After taking a quick look around, they divided up the gifts Koichi had brought back this time.
The trip to France had gone quite smoothly, and they had bought plenty of local goods to bring home.
Some of them had come straight from the Estate, too.
It all belonged to his family anyway, so taking as much as they wanted was no problem.
"I never knew your family had business interests in Europe."
"Nothing much. That winery is only a small operation."
Koichi had no particular plans for the place at the moment.
For one thing, he knew little about the industry. For another, the time difference was simply too great. If anything happened, he would have no way to deal with it.
"Go get ready. Training's about to start. We'll give you a two-year-old first so you can get a feel for it."
Megumi Mitsumori cleared her throat before speaking.
Naturally, she had her own reasons for this. This was a racehorse she hoped Koichi would ride in a Maiden Division race in Tokyo.
In terms of ability, it was among the stronger horses in this batch.
"Sure. I'll go get ready."
Koichi knew that today's main purpose was to ease back into training.
After two months without racing in Japan, he felt a little out of touch.
He needed to regain that familiarity gradually.
He would also increase his training load over the next two weeks, though his situation was relatively good. After all, he had not taken a long break from racing altogether.
"All right, I'll tell the stablehand to bring the horse out and get it ready. It finished sixth last time, but it does have ability."
Megumi Mitsumori blinked.
She felt that this horse's owner had quite a bit of potential.
If they could produce