Tokyo.
With everything in Hokkaido taken care of, Koichi returned to what would be his main battleground for the coming months.
For the next two months, he would mainly be racing at Tokyo Racecourse and Nakayama Racecourse.
The other matter, naturally, was Gold Ship's merchandise.
Fortunately, they had people from Aoe Ranch helping them with that, which would save them a lot of trial and error.
It was a mutually beneficial collaboration.
The follow-up work would be left to Mirai and the others. Koichi had plenty of faith in her eye for design.
They needed to put extra care into this first batch of merchandise.
As for Gold Ship, everything was ready on Koichi's end. The horse could fly back to Hokkai Ranch at any time for an extended pasture rest, then return shortly before the Arima Kinen to prepare for the race.
"Did everything go smoothly on your trip back, Sasaki?"
Saki Ikegami had come to the airport to pick Koichi up again.
"The documentary went pretty smoothly. Filming took a little longer than expected, but I could tell they were quite happy with it."
Koichi spoke as he looked at the scenery outside the car window.
My work here is done!
He had also taken the opportunity to sneak in a few petting sessions with Golden Masterpiece.
They would hardly have any time together in the future, so getting in a few extra pats certainly couldn't hurt.
"Oh, right. Do you think we'll be able to visit Golden Masterpiece at Shadai's Stallion Station in the future?"
There were only two months left until his retirement.
"As long as you don't go too many times a year, there should be no problem. Plenty of TV crews have taken jockeys into Shadai to film before, though there will definitely be