Tomorrow's Dawn

The day before leaving for Beijing, I welcomed two Ritto trainers to the farm.

Although it was generally still a little early to discuss her future path, given Moon Radiance's weak mental fortitude, registering her in the central circuit was most likely the option under consideration.

Of course, if the ownership were later transferred from an individual name to the farm's name, several more rounds of taxes would probably be unavoidable.

Just thinking about it made my chest ache faintly.

Still, it was hard to say there was any other more reliable way of becoming a central racing owner.

As for sending Moon Radiance to one of Coolmore's local European auctions, as they had suggested, I had never seriously considered anything like that.

Since I had already been poisoned, I might as well eat the plate too. With that thought in mind, I led the two visiting trainers through the stable.

Perhaps because they sensed visitors, the stable seemed livelier than usual today. Even Anna, who had barely left her first foal's side these past few days, warily poked her head out from her stall.

I moved as quietly as possible through the area occupied by the two new mothers and arrived at the stall Moon Radiance had claimed for herself after weaning.

"She doesn't look anything like Deep Impact. She feels more like Orfevre's child instead."

The moment he saw Moon Radiance, Trainer Ikee could not help speaking up.

"Really?"

Wada, who had been interacting through the rail with the eager nose of the dark bay foal, widened his eyes slightly at that.

As if responding to those words, Moon Radiance blinked innocently, like she was saying, See? I've been very good today.

"She feels like the well-behaved type."

Wada rubbed the dark bay foal's head again.

"Still, she