# E9 - Leap Forward, Side-by-Side!
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***SIGN*** January Miho Training Center
**[00:05] Aki**
Yes, sorry. Yes.
**[00:09] Kota**
Aki, what's wrong?
**[00:11] Aki**
I screwed up.
**[00:12] Aki**
They told me not to treat
the horse so roughly.
**[00:15] Sojiro**
You get your rough nature
from your dad, I bet.
**[00:17] Aki**
You seem like you're working really hard.
**[00:19] Aki**
You going to be in the Fukujuso Tokubetsu?
**[00:21] Sojiro**
Yup.
**[00:22] Sojiro**
And Eri told me my dad's place
is sending a jockey, too.
**[00:27] Aki**
Oh, really?
**[00:30] Sojiro**
I can't afford to lose.
**[00:35] Aki**
I guess bad blood in families runs deep.
**[00:38] Kota**
Yes. The footwork's looking good.
Steadier, too.
**[00:43] Kota**
Yes. I'll be fine.
***SIGN*** Episode 9 Leap Forward, Side-by-Side!
**[02:18] Asahi**
Hello, everyone!
**[02:21] Sojiro**
You haven't changed a bit, instructor.
**[02:23] Asahi**
And you're all doing fine!
**[02:25] Asahi**
You've learned to control
your horse like a pro, huh?
**[02:29] Aki**
I'm a lot better than I was, right?
**[02:30] Kota**
You'd better be.
**[02:32] Kota**
If we're going to be
participating in a real race,
**[02:35] Kota**
at a bare minimum we have
to be able to control our horses.
**[02:38] Asahi**
Wow!
**[02:40] Aki**
Well, we're having fun.
**[02:43] Aki**
One of us is constantly sending evil
thought waves toward Ritto, though.
**[02:48] Asahi**
Mr. Sakuraba, the reason your
father didn't accept you
**[02:53] Asahi**
was that he wants his dear
son to mature on his own.
**[02:56] Sojiro**
But he took Shimotsuki. He wants
the attention she brings, I bet.
**[03:01] Kota**
It's too late to worry about it.
**[03:03] Aki**
That's right.
**[03:04] Aki**
We'll just have to do our best here.
**[03:06] Aki**
Back to training!
**[03:08] Aki**
See you, instructor!
**[03:09] Kota**
Guys...
**[03:10] Sojiro**
Saying that is my job!
**[03:13] Asahi**
They're showing signs of
being blue and growing up.
**[03:17] Asahi**
Now, what about the other side?
***SIGN*** Ritto Training Center
***SIGN*** 9 Days Until Wakagoma Stakes
**[03:32] Miyashita**
That horse is running as brilliantly
as they did in their maiden race.
**[03:36] Miyashita**
I can see why they skipped the qualifiers.
**[03:39] Kishino**
Great, aren't they?
**[03:40] Kishino**
I'll have one for you next time.
**[03:44] Miyashita**
Please do.
**[03:46] Miyashita**
It's been a while since we've had a good one.
**[03:48] Miyashita**
Akari, looks like you'll get
that prize winner you wanted.
**[03:52] Akari**
It's thanks to your instruction.
**[03:54] Miyashita**
It's your stables' third year. It's time.
**[03:58] ---**
Yes.
**[04:14] Shun**
Keep Kirarin away from the other horses.
**[04:17] Shun**
You're scaring them.
**[04:18] Hayashida**
Oh, is that why we stopped giving
them partner horses to ride with?
**[04:21] Shun**
Yes. They looked scared
in their maiden race.
**[04:25] Hayashida**
Yeah?
**[04:26] Hayashida**
That helped them get out of the pack, then.
**[04:30] Shun**
It was just luck...
**[04:33] Hayashida**
Are you saying my skill is just luck?
**[04:36] Shun**
No. I'm sorry.
**[04:39] Hayashida**
Kazanami, relax. As a jockey,
you should understand this.
**[04:43] Hayashida**
Leave it to me.
**[04:46] Shun**
Right...
**[04:48] Shun**
Thank you.
**[04:54] Kikumi**
Oh, if it isn't the philanderer
with an eye for the young ones!
**[04:59] Shun**
That's so mean, Kikumi.
**[05:01] Kikumi**
How's Kirarin looking?
**[05:03] Shun**
Still a little scared.
**[05:06] Shun**
We stopped running them
with a partner horse.
**[05:09] Kikumi**
You really are kind to
the horses, aren't you?
**[05:12] Kikumi**
We're lucky to have
him around, huh, Kisuke?
**[05:15] Shun**
Kisuke's a good horse.
**[05:17] Shun**
He's got such nice hair.
And muscles, too!
**[05:23] Shun**
He's retiring in March, huh?
**[05:26] Kikumi**
I thought he had some
more fight left in him.
***SIGN*** Oak Diamond
***SIGN*** Ritto C Assistant
***SIGN*** Ritto Hill Good Assistant
***SIGN*** Ritto C Good Assistant
***SIGN*** Ritto C Good Assistant
***SIGN*** Ritto Hill Good Assistant
**[05:36] Akira**
Kirarin's looking good.
**[05:38] Tayasu**
Yes. Their times are stable.
**[05:41] Tayasu**
If you believe the data,
they're looking good.
**[05:44] Akira**
I hope training them solo pays off.
**[05:47] Tayasu**
But their starting pace worries me.
**[05:51] Akira**
Let's share that with Hayashida,
along with Kazanami's concerns.
**[05:56] Tayasu**
About Hayashida... He's accomplished
quite a lot as a jockey,
**[06:00] Tayasu**
but I don't get a good feeling from him.
**[06:03] Akira**
That's fine.
**[06:04] Akira**
Whether he does what we
tell him isn't important.
**[06:06] Tayasu**
I'm sorry?
**[06:07] Akira**
What matters is the fact that we told him.
**[06:10] Akira**
If he doesn't do what we say,
and then he fails to get results,
**[06:13] Akira**
we can get rid of him.
**[06:16] Akira**
We're winning the Wakagoma Stakes.
***SIGN*** Kyoto Racetrack Wakagoma Stakes
**[06:28] Miku**
It's Kazanami and Kirarin!
**[06:30] ---**
Go for it!
**[06:32] Kishino**
Now, let's see if we can score an easy win.
**[06:35] Akira**
We'll be fine.
**[06:36] Akira**
They're in good shape.
**[06:38] Kishino**
Yes.
**[06:41] Kishino**
We certainly need them to be.
**[06:50] Shun**
They're afraid.
**[06:52] Shun**
I knew it. They're afraid of
all the people and horses.
**[06:57] Kikumi**
Don't worry. Shun will be just fine.
**[07:02] Announcer**
* They're lined up at the gate*
* for the Wakagoma Stakes!*
**[07:07] Announcer**
*And they're out of the gate!*
**[07:22] Kishino**
Let's talk later about what happens next.
**[07:31] Announcer**
The winner is Fence Lord!
**[07:33] Announcer**
Oak Diamond, the favorite, broke out
in the last half but lost by a neck!
***SIGN*** Neck
**[07:45] Shun**
Hayashida!
**[07:54] Shun**
Why did you charge into the pack?
**[07:57] Shun**
I told you! They're scared of other horses!
**[08:01] Hayashida**
Yeah, the lady told me the same thing.
**[08:04] Hayashida**
But I had to go forward
if I was going to win.
**[08:07] Hayashida**
They didn't do what I needed them to, though.
**[08:11] Hayashida**
Kazanami, do you think a wimp
like that can win the derby?
**[08:16] Hayashida**
Every horse at the derby is top-notch.
**[08:19] Hayashida**
You can't win if you're
scared of every pack.
**[08:22] Shun**
Wait... Did you do that
deliberately? For practice?
**[08:26] Hayashida**
This isn't the only race in the world.
**[08:28] Hayashida**
If you think about the future,
this is what's best for that horse—
**[08:32] Shun**
Don't be so selfish!
**[08:37] Hayashida**
Yeah, maybe I was being selfish.
**[08:40] Hayashida**
I was too desperate for a win.
**[08:50] Shun**
I'm sorry!
**[08:51] Akira**
I don't need your apologies.
**[08:53] Akira**
I'm responsible for deciding
how to train the horses.
**[08:57] Shun**
Sumeragi?
**[08:59] Akira**
I spoke with their owner, Kashino.
**[09:02] Akira**
The owner does not believe this
loss was the horse's fault.
**[09:08] Akira**
So we'll be racing Kirarin in the Yayoi
Sho as planned, but changing jockeys.
**[09:13] Tayasu**
Winning the Yayoi Sho will give us the prize
money we need to compete in the derby.
**[09:18] Tayasu**
And the Satsuki Sho, too.
**[09:20] Shun**
You're getting rid of Hayashida?
**[09:23] Akira**
He failed to follow our orders.
**[09:26] Akira**
It doesn't matter how close you are
to the owner if you can't get results.
**[09:31] Akira**
But...
**[09:33] Akira**
That goes for us, as well.
**[09:35] Shun**
Yes, ma'am.
**[09:43] Shun**
Let's both do our best, Kirarin.
**[09:52] Shun**
You're...
**[09:56] Miku**
*Kisuke!*
**[09:58] Miku**
*It's me, Miku!*
**[10:01] Miku**
*Kisuke! You can tell it's me?*
**[10:03] Miku**
*I told everybody at school about you!*
**[10:06] Shun**
Something's wrong with Kirarin.
**[10:07] Miku**
* All my friends told me*
* they want to meet you!*
**[10:08] Kikumi**
Wrong?
**[10:10] Shun**
They were really avoiding the other
horses during morning training.
**[10:12] ---**
*They want to ride you, too!*
**[10:14] Shun**
The big pack of horses at the Wakagoma
Stakes may have traumatized them.
**[10:15] ---**
* Unfortunately, I won't get*
* to see you for a while...*
**[10:18] Kikumi**
They're so delicate. Nothing like Kisuke!
**[10:26] Shun**
Well, Miku?
**[10:27] Shun**
Did you get to talk to Kisuke?
**[10:28] Miku**
*No... I want to be in the same room as him.*
**[10:31] Shun**
Come see him with your dad next time.
**[10:34] Miku**
*I don't know if I can.*
**[10:35] Miku**
*I've got cram school over spring break.*
**[10:39] Shun**
Oh, right! You might be able to ride him!
**[10:42] Shun**
Once his retirement race is over,
**[10:44] Shun**
Kisuke's going to a place called
Hirato Farms in Hokkaido.
**[10:48] Shun**
They might let you ride
him once he's up there!
**[10:50] Kikumi**
Yeah, I'm sure they will.
**[10:52] Miku**
*Really?*
**[10:54] Miku**
*Hooray!*
**[10:56] Miku**
*Will you teach me how to ride?*
**[11:00] Shun**
Leave it to me.
**[11:04] Tayasu**
Kazanami, Kirarin's next
jockey has been decided.
**[11:08] Shun**
Who is it?
**[11:12] Yu**
The Yayoi Sho?
**[11:15] Kuji**
Huh? Of course it's not you!
**[11:18] Kuji**
The one who'll ride Oak Diamond is...
**[11:22] Kuji**
Me!
***SIGN*** Name
***SIGN*** Vodka
***SIGN*** Record
***SIGN*** Japan: 22 Matches 10 Wins
***SIGN*** Overseas: 4 Matches 0 Wins
***SIGN*** Sex
***SIGN*** Female
***SIGN*** Color
***SIGN*** Bay
***SIGN*** Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, Japan Derby, Yasuda Kinen (2 Times), Tenno Sho (Autumn), Victoria Mile, Japan Cup
***SIGN*** Major Wins
**[11:29] Shun**
Kuji won't listen to me!
**[11:32] Yu**
Kuji's raced in the Yayoi Sho many times.
**[11:35] Yu**
Two years ago, he won with
the fourth most popular horse.
**[11:37] Yu**
He knows how to fight.
**[11:39] Yu**
That's why Kashino came to us.
**[11:42] Shun**
And that's why I'm coming to you for help!
**[11:45] Shun**
The Wakagoma Stakes just
made Kirarin more timid.
**[11:49] Shun**
Their real strength isn't
coming out like it should.
**[11:51] Yu**
Don't worry. Kuji's style is to
leave the horse to the trainer.
**[11:56] Yu**
This time, you'll have a jockey
who does as he's told.
**[12:02] Yu**
Your job is to make Kirarin into
a horse that can win, I think.
**[12:06] Shun**
A horse that can win?
**[12:07] Yu**
Kirarin couldn't bring their strong
legs to bear in the last race.
**[12:11] Yu**
The Yayoi Sho has hills at the start and
at the goal. You need stamina, Kuji said.
**[12:17] Shun**
The start's not a problem.
**[12:19] Shun**
And if Kirarin can bring out
their full strength before
**[12:22] Shun**
they hit the hill in front of the goal...
**[12:24] Yu**
A way to make sure they can do a spurt, then!
**[12:27] Shun**
Yeah...
**[12:28] Eri**
They sound like a jockey
and a trainer, huh?
**[12:31] Amane**
Shun Kazanami. What about
your own future as a jockey?
**[12:34] Amane**
If you just go exactly
by the book in training,
**[12:37] Amane**
it'll kill your instincts.
**[12:38] Amane**
What happened to the boy who was
having so much fun riding in school?
**[12:42] Shun**
That was just because
riding training was fun.
**[12:46] Shun**
I was working out stress from the classes.
**[12:48] Eri**
Yeah, you hated those classes, huh?
**[12:51] Shun**
Stress...
**[12:54] Shun**
That's it!
**[12:56] Shun**
Thanks, Amane!
**[13:11] Eri**
Amane!
**[13:14] Eri**
Did something happen?
**[13:15] Amane**
There's no problem, Eri Shimotsuki.
**[13:18] Eri**
Doesn't look like it to me.
**[13:20] Eri**
You haven't been coming to
morning training lately.
**[13:24] Amane**
I'm forbidden from riding
a horse for two weeks.
**[13:28] Amane**
They're not letting me on a
horse's back until I promise
**[13:31] Amane**
I can get the timing down to the second.
**[13:33] Eri**
I didn't know...
**[13:34] Amane**
Yu Arimura and Shun Kazanami have
a lot of fun things to talk about.
**[13:39] Amane**
A year ago, wining a major
prize was a fantasy for us.
**[13:43] Amane**
But for them, it's reality.
**[13:45] Amane**
And I'm not even allowed at training.
**[13:49] Eri**
You're a good rider. You'll be fine.
**[13:52] Eri**
Once you're a jockey, you'll
be more famous than any of us!
**[13:57] Amane**
Because I'm not Japanese?
**[14:01] Eri**
That's not what I...
**[14:03] Tako**
Eri!
**[14:06] Eri**
Tako!
**[14:07] Tako**
I finally found you!
**[14:09] Tako**
Now, answer my questions.
**[14:11] Eri**
Enough. You got enough
footage already, didn't you?
**[14:14] Tako**
That was for the magazine.
**[14:16] Tako**
This is for a documentary following
your class's exploits since school.
**[14:20] Tako**
Now, let's take some footage
of your private life!
**[14:22] Eri**
Tako, you've gotten more pushy
since you became a journalist.
**[14:25] Tako**
That's not true. How rude.
**[14:29] Tako**
Oh, Amane, I'll talk to you later, too.
**[14:31] Tako**
Huh?
**[14:38] Amane**
Damn it!
**[14:41] Shun**
I want to give Kirarin partners again!
**[14:44] Tayasu**
But you know what they're like, don't you?
**[14:47] Akari**
Kazanami, do you have a plan?
**[14:51] ---**
Yes.
**[14:52] Shun**
Kirarin's enjoying running solo,
**[14:55] Shun**
but they've gotten too used to it
**[14:57] Shun**
and that's why they couldn't
handle the crowd at the race.
**[15:00] Shun**
So we'll put some stress on
them by using partners...
**[15:04] Akari**
I see.
**[15:07] Akari**
Put some stress on them,
and then let them work it off.
**[15:11] Shun**
Yes.
**[15:12] Shun**
That should give them the
strength to get out of the pack.
**[15:17] Tayasu**
But a partner horse is a big risk.
**[15:21] Tayasu**
One wrong move could put
too much stress on them,
**[15:23] Tayasu**
making them useless as a racehorse.
**[15:26] Shun**
Then we'll move their partners behind,
**[15:29] Shun**
getting them just close enough
to cause a little stress.
**[15:32] Shun**
And then keep doing it.
**[15:34] Tayasu**
But how do we know how close to get?
**[15:38] Shun**
You could tell, right, Kazanami?
**[15:46] Akari**
The timing looks good.
**[15:48] Tayasu**
I'm finally starting to understand
why you assigned him to this.
**[15:52] Akari**
We'll use every resource we have on hand.
**[15:56] Akari**
It's not just Kirarin who's
putting it all on the line.
**[16:02] Yu**
Why won't you talk to Shun?
**[16:05] Kuji**
Sumeragi's given me her instructions.
**[16:08] Yu**
A jockey should only care
about one thing: winning.
**[16:16] Yu**
The derby last year.
**[16:19] Yu**
I finally understand why you
didn't take the lead right away.
**[16:27] Yu**
You knew the horse's personality
**[16:29] Yu**
and decided it was better not
to leave the pack, right?
**[16:32] Yu**
Back then, I was only thinking about
who was where and what they were doing.
**[16:36] Yu**
I wasn't thinking about
the horses' personalities.
**[16:40] Yu**
But Shun tries harder than anyone
to understand a horse's personality.
**[16:44] Yu**
Please trust him!
***SIGN*** Nakayama Racetrack Yayoi Sho
**[17:09] Kishino**
I'm counting on you, Akari.
**[17:13] Akari**
This time, we'll be fine.
**[17:23] Kuji**
Hey... they're...
**[17:29] Kuji**
Got it. Leave it to me!
**[17:45] Announcer**
* The odd-numbered horses have*
* just arrived at the gate.*
**[17:48] Announcer**
* The even-numbered horses*
* are being led there now.*
**[17:52] Announcer**
*The skies are blue,*
**[17:53] Announcer**
* and the sun's shining bright*
* as they line up at the gate.*
**[17:58] Announcer**
*Lastly, Oak Diamond comes up at a trot.*
**[18:03] Announcer**
*The staff are moving away.*
**[18:07] Announcer**
*And they're off!*
**[18:11] Announcer**
*Nakano Deuce is slow out of the gate!*
**[18:12] Shun**
Kirarin, this is it!
**[18:13] Announcer**
*We're off to a good start!*
**[18:14] Announcer**
*Shitani Lighter from the inside!*
**[18:16] Announcer**
*Oak Diamond closing in from the outside!*
**[18:20] Shun**
Good!
**[18:21] Announcer**
* They're watching what the*
* other horses are doing.*
**[18:22] Yu**
He broke out!
**[18:23] Announcer**
* Kyoshin Fight and Muusha Oochi*
* are fighting for the lead.*
**[18:26] Announcer**
*Z Saiko is traveling up the outside!*
**[18:29] Kuji**
They're coming for you from behind!
**[18:33] Kuji**
Wow! They're in the lead!
**[18:33] Announcer**
* As they round the first corner,*
* #10, Oak Diamond, is in the lead!*
**[18:36] Akari**
Okay, here we go.
**[18:38] Announcer**
* Shitani Light is two, two*
* and a half lengths behind!*
**[18:42] Announcer**
* Muusha Oochi on the outside*
* getting close to second place.*
**[18:45] Announcer**
* We round the second corner,*
* still with a two-length lead.*
**[18:47] Announcer**
* On the outside, both horses*
* in fifth are coming up.*
**[18:50] Kuji**
We're not done yet! Hang in there!
**[18:52] Announcer**
*We're on the far straight!*
**[18:53] Announcer**
*Kyoshin Fight is entering the third group.*
**[18:57] Announcer**
* A pack's forming in the center*
* as we head for the halfway point.*
**[19:01] Announcer**
* We're 1000 meters into the race,*
* just under 61 seconds!*
**[19:06] Announcer**
* Now into the third corner.*
* Oak Diamond in the lead,*
**[19:06] Eri**
Is the pace okay?
**[19:07] Amane**
Hard to say.
**[19:08] Announcer**
* keeping up the pace with*
* a three-length distance.*
**[19:09] Yu**
Can they keep it up, Shun?
**[19:12] Announcer**
* There's just 600 meters left with*
* Muusha Oochi trailing behind.*
**[19:16] Announcer**
* And we're into the fourth corner*
* and onto the last straight!*
**[19:19] Announcer**
*Oak Diamond is breaking away!*
**[19:19] Shun**
Kirarin, it's okay.
**[19:22] Shun**
It's okay to be afraid.
**[19:23] Announcer**
*Take Iwate, coming up from behind!*
**[19:26] Announcer**
* They're getting close to Oak*
* Diamond! Have they caught up?*
**[19:45] Shun**
Now.
**[19:48] Akari**
Yes!
**[19:50] Yu**
There goes Kuji!
**[19:50] Announcer**
* Oak Diamond pulls away*
* for a four-length lead!*
**[19:55] Akari**
Keep going!
**[19:55] Announcer**
*Take Iwate approaching from the outside.*
**[19:57] Announcer**
*But Oak Diamond is fast! Fast! Fast!*
**[19:57] Tayasu**
Hang in there!!
**[20:00] Announcer**
*The Yayoi Sho is their ticket to Satsuki!*
**[20:01] Announcer**
* It's Oak Diamond! It's Oak*
* Diamond with 100 meters to go!*
**[20:05] Announcer**
*Une Kingdom approaching from the inside!*
**[20:06] Announcer**
*But Oak Diamond keeps pulling away!*
**[20:09] Announcer**
*Will Une Kingdom take it?*
**[20:10] Announcer**
*No! It's Oak Diamond!*
**[20:15] Announcer**
*What a win!*
**[20:21] Miku**
Hooray!
**[20:25] Kikumi**
Yes!
**[20:27] Yu**
Yes!
**[20:28] Eri**
Wow!
**[20:30] Yu**
Great!
***SIGN*** Oak Diamond
**[20:32] Announcer**
*A clean win for Oak Diamond!*
**[20:34] Announcer**
*They've won a major prize!*
**[20:39] Shun**
You did it, Kirarin!
**[20:49] Kishino**
Thank you.
**[20:50] Akari**
We've got a long way to go.
**[20:55] Kikumi**
Next it's your turn, huh?
**[21:00] Kikumi**
What's wrong?
**[21:08] Yu**
Welcome back.
**[21:10] Yu**
How was Oak Diamond?
**[21:12] Kuji**
Just great.
**[21:14] Kuji**
They're timid, but they've
built up some guts.
**[21:16] Kuji**
It shows they trained them properly,
instead of just spoiling them.
**[21:21] Kuji**
That Kazanami kid's good.
**[21:24] Yu**
Shun's a genius.
**[21:27] Kuji**
Well, he's good. But he's no jockey.
**[21:31] Kuji**
Yu. He's not like you at all.
**[21:45] Kuji**
Want to go get some
meat tonight?
**[23:35] Amane**
Useless...