In the days that followed, Pepe's company school ran at both ends, and before I knew it, the time was late June.

That afternoon, Thomson's phone called. The main purpose of his call was to ask Pepe if he could start arranging for the Treble winner to compete in the early points races of the Breeders' Cup.

Thomson told Pepe that next weekend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there will be a two-year-old points race suitable for the Triple Crown. If you decide to bring the Triple Crown, you will have to start a series of registration processes during this time.

How to sign up for the competition, Thomson is better than Pepe in this regard. So, Pepe asked him in detail about the entire process of signing up for the competition, and after inquiring, Pepe's head was big.

According to Thomson, first of all, to haul the Triple Crown to Philadelphia, of course, the cost of air haulage is much higher than ground transportation.

Then, the Triple Crown pedigree and other relevant information will be submitted to the local racing association in Guò. For example, information about the owner, but also information about the rider, and so on. Thomson also suggested to Pepe: it is best to entrust a professional Jockey Club agent to handle the relevant matters in this regard.

After that, it is time to enter the official registration process. The procedures are cumbersome, such as the physical examination of the horse before the race, the medical examination of the rider, and so on.

In addition, after the registration is successful, it does not mean that the qiē procedures are completed. After that, there are other follow-up tasks to be arranged, such as applying for a stable for the horses to live in before the race, and communicating with the club manager about the track sequence of the horses before the race.

According to Thomson, there is a lot of cattiness in this.

In order to avoid some off-track factors affecting the track results of the Triple Crown, it is necessary to entrust a Jockey Club agent with strong public relations skills to make a series of preliminary investigations and arrangements. For example, investigate the information about the other horses participating in the event and the information about all the riders in the field.

When he said this, Thomson's tone was quite stern. He told Pepe: "If you don't entrust the Jockey Club agent, or the Jockey Club agent is not capable. That would most likely put the Triple Crown on a rather unfavourable track. Such a result is very likely to lead to the Triple Crown not being able to perform properly on the track, and the end result is a poor race result. ”

When Pepe heard this, she was confused. She couldn't understand why Thomson would associate the arrangement of the track with the performance of the horses.

She threw her doubts to Thomson. Thomson explained to her why.

According to Thomson, the momentum of a horse before the gun is fired! The Triple Crown is in great form, but he has never raced on the track with any other professional racehorse. If, for the first time, it is unfortunate that the two sides of the track are lined with professional racehorses with strong winning experience, and both of them happen to be stallions, then it is very likely that the winning momentum of the Triple Crown will be suppressed.

Once the momentum is suppressed, no matter how good the horse is, it will not be able to perform at the normal level it should be.

Speaking of which, Thomson gave Pepe another special profession in horse racing. This particular profession is called equine counsellor.

All reputable professional racehorses have their own counsellors. The main responsibility of this professional racing counsellor is to improve the racetrack's survival*, self-confidence and despised momentum.

After Thomson's detailed explanation, Pepe learned that one of the most common ways to improve a racehorse's momentum on the track is to arrange for a weak horse to sparring. It's like a field horse race, the horse that is assigned to the track is like a horse, and the weak horse that is sparring is a middle horse or a dismount. The mid-horse or dismount is consciously suppressed by the rider during the sparring process, so that it loses to the upper horse on the track all the time. After experiencing such sparring methods, his self-confidence and winning mentality have been cultivated in countless victories. When the horse was officially on the track, the horse was full of self-confidence and momentum before the start.

The Triple Crown suffered a loss in the sparring of too few opponents, in the past period of training. Thomson also had the means to train the Triple Crown winner to be a sparring horse, but the weaker horses used as sparring were the only four quartes in the lodge. So it seems. Too little experience against the enemy, it can be said that the biggest weakness of the Triple Crown!

In this case, if you want the Triple Crown to achieve good results, you must let it maintain the momentum of winning from the beginning of the game, and not be suppressed by the momentum of other horses! Therefore, the order of the track arrangement has to be paid attention to, and a professional agent with strong public relations ability is entrusted in advance, so that he can arrange for the Triple Crown to avoid being neighbors with strong horses as much as possible at the start. This is also one of the key factors in achieving good results.

Pepe pondered for a moment after listening, and she asked Thomson. During his years as a horse trainer, he was in his personal network. Do you know a professional Jockey Club agent with strong public relations skills?

Thomson smiled bitterly and replied to Pepe: He has been eating at the bottom of the horse racing industry for the past few years, where can he contact a competent professional Jockey Club agent? As a low-level horse trainer like him, who has no financial strength and connections, there is no way to contact professional horse club agents who only deal with the upper class.

After listening to this, Pepe pondered, if you want to talk about the upper class, she and even her family, old and young, are not it. Although she may not know as much about horse racing as Thomson. But when it comes to getting in touch with a professional Jockey Club agent from the upper class, it's not difficult for her at all!

The first thing that comes to Pepe's mind at this time is Mark Quinn, and the first thoroughbred horse she has come into contact with in her life is the "naughty bag" she rode when she went on vacation with Uncle Mark when she was a child. Therefore, regarding the contact channels of professional Jockey Club agents, a phone call to ask Uncle Mark will definitely be able to get it done.

As soon as he thought of Uncle Mark, Pepe immediately felt the bottom of his heart.

After thinking about it for a while, she told Thomson that Thomson was no longer responsible for the commissioning of the Club's agents, and that she would find a channel to contact agents with strong public relations skills. Thomson would only have to be responsible for arranging for the Triple Crown to be hauled to Philadelphia.

Pepe was about to hang up the phone after finishing speaking, when Thomson hurriedly called out to her. Then he squeaked and asked Pepe about the rider's share contract. There was only a verbal agreement at the beginning, but until now, the official sharing ratio has not been confirmed and a formal proportional contract has been signed.

Pepe reacted and laughed. She asked Thomson, "I remember I promised you at the beginning that I would sign a royalty contract in the regular proportions. What is the regular percentage for rookie riders? You should know better than me, don't you? ”

Thomson listened to Pepe's tone on the phone and thought Pepe was angry. He quickly explained: "Miss Pell, I don't mean anything else when I ask this, I know that I am still a rookie rider, according to the convention, the distribution ratio of the prize money is 2%, and I also agree to charge the appearance fee according to the standard of a rookie rider." About this aspect. I have no objection! I just wanted to ask, if the results of the competition are good, can I increase the prize money according to the number of championships I have won? ”

Pepe pinched the phone and smiled faintly, and replied: "In this way, the prize money of the points race will be divided at a rate of 2%, and if you get the ticket to the Breeders Cup, I will give you another 10,000 yuan bonus!" As for the Breeder's Cup track, I wanted to be a rider myself. By the time of next year, the Triple Crown winner will be able to compete in the Triple Crown after he is three years old. I still entrust you as a rider in the early points race, and the proportion of the prize money will be doubled. What do you think? ”

Thomson pondered for a moment, answered "ok" and then asked, "I have no objection to that." So when can you sign a formal rider share contract? ”

"I'll take the lawyer to Philadelphia with me, and I'll ask the lawyer to prepare the contract in advance, and if you have no objection after reading it, you can sign it." Pepe replied.

After hanging up the phone with Thomson, Pepe flipped through the address book on her phone, ready to make a call to Uncle Mark, who grew up watching her grow up-

"Hey, sweet little Peel, how did you come up with the idea of calling me? Is there anything you would like me to help with? When the call rang, Uncle Mark's lazy tone came from the microphone.

Pepe smiled and said a few greetings to Mark before stating her purpose.

Mark laughed after hearing this: "I said little Peel." You've got the right person! There are a few Jockey Club agents I know here! Wait, I'll flip through my business card holder. ”

After a while. Mark gave the names and contact information of three Jockey Club agents in a row.

After Pepe took notes, he said a few words of thanks to Uncle Mark. I'm ready to hang up.

However, Mark's interest was lifted, and he happily asked Pepe: "I said Pell Jr., how did you think to ask me for the contact information of the Jockey Club's agent?" It stands to reason that you and your family don't like to bet on horses, do you? ”

After Pepe said twice, he slowly said the answer.

Pepe originally thought that Uncle Mark would laugh at her whimsy, but who would have thought that Mark would be very supportive after listening to the answer, and the voice on the other end of the microphone suddenly became excited: "Hahaha, I said little Peel, you hurry up, tell your Uncle Mark quickly, what is the specific date of the competition?" Which city is the venue for? I'll ask my assistant what the day's schedule is, and if there's nothing else going on that day, Uncle Mark will be flying over to cheer you up! ”

"Really? Uncle Mark, on behalf of the Triple Crown of my family, I extend a warm welcome to you! When the time comes, my Triple Crown watch will definitely impress you! Pepe said with a smile.

"What? Do you say your horse's name again? The Triple Crown? Hahaha" Mark's sneering voice came from the other end of the microphone.

Pepe grimaced as she listened to Mark's sneering remarks, and in the end, she could only reply with two "hums" and hung up. (To be continued)