"Have you taken a liking to this racehorse, Sasaki?"
Ayano Aoe was a little surprised to see Koichi start bidding.
She really did not have much faith in horses from the Roberto Line. They were all power types, after all, and this one's dam was a Mejiro mare.
Mejiro Farm had already been dissolved and reorganized, and this colt had been bred by a small farm.
If anything, this colt had almost no close ties to the bloodlines currently dominating Japanese racing.
First he had bought Epiphaneia from the Roberto Line, and now he had his eye on a colt like this.
Sasaki's thinking really was hard to fathom.
Fortunately, the bidding for this horse would probably only reach a few million.
"Yes, I think this colt looks pretty good. I'll buy him and see how he turns out."
Koichi had the staff member continue bidding for him.
Clearly, though, few people present thought much of these horses. He had very few competing bidders, and the starting price was only one million.
Compared with Epiphaneia, this colt was far cheaper.
Megumi Mitsumori, meanwhile, had her brows tightly furrowed.
Of course she knew that any racehorse Koichi bought would eventually be sent to her, but her greatest worry now was that this one would turn out to be like Gold Ship and Epiphaneia.
She did not want any more torment. She felt she had already lost plenty of hair over Epiphaneia's debut race.
"Miss Aoe, do you think this colt might have temperament issues?"
Megumi Mitsumori sought her opinion.
"His temperament should be fine. He's from Grass Wonder's line, after all, and they're famously well-behaved. His dam's line is also one that Mejiro Farm maintained for generations."
Ayano Aoe immediately understood her concern.
Miss Mitsumori had suffered quite a bit at