The day after the Red Sea Turf Handicap.
After briefly experiencing the scorching climate of the Middle East, returning to Japan made the season of green grass feel impossibly far away.
After setting down his luggage, he ignored the exhaustion in both body and mind and headed first to South Barn to inspect the repair progress.
Although he had kept in touch with the construction team and everyone at the farm through remote communications even while in Saudi Arabia, he still felt that seeing the results with his own eyes was more reliable.
After making a rough round of the place with a layman's eye, he finally arrived at the northern pasture.
He heard the commotion from far away—the Chestnut Coat filly hopping and skipping about in the pasture.
Even before getting close enough to confirm it, he recognized that figure at once.
Just like Little Light had been as a yearling, the Chestnut Coat girl had gotten so excited during her first turnout that she had sprinted along the fence until her battery ran out halfway through, collapsing straight onto the ground and even startling M-chan, who had followed behind her in concern.
That said, the latter part had never happened to Little Light.
As the Chestnut Coat girl and M-chan raced past him one after another as though playing a game of chase, the Chestnut Coat girl next door had her head lowered, searching for something in imitation of her mother.
Compared to the other two children her age, she was much more leisurely when it came to nursing and even getting to her feet, without any sense of urgency.
Though she had been born last, her build and temperament instead made her seem like the big sister among this generation of foals.
As for Viserys in the