Eating and wheezing, a gust of wind blew, and a creaking sound sounded from the mouth of the greedy wind.

"Hahaha, this is sand, right?"

"I know the gale, you must not be used to this pure desert running environment, but don't worry, with the leadership of your wise master, you will definitely shine in this competition!"

After speaking, Gu Zheng just patted Gale lightly on the neck, and the well-behaved horse who ate sand, drank soil and sugar jumped out like a gust of wind in the sand field at the back of the hotel.

Gu Zheng's run is amazing, one person and one horse are wanton and chic, which makes people ignore it unnaturally...... The jockey himself was wrapped in an exaggerated manner like a robber.

Everyone is here to compete, and they will inevitably pay attention to the opponents who will threaten them.

"Who is this man?"

"Haven't you seen it, is it someone on the invitation list?"

This is said by Dubai's original second-in-line heir, and now first-in-line heir Hamdan.

The mild-mannered and sociable prince is coming to compete in a grueling enduro-style race like the Dubai King's Cup for the first time.

Guy is because his eldest brother, who had just suffered a heart attack, is also the first in line to the throne in Dubai, a fan of excellent and crazy endurance racing and a professional athlete.

And his death was so sudden, and his wish before leaving was so obvious.

The former prince of Dubai, who has won many endurance races in the world by himself, has the greatest wish to participate in the larger and more challenging Dubai King's Cup.

As the younger brother's unfulfilled wish, Hamdan plans to replace him personally, even if he is not as proficient in equestrianism as the eldest brother, but out of a younger brother's love for his brother, he will also go through a lot of hard work to complete the schedule of this event up to level 4, in order to pay tribute to the friendship between their brothers.

Rarely, Prince Hamdan was also mixed in with this group of bystanders.

And the assistant beside him also called up Gu Zheng's information very powerfully.

"Prince Hamdan, the athlete's profile has been called up. ”

"I don't think you need to worry too much about it. ”

"Because this athlete is from China, a weak country in equestrian endurance racing, and is a novice who has only one single-race first-class event. ”

Although he won the local championship in only one competition, he also showed some equestrian talent. ”

"But compared to the best players in the United Arab Emirates and the Arab region, it's not threatening. ”

"What's more, the runner also rejected our organiser's suggestion to provide him with a professional horse to race, and contacted Emirates, which has a partnership with our race, to transport his own horse. ”

Hearing the assistant's explanation, Hamdan was puzzled: "This is a good thing, isn't it easier for a competitor to compete with a horse that he is used to riding than to cooperate with a strange horse?"

At first glance, this prince is not good at endurance racing.

The assistant on the side continued to explain, "Although the endurance race runners should pay attention to the cooperation between people and horses. ”

"But it's about seeing what kind of man this man is, what kind of horse he is. ”

"For newcomers to the sport, the role of a good horse in this kind of competition is the key to good results. ”

"If nothing else, just the time it takes for the horses to recover in the five stages of the 160 km will give our Arabian breed an advantage over the Mongolian horses that are used to Chinese runners. ”

"With the good horses provided by our organizing committee, we can effectively avoid the damage caused by the unsuitable running environment of the desert and overwork. ”

"So I said, Your Royal Highness, we don't need to pay attention to this kind of player, no matter how chic and beautiful he is in the short distance riding process, it will not help the result of the whole race. ”

"Why don't I recommend to you the famous players we need to pay attention to in this competition? ”

"For example, the players from the Republic of Kazakhstan and the neighboring West Asian countries are very familiar with the desert course of our Dubai King's Cup. ”

Hearing the assistant's careful explanation, the Hamandan prince finally diverted his attention from Gu Zheng, and listened to the assistant's statement very seriously.

As for Gu Zheng, who is now ignored by everyone, he has felt the pre-race state of the horse Gale through the period of trying to ride.

It is very exuberant and adapts well to the desert sections.

After he led the gale into the stable, his horse was still very excited and sighed at Gu Zheng with a farewell snort.

Even the horses have a hunch that tomorrow they will be able to run a good time.

Gu Zheng and Gale here were happy, and the members of the Chinese team who came with them ...... Not to mention how uncomfortable it is.

Because they are all players from a country who come out to compete, regardless of whether they are selected by the club or participate independently at their own expense, because of the heart of going abroad to hold a group, everyone can get familiar with it after just a moment of effort.

But when they get to know the venue, they get a sense of what this traditional event means to new players like them.

The famous players and teams who let them play horses know and beat their hearts are hanging in front of their homes, and they are still very enthusiastic to greet each other because of their acquaintance.

But what about the Chinese players?

If you meet a few people who want to come over to spy on the military situation, first come and look at the faces and plates of the Chinese team members, ponder carefully for a while, and then ask in stammering English: "Mongolia?"

When the Chinese players arrived, they responded to each other with a smile: "China"......

As soon as these two words were finished, the Asian on the other side, who was definitely not a yellow breed, lost interest in continuing to talk, just shook his head and said very perfunctorily: "Bye-bye." ”

Don't mention the embarrassment.

Based on this kind of not very good treatment, those with a better mentality can still entertain themselves with self-mockery, saying that the hope of China's equestrian sports is on them.

If the mentality is a little worse, it is like holding back a fire in his heart, thinking that he can make a splash in tomorrow's game, so that the group of foreigners who look down on people can see who the ancestor of the cavalry is.

Gu Zheng returned to the hotel as if nothing was right in such a strange atmosphere.

During dinner, I communicated with Jiang Yue and Director Bai, who had been walking around the hotel, about the current situation.

"What's going on?"

"It's okay, eat your meal, this group of people has a pre-game syndrome and has lost their normal mind. ”

"You don't have to worry about them, just eat your food. ”

"Oh!"

Gu Zheng was quite persuasive in this regard, and when he entered the game with a strong wind in the early morning of the next day, the other players of the Chinese team did not find a chance to find him to string him.

If Gu Zheng knew about this, he would only have to laugh.

Joke, this is not a marathon, and you can also play a tactic in a group.

Let's eat with our real skills.

Gu Zheng, who was full of confidence, wore an inconspicuous riding outfit and rode a more inconspicuous wind, and quietly lined up at the end of the line, waiting for the first sunshine to rise in Dubai and the order for the start of the game at that time.

In Dubai in September, the sun rises early, but after five o'clock, the weather begins to slowly brighten.

This time is the most pleasant time of the terrain temperature, after the organizing committee of the conference gave an order, these players ran out of the starting line in a team according to their own order in a very orderly manner.

Gu Zheng, who was the last to set off, was not impatient at all, he still had the heart to hum a small tune, cooperating with the footsteps that the wind moved and retracted for a while, not to mention how relaxed.

However, those Chinese racers in the same group who were assigned to the same starting area did not care about Zheng's mentality.

As soon as the commander announced that he was ready to go, the young riders rushed out as they chased me.

However, with a gust of wind, he followed the phalanx of several West Asian teams in front of him, and ran side by side with great momentum.

Seeing such a scene, Gu Zheng shrugged his shoulders, gave a reassuring thumbs up to Jiang Yue, who was sitting in the audience seat on the side, and gently clamped the horse under him, and the person and the horse began to slowly trot all the way.

Then it got faster and faster, kicked up a puff of smoke, and headed straight for the inspection area 26 kilometers away from the first stage.

'Plop puff'

Every time the wind falls, it makes this dull sound.

The soft sand makes the horse's feet more resistant.

In the process of raising the horse's hooves, more muscular strength is needed to support high-speed running, which is very significant for the consumption of a horse.

However, Gu Zheng, who had been very familiar with this terrain during the western expedition, used his very rich experience to carefully control the movement of the strong wind, bypassing some redundant gentle slopes, and some potholes with obvious pits, and carefully missed them by avoiding them.

It seems that this will slow down the horse's running speed and increase the distance traveled, but in fact, it allows the horse to maintain a constant forward speed, which is crucial for the maintenance of the rider's and the horse's staying power.

Horses that run in this way will be very fluent once they get used to it.