The next morning.
After working out for a while in the hotel gym, Koichi took a shower and sat down to the breakfast he had ordered.
With nothing else to do, he looked over his upcoming schedule.
He had already asked his agent to add Gold Ship's races to it.
That was nonnegotiable.
"Something seems a little off here."
Koichi read through the documents from the Sunday Club again and again.
Why did this racehorse seem so much like Gentildonna?
If he worked out the dates, next year would be Gentildonna's classic year.
Could the Mare the Sunday Club had found for him actually be Gentildonna, Deep Impact's daughter?
And the first race in Kyoto next year was the Nikkan Sports Shinzan Kinen, the same race Golden Masterpiece had run this year.
Only this time, it would be held on January 9, a day later than this year.
The originally scheduled jockeys were Li Muhua and Yasuo Iwata.
Now they suddenly wanted him to take over.
That was certainly interesting. Still, most of the year's races would not clash, and even if he could not ride Gentildonna, the Sunday Club would quickly find another jockey to replace him.
At least there would be no problems before the first two legs of the Triple Crown.
His main mounts next year would be Golden Masterpiece, Gold Ship, and Gentildonna.
As things stood, these three horses' schedules would definitely be separate. After all, Golden Masterpiece would be running in races for older horses next year.
And since Gold Ship was a colt and Gentildonna a Mare, their schedules as three-year-olds would be separate too.
It looked like he would have to give it his all from his very first race next year.
"Yes, it's me. I looked over Gentildonna's information, and she looks