The two little girls were amused and noisy all the way to Maryville, a small town west of Helena.
The destination of this trip, Asconna Racecourse, is located on the outskirts of Maryville.
This racecourse was recommended by Julie.
Qin Yi searched for information on the Internet and found the racecourse's phone number.
He called it at that time and agreed to come and see the horses today.
When he came in the morning, he called the racecourse again and confirmed today's itinerary.
When I was approaching the racecourse, I saw an old white pickup truck in the distance, parked on the side of the small road leading to the racecourse.
A plump old white man was facing here, presumably waiting for the racecourse reception of my group. personnel.
When he came to the front, he asked the women and children not to get out of the car.
Qin Yi came out alone to say hello to the plump old American man.
"Mr.
Qin."
Before Qin Yi could speak, the plump old beauty asked first.
Seeing Qin Yi nod, his smile became brighter.
He stretched out his hand to greet him and shook it vigorously.
"Hello, Mr.
Qin.
I am the owner of the horse farm.
You can call me Mr.
Qin."
I'm Marvin" "Hello Marvin, let's go see the pony now."
Qin Yi didn't want to waste time.
Although the old man was chubby and looked very kind and had a warm smile, his small eyes were shrewd.
Qin Yi didn't want to talk to him.
Small talk.
"Why not?"
Marvin raised his finger to point to the white fence that could be seen vaguely in the distance, and twisted his fat body towards his old pickup truck, "Come with me, let's go see the strong pony."
Qin Yi got in the car and followed Ma Wen to the racecourse.
After actually entering a professional racecourse and looking around, a few people had a more concrete understanding of these things that they had never been exposed to.
I saw circles of white fences, surrounding the pasture into many square boxes.
Inside, dozens of adult horses and foals were kept in separate pens.
Most of them were roosters and chestnuts, and some were black.
Some were grazing leisurely, or trotting and playing, and even more Two strong horses were fighting and biting each other It appears to be two stallions.
I don't know how they got together, but several people who should be horse trainers or stable boys hurried over and comforted them separately for a while before they calmed down.
Angel and Betsy in the car.
I looked at the purebred horses around me curiously.
It was the first time I saw horses fighting.
It was very strange.
Unlike the grazing horses in the pasture, thoroughbred horses are more lively and easily excited.
With passionate blood flowing in their bodies, they are good gentlemen in the stables, but when they go out of the stables to the track or even step onto the grass, they will become very excited and have the urge to gallop.
After Marvin stopped the car, everyone couldn't wait to set foot on the land of the professional horse farm.
Qin Yi glanced at Ma Wen.
The fat horse farm owner must have seen the two horses fighting, but now he looked unconcerned.
It seemed that such things happened often.
Not surprised anymore At this time, a middle-aged man in his forties walked over.
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He was a little short in stature, but he looked passionate and energetic.
Marvin said hello to him, then turned around and introduced Qin Yi: "Mr.
Qin, this is our horse trainer, Djibouti."
Qin Yi greeted Djibouti and heard from Marvin's introduction that he was one of the three horse trainers at the racecourse and had been working at Marvin's racecourse for more than ten years.
Looking at the scenery that is completely different from the pasture.
Several people looked at it curiously, especially Angel and Betsy, whose little heads kept spinning.
Seeing that they were interested in these things, Marvin was not in a hurry to choose horses.
Instead, he led them to visit the racecourse.
Qin Yi and his party walked around and found that there was a big difference between a professional horse farm and a ranch.
The buildings were more coordinated and the entire layout was more orderly and standardized.
The racecourse offices and housing are all beautiful villa-type buildings.
The horse racing grounds, training ground, and training base are all located among trees and pastures, and are connected by forest trails.
It looks like a garden.
Along the way, Marvin also introduced his horse farm.
This is the Marvin family's horse farm.
It started from a small horse farm with a dozen purebred horses in his grandfather's generation.
After decades of development, it has now become a horse farm with more than 40 stallion mares and more than 20 foals.
A medium-sized horse farm.
According to him, the farm has three stables, a training ground, a feed warehouse, complete equipment, supporting operation and management regulations, an archives room, and 18 horse trainers, stable boys, breeders and other staff. , both are generalists.
Dozens of horses at the racecourse are initially trained by three horse trainers.
If the foal has greater potential, it will be sent to the training stable for more professional training, and then sent to the competition.
Marvin's horse farm does not have training stables, only large horse farms or racecourses have them, because training stables must not only have some top-notch supporting facilities, but also be staffed by top horse trainers in the industry, which requires high capital costs.
After visiting the horse farm and satisfying his curiosity, Qin Yi decided to start choosing horses.
He also wanted to buy a purebred horse before noon and return to the ranch in the afternoon.
"Marvin, take us to see the two-year-old horses."
According to convention, foals are born in May or June every year, and they are automatically one year old on January 1.
Therefore, if you buy a two-year-old horse now, you will be able to participate in the three-year-old horse race next year.
"Okay, Yi, come with me."
After taking Qin Yi and the others around for a while, the two chatted for a while.
Ma Wen felt that he was more familiar with them, so he just called them by name.
Qin Yi didn't care.
After all, he bought the foal and left.
He might not deal with him in the future.
He could call him whatever he wanted.
First of all, Marvin took everyone to watch the stallion.
After all, if the performance of the stallion and the mare is relatively good, the foal will also give people more confidence.
"Yi, come and see, those are the stallions from our racecourse."
Ma Wen pointed at a few places.
There were several strong stallions scattered in several pastures, wandering around as if patrolling their own territory.
The horse trainer Djibouti took the opportunity to explain the stallion's characteristics, speed, physique, muscle distribution and other information in detail.
Of course, Qin Yi didn't understand much of what he said.
After all, he was not a professional.
He didn't understand these things.
After a rough look, he asked Marven to take him to choose a two-year-old horse.
The little girl was held by Ke Luo and Susa one by one.
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Their eyes widened and they couldn't help but look at the several-month-old foals.
The foal, which was just a few months old, was still very lively.
It ran around and jumped around, and only lowered its head to eat grass when it was tired.
It looked very interesting.
The two little girls spent most of the time looking at the foal, as if they wanted to take it with them.
Go home and play.
However, they were both well-behaved and knew what the adults were doing.
They sat in their arms and just looked at each other quietly without speaking.
Qin Yi and others followed Ma Wen to a pasture near the stables, where a dozen two-year-old horses were grazing with their heads down.
"Yi, this is our two-year-old horse.
In addition to the black one, there is also the brown one here.
You can choose whichever one you like."
He pointed out two horses twice.
It seemed that the horse farm valued these two horses very much.
Qin Yi observed that the two horses were indeed somewhat different.
When everyone looked at them, they also stared at this side while eating grass, with curiosity in their eyes.
It seemed that they felt that Qin Yi and the others were a little strange.
Qin Yi nodded, these are two very spiritual horses.
However, Marvin was nervous about these two horses, but he didn't think anything was wrong.
Not to mention Xiao Hei, the other mares in the pasture who had drank the water from the spiritual spring were all far behind them.
Qin Yi doesn't have many requirements, as long as he is strong and has a strong temperament.
Djibouti knows these horses very well.
He knows what taste of feed they like, what kind of concentrate ratio, and what temperament each one likes.
He can give a detailed introduction to any horse at random.
It seems that there are more than ten horses.
Years of work as a horse trainer is not for nothing Following Djibouti's introduction, Qin Yi quickly took a fancy to two horses.
They were tall and strong, had good performance records, ran very hard, and had good temperaments.
If nothing unexpected happened, he would choose one of them.
"Are all the two-year-old horses here?"
Qin Yi thought they should all be here, but he still asked casually.
To be continued
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