"Gold Ship! Gold Ship has taken the lead!"
"Into the final straight! Can Gold Ship hold on to first place?"
"Right behind Gold Ship is the fifth favorite, Noble Sky!"
Past the outer gate, Gold Ship successfully entered the straight.
The entire racecourse erupted as Gold Ship powered through the turn.
The undefeated Triple Crown was within reach.
Switch hands, use the whip!
After taking the lead, Koichi quickly adjusted his posture and put his whip to work.
The straight at Kyoto Racecourse was nowhere near as long as the one at Hanshin Racecourse.
More importantly, Gold Ship was in excellent form right now.
He believed Gold Ship could charge all the way through in one burst.
Snort-!
Snort-!
After accelerating for several hundred meters, Gold Ship had reached top speed.
Gold Ship charged straight ahead along the route Koichi had planned.
First place!
Although Gold Ship had started the charge with a thousand meters to go, there was still plenty of stamina left.
If Koichi pulled this off, he would have swept past all seventeen opponents this time.
This was Gold Ship's strength!
By the time they reached the final straight of a three-thousand-meter race, most horses were already at their physical limits. Many were visibly struggling to keep running.
This was often when they needed their jockeys to help drive them forward.
But if they had nothing left, no amount of urging would change that.
The horses that had been up front quickly dropped toward the back of the pack.
This also laid bare Gold Ship's strength. Despite launching the charge so early, Gold Ship still had stamina to spare.
A sustained, long-distance acceleration.
"Gold Ship is running away with it! This is our unbeaten double-crown winner!"
"Can Noble Sky catch up from second place?! Snow Soldier has