E12 - 1700 Meters on the Dirt

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SIGN    November
SIGN    The Horse
    Racing School
SIGN    Mock Race Schedules
SIGN    1st 5th
SIGN    2nd 6th
SIGN    3rd 7th
SIGN    4th 8th
SIGN    Episode 12 1700 Meters on the Dirt
[01:34] Nohira
    There will be eight mock races
    using the school's horses,
[01:37] Nohira
    in conditions as close to
    a real race as possible.
[01:40] Nohira
    The last one will be your graduation race,
    and be held on graduation day.
[01:44] Nohira
    Also, the horse you ride may not be
    the one you're usually assigned to.
[01:50] Asahi
    Your placement in the first seven races will
    have no impact on your grades or license,
[01:57] Asahi
    but think of them as real races,
    not lessons. Take them seriously.
[02:02] All
    Yes, sir!
[02:03] Sojiro
    Instructor, will we have a
    crowd for any of our races?
[02:07] Nohira
    The seventh race is on February 1st,
[02:10] Nohira
    just before the Tokyo Racetrack's
    Sansai Mishori race.
[02:13] Nohira
    You'll be showing your skills
    in front of a huge crowd.
[02:18] Sojiro
    Yahoo!
[02:20] Aki
    You can't perform your best
    without an audience, huh?
[02:22] Eri
    Kota's probably going to get scared, right?
[02:25] Kota
    I'll just ride in my own way, that's all.
[02:28] Eri
    I see.
[02:31] Amane
    It's finally showtime.
[02:33] Amane
    Get ready.
[02:35] Shun
    For what?
[02:37] Amane
    For losing to me.
[02:39] Yu
    I'll ride like I always do.
[02:41] Amane
    Yu Arimura, that's what
    I don't like about you.
[02:47] Shun
    I can't wait!
SIGN    Kota Maki
SIGN    1st Mock Race
[03:14] Yu
    You're really thorough.
[03:15] Shun
    Yeah. Everyone will be watching.
[03:19] Shun
    Okay, you're handsome.
[03:24] Shun
    Don't tire yourself out today.
[03:26] Shun
    When you do, you turn toward the side.
[03:30] Yu
    You can hear his voice?
[03:32] Shun
    Not at all.
[03:33] Shun
    But you can tell a lot from expressions
     and the way they move, you know.
[03:38] Yu
    Everyone tries that, but...
[03:43] Shun
    It was really hard!
[03:52] Sojiro
    Crap!
[03:55] Amane
    Hey!
[03:56] Amane
    I'll be going on ahead!
[03:58] Shun
    Okay, I'm going with you!
[04:02] Aki
    Hey! Out of the way!
[04:04] Sojiro
    Hey!
[04:05] Sojiro
    It's okay.
[04:06] Sojiro
    Take it easy.
[04:08] Sojiro
    Not that easy!
[04:12] Eri
    It's different when there's
    people around you!
[04:14] Eri
    Amane and Kazanami are really impressive!
[04:16] Yu
    Because they only think about themselves.
[04:18] Eri
    Can I catch up?
[04:20] Eri
    They're going too fast!
[04:21] Yu
    I guess, in a real race,
    it doesn't go how you expect.
[04:26] Yu
    Kota's having a rough time, too.
[04:30] Amane
    For heaven's sake!
[04:31] Shun
    That horse has no stamina!
[04:34] Shun
    You can't run it hard all the time!
[04:37] Aki
    Okay, I've caught up!
[04:41] Aki
    Not that way!
[04:44] Shun
    You have to know how the horse feels!
[04:52] Asahi
    This is about what I expected.
[04:54] Tako
    They're different than usual.
[04:57] Nohira
    In a real race, the people around you
    don't behave like you want them to.
[05:01] Nohira
    The point of these mock races is
    to learn how to deal with that.
[05:06] Tako
    I see, I see!
[05:10] Shun
    Good work. You must be tired.
[05:13] Sojiro
    I messed up at the start!
[05:16] Aki
    You threw me off my pace!
[05:18] Amane
    No, boar boy. It was your own fault.
[05:21] Aki
    What?
[05:22] Eri
    What should I have done better?
[05:26] Yu
    Kota, you couldn't get Rice Kate to move?
[05:29] Kota
    No, I couldn't find the
    right time to move ahead.
[05:34] Kota
    But...
[05:36] Kota
    I learned a lot.
[05:41] Sojiro
    Good thing our placement doesn't
    affect our grades, though!
[05:45] Aki
    If we flunked over one bad race,
    that would suck.
SIGN    2nd Mock Race
[05:57] Tako
    Is there anything you're trying
    to accomplish with this race?
[06:00] Eri
    I want to ride at my own pace and not
    get distracted by the people around me.
[06:04] Sojiro
    What a good question!
[06:06] Sojiro
    I want to stop HORSING around,
    so I don't mess up like last time.
[06:11] Sojiro
    Get it?
[06:14] Sojiro
    You can laugh now!
[06:15] Tako
    There's that trademark Sakuraba wit!
[06:23] Eri
    I won't let Arimura get ahead!
[06:25] Aki
    He got out of the gate too fast!
    I can't keep up!
[06:29] Sojiro
    What about us? I guess it's up to your mood.
[06:34] Amane
    Shun Kazanami, that was a slow start for you.
[06:38] Amane
    Expecting a fast pace?
[06:40] Shun
    No, that's not it.
[06:43] Shun
    My horse just doesn't seem to be into it.
[06:46] Amane
    Hey! You waiting for your chance, too?
[06:48] Kota
    Nope. I'm going now.
[06:59] Sojiro
    Now! This is my chance!
[07:02] Kota
    You came, too?
[07:03] Aki
    Of course!
[07:04] Eri
    What? You interrupted my interview.
    Don't interrupt my race, too.
[07:08] Sojiro
    I'm sorry for the media that
    are hoping you place first,
[07:11] Sojiro
    but I want some attention, too.
[07:15] Kota
    Now!
[07:17] Eri
    He's out of energy already?
[07:19] Sojiro
    That's right.
[07:20] Sojiro
    I bet Arimura's horse is tired as well.
[07:22] Yu
    You think so? Then try me!
[07:24] Sojiro
    He's still got strength?
[07:28] Yu
    Yes!
[07:32] Yu
    Kota?
[07:32] Kota
    Arimura, let's race!
[07:38] Kota
    I started my spurt more slowly,
    so I've got the advantage!
[07:51] Aki
    Nice work.
[07:54] Kota
    Thanks.
[07:56] Kota
    You did well until the big spurt,
[07:58] Kota
    but you'd exhausted yourself by then.
[08:02] Aki
    Like you knew I would, huh?
[08:04] Aki
    You really are...
[08:11] Eri
    That was close, Arimura.
[08:13] Yu
    Yeah.
[08:15] Eri
    Kota's good.
[08:17] Eri
    Like he knew all our habits.
[08:21] Sojiro
    He did know all our habits.
[08:24] Sojiro
    Kota, you knew Eri would run
    out of gas halfway, right?
[08:29] Kota
    Yeah. She would've done better
    not to be first out of the gate.
[08:34] Kota
    And Arimura's horse was in good shape,
[08:37] Kota
    but he sprinted at the wrong time.
[08:42] Amane
    You've got them at their ouch points.
[08:44] Kota
    Your horse was in okay shape, too.
[08:47] Kota
    That horse just isn't
    good at taking commands.
[08:50] Amane
    What? It's not?
[08:52] Kota
    It was listening to Kazanami
    when he rode it.
[08:56] Shun
    Yes. That's right.
[08:58] Amane
    Then tell me!
[09:01] Kota
    I heard Ritto gave you a lot
    of chances to ride horses,
[09:06] Kota
    but I guess I expected too much.
[09:13] Nohira
    Maki, you've got an interview
    for your first place win.
[09:15] Kota
    Okay!
[09:19] Eri
    Harsh...
[09:25] Amane
    What's that jerk's problem?
[09:32] Aki
    He's the one who changed the
    most at the training center.
[09:36] Aki
    The jockeys who trained
    him were really harsh.
[09:40] Aki
    He got chewed out daily and got stronger!
[09:42] Sojiro
    He was always a horse-riding
    otaku who knew a lot,
[09:45] Sojiro
    and a good observer.
[09:48] Sojiro
    He quickly learned what
    they had to teach him.
[09:53] Sojiro
    It's clearly given him confidence and guts.
[09:59] Shun
    Wow! That's great.
[10:02] Amane
    He finally became an athlete.
[10:05] Amane
    He's not the only one who
    learned at the training center.
[10:10] Yu
    So that's it...
[10:12] Yu
    Kota watched everyone
    during the first race
[10:15] Yu
    and used that to his
    advantage in the second!
[10:23] Yu
    He was always a step ahead of us.
SIGN    3rd Mock Race
SIGN    2nd Mock Race
SIGN    1 Kota Maki 2 Yu Arimura 3 Sojiro Sakuraba 4 Aki Kyoriki 5 Eri Shimotsuki 6 Amane Grace 7 Shun Kazanami
[10:49] Nohira
    Okay.
SIGN    3rd Mock Race
SIGN    1 Kota Maki 2 Eri Shimotsuki 3 Amane Grace 4 Yu Arimura 5 Aki Kyoriki 6 Sojiro Sakuraba 7 Shun Kazanami
SIGN    4th Mock Race
SIGN    3rd Mock Race
SIGN    1 Kota Maki 2 Eri Shimotsuki 3 Amane Grace 4 Yu Arimura 5 Aki Kyoriki 6 Sojiro Sakuraba 7 Shun Kazanami
SIGN    4th Mock Race
SIGN    1 Kota Maki 2 Aki Kyoriki 3 Yu Arimura 4 Sojiro Sakuraba 5 Shun Kazanami 6 Eri Shimotsuki 7 Amane Grace
SIGN    4th Mock Race
SIGN    1 Kota Maki
    
    2 Aki Kyoriki
    
     3 Yu Arimura
    
    4 Sojiro Sakuraba
    
    5 Shun Kazanami
    
    6 Eri Shimotsuki
    
     7 Amane Grace
[11:43] Asahi
    Wow!
[11:45] Nohira
    Maki's looking good.
[11:47] Asahi
    He keeps a broad perspective.
[11:50] Asahi
    He sees the whole race.
[11:52] Nohira
    I hope he inspires the others.
[11:55] Asahi
    This race is still only at the third corner.
[11:57] Asahi
    Will Maki run away with it,
    or will someone overtake him?
[12:01] Asahi
    I can't wait to see what these
     kids have in store for us.
[12:11] Kota
    You're looking for the Japan Cup
    from three years ago, right?
[12:16] Kota
    You want to use it to help you go over
    the patterns from the last race, right?
[12:20] Kota
    I saw it, too.
[12:23] Kota
    If you want to look at the opposite patterns,
[12:26] Kota
    you might want to look at this race.
[12:29] Yu
    Thanks.
[12:32] Yu
    That's amazing.
[12:33] Yu
    If you've got all these races in your head,
    I can see why we can't beat you.
[12:41] Kota
    I'm not getting first place
    because I memorize races.
[12:48] Kota
    I'm not like all of you.
[12:53] Yu
    Not like us?
[12:56] Kota
    Right?
[12:58] Kota
    Sojiro will get a job as a jockey
    from his dad's stable, someday.
[13:04] Kota
    Aki's dad might be from the countryside,
    but he has plenty of connections.
[13:08] Kota
    You're a former idol.
    Shimotsuki's a girl.
[13:14] Kota
    And Kazanami and Amane
     are natural geniuses.
[13:23] Kota
    But if I don't win,
    nobody will care about me!
[13:29] Kota
    If you don't have an advantage,
    you have to work hard.
[13:35] Kota
    Even if it ends up being meaningless...
[13:41] Kota
    I have to win first place,
    or nobody will find me!
[13:49] Yu
    I'd like to think I'm working hard, too.
[13:57] Kota
    This means more to me than it does to you.
SIGN    Name
SIGN    Record
SIGN    Sex
SIGN    Color
SIGN    Major Wins
SIGN    Gentildonna
SIGN    Japan: 17 Matches 9 Wins
SIGN    Overseas: 2 Matches 1 Win
SIGN    Male
SIGN    Bay
SIGN    Oka Sho, Yushun Himba, Shunka Sho,
    Japan Cup (2 times), Dubai Sheema Classic,
    Arima Kinen
SIGN    5th Mock Race
[14:34] Kuji
    You look pretty pissed off.
[14:38] Yu
    Kuji?
[14:39] Yu
    What are you doing here?
[14:41] Kuji
    Takechi, the guest jockey, is out sick.
[14:44] Kuji
    So I got called in his place.
[14:46] Yu
    I see.
[14:48] Kuji
    Anyway, I heard you got overtaken
    right in front of the goal.
[14:53] Yu
    I misjudged how long I could sprint.
[14:56] Kuji
    I thought you were better at reading horses.
[15:06] Kuji
    There's more to riding
    than just the race itself.
[15:24] Kota
    Behind me...
[15:36] Nohira
    Kazanami's out front again.
[15:38] Nohira
    Maki's in the back.
[15:39] Nohira
    That'll form the basis of this race, I guess.
[15:42] Asahi
    We'll have to see how they move.
[15:46] Asahi
    There might be a little chaos now.
[15:50] Sojiro
    This is frustrating.
[15:52] Aki
    I can't figure this out...
[15:53] Aki
    I have to target somebody!
[15:55] Eri
    I can't just let him run away with this!
[16:05] Kota
    Even Arimura's dropping back.
[16:07] Kota
    They're all scared of wasting energy.
[16:10] Kota
    They're not going after Kazanami.
[16:12] Kota
    This is bad.
[16:13] Kota
    I guess I'll go.
[16:17] Amane
    Nobody can move, huh?
[16:20] Amane
    If you wimps aren’t moving, I will!
[16:24] Eri
    Really?
[16:25] Amane
    I won't exhaust myself, of course.
[16:28] Amane
    I've just got no interest
    in a boring race like this!
[16:32] Sojiro
    I see... Instead of just
    staring at each other,
[16:34] Sojiro
    whoever pushes the war of attrition...
[16:37] Eri
    ...might find the path to the win!
[16:39] Aki
    Okay, here we go!
[16:44] Nohira
    They've started moving.
[16:46] Tako
    To me, the race looks like a mess.
[16:49] Asahi
    They're all aiming for it...
[16:58] Shun
    They're all here.
[16:59] Shun
    I was feeling good, too.
[17:02] Sojiro
    You're not going, Kota?
[17:04] Kota
    I prefer it this way.
[17:05] Kota
    We're in the best possible spot.
[17:08] Sojiro
    So it's down to you and me, huh?
[17:11] Kota
    Yeah.
[17:12] Kota
    It's up to the horses' stamina, I guess.
[17:16] Amane
    Kazanami, I won't let you get away!
[17:20] Shun
    It's going to be hard, but hang in there!
[17:27] Kota
    They've started going at it.
[17:29] Kota
    Now we’re just waiting for our timing...
[17:34] Kota
    He broke first.
[17:36] Kota
    Arimura's fast, but he won't last!
[17:40] Kota
    I'll go at the fourth corner!
[17:42] Nohira
    Isn't Arimura going too fast?
[17:46] Asahi
    What's he doing?
[17:48] Tako
    Is he?
[17:50] Aki
    No! I can't keep up!
[17:52] Eri
    I can't catch my breath! But...
[17:56] Yu
    I've saved my stamina as best I can.
[18:00] Yu
    Now... I just wait here!
[18:04] Tako
    Yu stopped.
[18:06] Asahi
    He meant to!
[18:08] Nohira
    Yeah. Now, it's on to the straight!
[18:11] Nohira
    Maki, what will you do?
[18:16] Kota
    A little more...
[18:19] Kota
    Now! Go!
[18:26] Aki
    There he is!
[18:36] Kota
    They blocked me...
[18:38] Kota
    To the left, then!
[18:44] Yu
    You're wasting your time, Kota.
[18:46] Kota
    Arimura?
[18:48] Yu
    Your horse has stamina, sure.
[18:52] Yu
    But if you get blocked and have to slow down,
[18:55] Yu
    you're finished!
[19:03] Tako
    Yu went for it!
[19:05] Nohira
    I get it! Nice!
[19:07] Asahi
    He cut off Maki's approach
    to stop his sprint, huh?
[19:12] Asahi
    Checkmate.
[19:26] Kuji
    Nice.
[19:29] Yu
    Thank you.
[19:31] Kuji
    You did a great job picking your positions.
[19:33] Yu
    I was told that Amane's horse would
    go to the side when he got tired.
[19:41] Kuji
    I see.
[19:43] Kuji
    So you worked together, in a way.
[19:45] Yu
    I hadn't seen that habit in any races before,
[19:49] Yu
    so I figured Kota wouldn't know it.
[19:52] Kota
    No, I didn't know.
[19:55] Kota
    You got me this time.
[19:57] Yu
    It was a good race.
[20:00] Kota
    I won't lose next time.
[20:04] Amane
    Hey, how does it feel after you dissed Ritto?
[20:09] Amane
    Hey!
[20:10] Sojiro
    Amane, knock it off.
[20:12] Aki
    He's seriously upset.
[20:35] Kota
    He outsmarted me!
[20:36] Kota
    Damn it! Damn it!
[20:50] Amane
    Yu Arimura, why did you get close to me then?
[20:53] Yu
    I cut off the path I knew he would follow.
[20:57] Eri
    What if he'd gone this way, then?
[20:59] Yu
    No, Kota wouldn't do that.
[21:06] Sojiro
    Seriously? That was his plan?
[21:08] Kota
    He totally got me.
[21:10] Kota
    He's got a pretty face, but he can be nasty.
[21:12] Aki
    I heard Arimura was a secret sadist once.
[21:17] Kota
    But now I have more to look forward to!
[21:24] Asahi
    Everyone's studying, huh?
[21:26] Asahi
    Looks like Arimura shook things up.
[21:31] Nohira
    They're finally serious about winning.
[21:36] Nohira
    Jockeys need more than talent.
[21:41] Nohira
    They need to win.
[21:46] Asahi
    It's going to be a fun year.
[21:48] Nohira
    All we can do is guide them.
[21:53] Asahi
    Let's get to work guiding them, then.
SIGN    And then, the 7th Mock Race...
[23:34] Shun
    Yu, there's something I have to tell you.