Early the next morning, Koichi received a good-luck video from Mirai.
It featured footage of Black North, as well as Divine Might and Gold Ship.
He could tell from the video that Mirai had put quite a bit of effort into editing it.
It was really good.
After watching the good-luck video, Koichi felt full of energy again.
As for his schedule, he had worked it out long ago. He would take Golden Masterpiece out for a stroll in the morning, then go see the racehorse he would be riding that weekend in the afternoon.
"Koichi, you're here?"
"Yeah, I'm taking him out for a stroll today."
Koichi nodded, then tilted his head to look at Golden Masterpiece inside the stable.
Golden Masterpiece was lying on the ground, asleep.
He seemed to have arrived a little early, but waiting here for a while certainly wouldn't be a problem. He had kept the whole morning free anyway.
"Asho, time to get up. Koichi's here to see you."
Hitachi Yosuke called out after preparing water and breakfast.
Golden Masterpiece really should have been up by now, but with no training scheduled, he clearly wanted to sleep in.
Neigh, neigh-
Golden Masterpiece shook the straw off his head, then shifted into another position.
Just a little longer.
"Honestly, you..."
Hitachi Yosuke rolled his eyes.
Still, he certainly didn't dare go in and wake Golden Masterpiece. The horse had been in a foul mood lately.
"Let him sleep a little longer. We still have plenty of time. All that intensive training lately really has been exhausting. I'll go check on Japan Jordan first."
Koichi didn't particularly mind.
Everyone had days when they wanted to sleep in, and racehorses were no exception.
It was a good chance to visit Japan Jordan next door. They hadn't