Use the whip!
Koichi's whipping had become quite rhythmic.
Of course, he still had to save the Windmill Whip for the very end.
They had at least three hundred meters left. He would wait until around the hundred-meter mark to use it.
"Gold Ship has burst out of the pack, with Gorgeous Glory running alongside!"
"Extraordinary Steed follows close behind, and the favorite, World Ace, is charging up from the rear!"
"Number fourteen is still holding on out in front!"
Kenichi Ikezoe was naturally having the hardest time now.
He could clearly feel that his mount had run out of strength after reaching the straight. In fact, the horse had suddenly begun losing speed.
One-Way Passage was in much the same situation.
Although One-Way Passage was still hanging on, he simply could not pick up speed. He had performed well earlier, but this distance was ultimately still too long for him at this stage.
Shinichi Akiyama had more or less realized that too.
So he only urged his mount forward, using the whip less and less.
"Something seems to have happened to fourth favorite Grand Colt. Grand Colt is losing speed!"
"What an incredible final kick from World Ace! That speed is unstoppable!"
"The battle at the very front is still raging. Neither Gold Ship nor Gorgeous Glory will give an inch!"
Within a few breaths, Gorgeous Glory and Gold Ship had reached the front of the pack.
They were now making their final push.
Who would become the Derby champion?
Smack, smack, smack-
Yasuo Iwata glanced to his side, then swung his whip as fast as he could.
The final two hundred meters!
If they could not open up a decisive gap over this stretch, he felt that Gold Ship might still overtake them.
Huff-!
Huff-!
Gorgeous Glory's stamina