Noon.
"Miss, this is the latest information we've gathered."
"Mm, leave it there for now. I'll look at it when the afternoon auction starts."
As one of Northern Farm's major clients, Ayano Aoe naturally had access to some inside information.
Of course, that didn't mean all these racehorses would produce results, but most of them would.
After all, the major farms' methods for assessing racehorses had already reached a very high standard.
Meanwhile, Koichi and Megumi Mitsumori kept their heads down and ate.
A free lunch was always the best.
Still, this free lunch had been paid for with enormous sums of the Horse Owners' money. The morning's sales alone could have bought these people who knew how many meals.
"Want me to tell you about a few of them?"
Ayano Aoe narrowed her eyes.
She certainly wasn't the only person who had received this information. There were plenty of major clients, after all.
Releasing information like this was merely a way to make them compete more fiercely.
Northern Farm was sure to turn a profit.
"No need. Even with that information, we couldn't afford them. We'll just buy one yearling to take home this time."
Koichi calmly shook his head.
If some wealthy Horse Owners who were new to the industry got their hands on this list, the prices of those horses would undoubtedly be driven sky-high.
Unfortunately, he still owed over two hundred million yen.
Besides, the list provided by the Shadai Line certainly wasn't as useful as his own.
He already had a clear plan for which horses he wanted to buy.
"Mm."
Ayano Aoe had actually been tempted to bid as well.
She had considerable faith in Koichi's eye for horses.
But after thinking it over, she gave up on the idea. Compared with a single