Whenever they trained, Koichi and Golden Masterpiece became the center of attention.
Besides the reporters from the Horse Racing Newspaper, there were also Trainers working there.
Everyone was keen to see whether this pair could claim the third crown. After all, aside from the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, this was the most closely watched race.
The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe would be held a little earlier, though.
"Nakayama Festa's trial run this time didn't look very good."
"Maybe last year burned through everything. I heard even training has been difficult lately."
Out of four horses, Nakayama Festa had finished dead last.
To them, missing out on victory last year had been such a shame.
A whole year had been spent preparing specifically for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, only to end up with a result like this.
The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on October 2 would be even harder, since Nakayama Festa would carry more weight than the other racehorses because of age.
The only good news was that the going would not be heavy.
Nakayama Knight, who had traveled over with Nakayama Festa, had not performed very well in Europe either.
Nakayama Knight definitely would not be able to enter the Kikuka Sho this time, either.
Both previous races had yielded decent results, but now the whole venture had turned into a taxpayer-funded trip.
"Looks like all we can do is wait and see what Golden Masterpiece decides to do next year."
Golden Masterpiece had also delivered an outstanding performance on the Tokyo Yushun track.
"I'm sure Golden Masterpiece will go. That young lady wants to enter, after all."
Japan's famous horses always had to make the trip and give it a try.
Not to mention that Nakayama Festa had truly kindled their hopes once