The Racehorses' Current Situation

After learning about the racehorses' condition from Zheng Xing, Zhang Jun went to the two stables and spent some time playing with the horses before taking his leave.

All the racehorses were in excellent shape. Wind-Chasing Hound had now reached her peak, with her speed attaining C-rank—two levels higher than the projected limit Zhang Jun had seen when he later unlocked her attributes with points. Though she had no skills, she still had a chance of winning the Fillies' Triple Crown.

Forest Hero and Mountain Patrol Leopard were also in good condition. After reaching their peaks around the end of last year or the beginning of this year, they had entered three and four races respectively. The former had finished with three wins and one third place in four races, including one LOP [Local Open Race] victory and one CN3 victory. The latter had two wins from three races and had likewise claimed a CN3 victory.

The oldest, River Moon, had competed in three races so far, including one LOP and two CN2 races, winning two out of three. Under Zhang Jun, he had already achieved eight wins in eleven races. However, on the attribute panel displayed by the system, most of River Moon's attributes bore a downward arrow ↓, indicating that his peak had passed.

Zheng Xing also explained River Moon's recent training situation to Zhang Jun. River Moon's results in training had declined slightly, and he would show signs of fatigue before completing training that he could normally handle. Zheng Xing concluded that he had begun to decline and planned to enter him in an interleague Central race open to local horses—the Open Race: Shanhai Pass Special, to be held in July at Central Racecourse in Jizhou, HEB—as River Moon's retirement race.

This arrangement would, first, let River