Another Graded Stakes Horse

Time flew by, and before they knew it, May had arrived.

It was a clear, breezy day without a cloud in the sky. The setting sun painted the evening clouds a mesmerizing crimson as Zhang Jun took his seat before the finish line at Jian'an Racetrack.

According to the race plans Zheng Xing had prepared for the four young horses, Forest Hero would be competing in the Jian'an Sprint Cup, held in the ninth race at Jian'an Racetrack that afternoon.

The horses competing in the Jian'an Sprint Cup were already warming up in the parade ring.

Forest Hero wore blue-and-white leg wraps on all four legs and a black hood with yellow trim over his head as he circled under Zheng Xing's lead.

This was Zheng Xing Stable's first Graded Stakes race, so Zheng Xing had personally come out to lead Forest Hero around the ring.

According to the gate draw, Forest Hero would break from Gate 5 in the third lane.

Since it was a 1,000-meter sprint, the horses would start two-thirds of the way down the second straight of the dirt track. After running 240 meters of straight, they would enter the uphill third and fourth turns before reaching the 300-meter final straight.

After transferring to Zhang Jun, Forest Hero had raced four times, with three wins and one second-place finish. He had also won an open-class race, earning him second favoritism in this race for horses aged three and up.

The favorite was Thunderous Fury, whom Zheng Xing had identified as their greatest opponent in the pre-race analysis. Now four years old, he had six wins from eighteen starts, including two wins from five races that year. He had won a 1,200-meter CN3 sprint in Funing in March.

After circling the parade ring for several minutes, the