The Training Center.
After spending two and a half days in Hokkaido, Koichi returned here.
Golden Masterpiece was now undergoing his final conditioning adjustments.
Koichi first went to see Gentildonna, who was also preparing for the Oka Sho.
The trainer was quite satisfied with her third-place finish last time. Naturally, he felt Gentildonna was in even better form this time.
Losing the Tulip Sho was no big deal. She just had to win it back at the Oka Sho.
"You'll need to be a little more careful next time."
"Understood. I hesitated when fighting for position and got boxed in."
Koichi nodded.
Both races were run on the same course over the same distance.
The only difference might be the starting stall number. As long as he didn't draw the innermost stall this time, he felt winning would be no problem.
The two briefly discussed the previous race, then looked at Gentildonna eating lunch in her stable.
Compared with last time, she was clearly much more lively.
Her condition was recovering.
Huff-
Huff-
Gentildonna pinned her ears back and snapped at the air twice.
Stay away.
Clearly, she didn't like Koichi getting close to her feed bowl.
As her condition recovered, her appetite naturally improved too.
The muscle and weight she had lost were slowly returning, which was exactly what Gentildonna's team wanted to see.
As for Koichi Sasaki, they had no intention of replacing him as her jockey.
After all.
In the previous race, Gentildonna, the second favorite, had still beaten the favorite, Life Is Fun.
"Ikezoe, are you filming a video?"
After greeting Gentildonna, Koichi spotted Kenichi Ikezoe.
Seeing him chatting with the people beside him while someone filmed, Koichi had a pretty good idea what he was doing.
But Kenichi Ikezoe, who was being filmed, walked straight