Over the meal, most of their conversation revolved around things happening in the industry.
For example, which horse owner had called it quits and sold all their racehorses, or passed them on to relatives.
That was actually a fairly tricky issue. Racehorses were assets, after all. Some descendants wanted to carry on as horse owners, while others had no interest whatsoever.
As jockeys, all they could do was sigh over it.
They had no say in what would become of those racehorses. The only thing they could do was hope to lead them to a good result when they raced.
"Take, how are things going with Deep Bond?"
During the meal, they also brought up another racehorse.
Deep Bond had attracted plenty of attention at auction and performed well after starting to race. Unfortunately, the performance in the Yayoi Sho had been less than impressive.
"The trainer and owner both want to enter a Derby prep race, then run in the Derby. They might even go to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe this year."
Yutaka Take spoke with a smile.
Three-year-olds had a considerable advantage in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, and they planned to follow the same schedule as Golden Masterpiece.
First a prep race, then the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Koichi could only shake his head inwardly at that.
There was virtually no chance of winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe this year.
Going might still earn them a decent placing, but this year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe champion was Zarkava.
The queen of Europe who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe two years running!
That was why he had no intention of sending Gold Ship to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe this year. There was no point throwing money away.