The next morning, Koichi took both Gold Ship and Man o' War out for a training session.
Koichi was already quite familiar with Gold Ship, but this was his first time training Man o' War, who was booked for a starting gate test in May.
Seeing Man o' War standing quietly and waiting for morning training, he could only marvel at how quickly time had passed.
Man o' War had been just a yearling when he bought him. In the blink of an eye, he was about to start racing.
Man o' War went first, with Gold Ship second.
After training those two in the morning, he would head to the other Training Center that afternoon to check on Epiphaneia.
After briefly greeting Man o' War's stablehand, Koichi got to work.
If everything went smoothly, Koichi would ride Man o' War regularly once he passed his gate test.
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Once given the signal to set off, Man o' War bobbed his head and carried Koichi off to work.
Plenty of other racehorses were heading to work alongside him.
He was a little uncomfortable at first, but soon got used to it.
As a youngster, he had grazed at the ranch with plenty of other yearlings. Unfortunately, he rarely got to see those old friends anymore.
Koichi bobbed his head along with Man o' War's rhythm.
The journey was pretty dull. He had seen the scenery here so many times that he felt he could find his way to the Training Center with his eyes closed.
Of course, he would never actually go there blindfolded. There were plenty of other racehorses on the road, and a collision would be bad news.
Koichi also ran into several jockeys who had come to work early.
They exchanged brief greetings before getting on with