For the next race, it'll still be on dirt."

After winning his first central victory, a feat no less significant than passing through the dragon gate, Chongli's options for his next race suddenly broadened considerably.

However, considering that his frame still needed time to develop, discussions with the trainer and jockey ultimately led to the decision to keep his next start on dirt.

March 10th, the fourth race on the third day of the first Hanshin meeting: a 1,800-meter dirt race for three-year-olds with one win.

Adding the final race before the retirement of the stablemaster and Zhibao, the sixth race on the opening day of the second Nakayama meeting on March 3rd, a 1,800-meter turf race restricted to fillies,

the schedule for next month still involved shuttling back and forth between Kanto and Kansai, with an Australian auction to attend in between.

If the overseas trip for the Baozuo Empress Jubilee Cup was added as well, March would essentially be occupied entirely by his activities as a horse owner.

At the Beijing racecourse, what should have been a disastrous rain-soaked Silk Road Stakes turned into a display of Noah's tenacity, as Takeshi kept him in front all the way to the finish.

After discussing it with Trainer Uchida and the two jockeys, Kazuo and Takeshi, they decided to enter both Noah and Pegasus in the Takamatsunomiya Memorial, a sprint Grade 1 race.

—Though based on Pegasus's total earnings, unless he could win the Hankyu Cup, the