Chapter 165 (continued)

Most importantly, they are muscular and exceptionally handsome, showing the potential to be fine horses.

Often, they don't need to do anything; simply running around on the pasture is enough to be a sight to behold.

Shi Wen said he wanted to open the stables and let all the horses out. "The lights inside aren't bright enough, so I'll take them to the pasture and look at them in natural light."

Zhan Chongyun had no objection. "I think it's acceptable."

Shi Wen's horses weren't bridled yet, but they were quite well-behaved. Shi Wen led them outside, they obediently followed.

The Ili horse is known for its good temperament.

Compared to the bad-tempered Altyn horses, they are much more obedient, like well-behaved students in a class.

Shi Wen quite a few, and their horses are truly world-class in terms of temperamental stability.

Perhaps because these horses are relatively intelligent and live in a herd, their temperaments are more stable.

Shi Wen take them out; their eyes are very gentle, and they are very obedient.

Zhan Chongyun had originally considered bringing some hay to bribe the horses and increase their favorability, but now he realized that it was completely unnecessary; they would cooperate just fine.

Zhan Chongyun stroked Number One's neck. "Are they usually trained? Or should we buy them and train them ourselves?"

Shi Wen, "They train occasionally, but not often. They were trained at Baoye A Sai's house before, and they've been trained according to that system ever since they came here."

Baoye A Sai said, "Our training system is very scientific and in line with international standards, so there are basically no problems."

Zhan Chongyun smiled and said, "Can I ride the horse for a bit?"

Shi Wen readily agreed, "No problem, ride as you like. I'll go get you a saddle and short stirrups, right?"

The stirrups they normally use for riding horses are usually level with the horse's belly, but the short stirrups used when horses participate in speed races are usually positioned slightly above the belly.

When riding a horse, riders do not sit fully on its back, but rather squat in a semi-crouching position to avoid the horse's back hitting their groin when the horse is running vigorously.

They call this riding posture "floating riding," which makes it look as if the rider is floating above the horse.

Shi Wen rarely rides in this posture; it must be uncomfortable, but if forced to, he can manage.

With his physical strength and core abilities, no riding posture is difficult for him.

In daily life, there's no need to change your riding style.

They keep horses and have all sorts of saddles, many of which were gifts from others and Shi Wen has never used.

He brought down a well-maintained saddle and equipment, and said to Zhan Chongyun, "Take a look at this saddle, is it suitable?"

Zhan Chongyun simply checked it and confirmed that there was no problem.

He Shi Wen, saying, "Your tools are really well prepared; you look very professional."

Shi Wen chuckled, "After all, this is a proper ranch, so the tools are definitely not a problem."

They not only checked the tools, but also examined the horses' condition.

Shi Wen's horse has a gentle temperament and doesn't show any resistance when facing strangers.

They checked it over, Shi Wen stepped back a little.

Zhan Chongyun mounted his horse and galloped forward.

He was of medium build, not very noticeable when standing on the ground, Shi Wen he was on horseback.

No wonder he owns a horse farm.

The horse galloped quickly, rushing from one side of the pasture to the other.

Shi Wen took out his phone to check the time.

Shi Wen Zhan Chongyun's horse for the first time was a considerable challenge for both him and the horse.

Generally speaking, horses need to be paired with familiar riders to achieve their best results.

For unfamiliar riders, it is often difficult to achieve good results on their first run.

Today's run was surprisingly effective.

After dismounting, Zhan Chongyun checked the time recorded on his phone and exclaimed with delight, "This would be considered an excellent result in a race! Your horse has such a gentle temperament!"

Shi Wen smiled and led the horse, saying, "You could say they're quite stable; they've seen their share of big events. Would you like to ride a second horse?"

Zhan Chongyun requested, "If possible, I would like to try riding each horse."

"Of course, no problem," Shi Wen readily agreed. "Then let's try them one by one, according to their serial numbers?"

Zhan Chongyun: "This is good."

Zhan Chongyun saddled the horse and then removed the saddle.

The process was rather tedious, but he showed absolutely no impatience.

While Shi Wen was helping him with these chores, she was also observing him.

A few hours later, Shi Wen could basically confirm that this was a down-to-earth and reliable person. Most importantly, he loved horses very much and genuinely treated horse racing as a hobby, not a business.

Shi Wen felt relatively at ease entrusting his family's horses to someone like that.

Zhan Chongyun spent the entire morning testing these eleven horses.

He liked every single horse; there was never a horse he didn't like.

At noon, Shi Wen invited them to lunch, and Zhan Chongyun kept saying, "Your horses are so well-cared for. I haven't seen horses in such good condition for many years. They hardly need any conditioning; they could probably compete right now."

Shi Wen, "Let's give them a little more training. I don't think they're quite used to this kind of high-speed racing. I didn't see them really perform to their full potential today."

Zhan Chongyun exclaimed in surprise, "You still haven't performed to your full potential?"

Shi Wen nodded. "Yes. Baoye A Sai can testify that they usually perform better; perhaps they're not quite used to the new knights today."

Baoye A Sai picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and said, "If this is all you've done, I won't have brought you all this way to buy horses."