The favorite, Golden Masterpiece.
The second favorite, Triumph Ballet.
The third favorite, Jacques Brothers.
The fourth favorite, Shonan Mighty.
Naturally, these four Racehorses were the main focus of the commentators' introductions.
There was no question that Golden Masterpiece would be the favorite this time. After all, he was a Double Crown Winner.
Triumph Ballet had both an outstanding pedigree and considerable ability.
He had been the only horse capable of catching Golden Masterpiece in their previous race.
The third favorite, Jacques Brothers, was a talented offspring of Deep Impact, but he had only started racing at three, so he had not appeared in the earlier grade 1 races.
Still, his pedigree and ability certainly justified his place as third favorite.
As for the fourth favorite, Shonan Mighty, he was also quite capable, though a good deal of his popularity came from having Yutaka Take as his jockey.
Everyone was looking forward to another showdown between Yutaka Take and Koichi Sasaki.
After all, Yutaka Take had not won a single one of their previous encounters.
Even when Koichi Sasaki rode a different Racehorse, Yutaka Take had still lost to him in the Newcomer Race at Hakodate.
"Golden Masterpiece seems to be in excellent form today."
"Of course. Over the summer break, Golden Masterpiece put on weight, and his muscles developed even more explosive power."
"It looks like the Aoe Camp is determined to claim this year's Triple Crown."
The two commentators began building up the excitement.
As the favorite, Golden Masterpiece naturally carried everyone's hopes.
The pundits and media were also very optimistic about him now. Perhaps the only concern was that rookie jockey.
No matter how they looked at it, it felt strange.
A newcomer was challenging for the Triple Crown so soon after his debut.
"Of course, Triumph Ballet