Chapter 174: Science and Technology Flow (12)

The track level of horse racing is usually between 1000 meters and 3000 meters, and different races can have various lengths such as 1400 meters and 1600 meters, but like running, the 1000 meters are usually indicative.

Thoroughbreds are the fastest known breed of horses – unlike what many people think, thoroughbreds are a breed, not a category, which means that even if it's a thoroughbred BMW, it's an Ahamma, not a thoroughbred – but not every horse can run that fast. For example, many retired racehorses introduced by China in recent years have even recorded records outside 1 minute and 10 seconds, which is usually easily surpassed by mixed horses with slightly better foot strength.

However, the advantage of a thoroughbred is its pedigree, and more specifically, a foal whose parents are both famous horses must be expected to achieve results, and the price is equally acceptable - this is the basis for a well-developed breeding industry, which is not currently possible with other breeds of horses.

Sheikh Mohammed's Dali Racecourse is one of the best in the world for the breeding industry, and the sheikh from Dubai is standing in front of the stands with a spring breeze on his face, and being able to invite so many celebrities to a horse club is a great way to expand the influence of horse racing.

In addition to the presidents and directors of major commercial companies, there are some politicians from Florida and California, and in the United States, the relationship between business people and politicians is unusually equal, especially now that the election is approaching, seizing any opportunity to raise funds is the ultimate shortcut for gentlemen who want to be promoted.

Huang Xuan chatted with Galadia in a relaxed mood, his Greek is enough to cope with daily language, and occasionally when he encounters a problem that he doesn't understand, there is an energy screen in front of him to solve it, such a chat method will of course make both parties very comfortable.

For Galadia, the boy in front of him is like a standard encyclopedia, even if it is a remote hometown plant, he can say something just by tilting his head and thinking about it; And for Huang Xuan, being able to chat with his favorite classical beauty is pleasant in itself.

There are always people dissatisfied with the cheerful atmosphere, Aiken and the others stared at Huang Xuan, as if they wanted to bite him to pieces, Huang Xuan occasionally saw them, but he just smiled.

Wearing a crisp dark blue suit, McLiwether walked up to Huang Xuan, raised his glass, and said, "I heard that you are going to race horses with the Humphrey family?" And with a heavy horse? ”

"Did you place a bet?" Huang Xuan said lightly. He knew that the two favorite things of the financial genius in front of him were horse racing and gambling, and that in the heyday of Long-Term Capital Management, McLeiwether had four thoroughbreds, and he only now knew how expensive a thoroughbred is, and that any little guy with a 'good' pedigree - as long as his father has a championship winner, the horse will not cost less than $200,000, and in fact, the thoroughbred, which is often called a good horse, will always cost more than $1 million.

Many owners who invest in horses buy horses in the form of equity, that is, each person owns a share of the horse according to the amount of money they pay, and thus receives the expected return, and there are many racing horses that are usually used for investment and the price is more than 100 million US dollars.

McLiwether's little round face smiled at Galadia and said, "I made a bet of $1,000, **** is 1 to 7, although it is tempting, but I am an investor, I will not bet 'confused'." ”

"Then you'll regret it."

"There's always something regrettable happening in the market, and you should be glad you didn't experience that risk."

"Oh, that's serious." Huang Xuan waved his hand and said, "The competition is about to start, I will first introduce you to the lady, Galadia, a beautiful woman from the great Greece." ”

Galadia greeted Meliwether, but the Wall Street rogue hung his head and thought for a long time, "Do we know each other?" ”

"Maybe." Galadia smiled brightly, like a flower washed by rain.

Without further talking, Ellison and Klimeinos came together, along with Oracle's marketing director, Mark. At this time, the horn of preparation for the race sounded, and the horses were led into the starting line, and the field soon fell silent.

Compared to the three major races, there were only more than 100 people visiting today, but the atmosphere was not deserted at all, and many people came with their families.

Before the scheduled official race, all owners were allowed to race from 3000m to 1000m on their own, and at the suggestion of whom, Chitu naturally entered the 3000m track, which he excels at, and Bob did not object.

In thoroughbred races, the jockey is important, but it is only three points at most, and usually, as long as the weight is light enough, so when Dian Wei appeared at the beginning of the track on a red rabbit, many people couldn't help but laugh.

Compared to the little brothers beside him, one man and one horse are simply behemoths.

Galadia also glanced at Huang Xuan with a snicker, waved her hand lightly, and said, "If this is a ball, you will definitely win the championship." ”

Huang Xuan smiled indifferently, but his throat squirmed and asked Lorraine, "Can we win?" ”

"If it's 3,000 meters, the win should be above 90%."

Huang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "If we reduce the gravity for Chitu, will it be easier for us to win." ”

"Of course." Lorraine quickly replied, "Do you need to do it now?" ”

The heat in the arena was surging, and Huang Xuan finally shook his head and said, "It's better to let it run on its own, it's really not good, let's cheat again." ”

"If you don't adapt it to the new gravity now, losing weight halfway will have the opposite effect."

"I believe in Chitu and Dian Wei." Huang Xuan still shook his head.

At this time, Galadia noticed him and asked with concern, "Are you a little worried?" ”

"Not exactly." Huang Xuan turned his head abruptly and smiled unnaturally: "I rarely come to the racecourse. ”

Galadia expressed understanding

……

The noon sun shone on the green grass, illuminating the stems and leaves, and the people who had been brewing for a long time couldn't wait to stand up and wait for the horn to set off.

The jockey called Burgess by Bob was thin, with slightly long hair tied firmly behind his head, and the "Ohio Scream" under his crotch was slightly "damp" and his heavy breathing drove his neck to turn constantly, which was a signal that he knew that the race was about to start, and that a good jockey would tune the horse to the most suitable condition.

On the other hand, the red rabbit still lowered his head leisurely, occasionally slanting at the foal next to him, as if he did not bother to greet such a short kind, and just shook his head.

Dian Wei tightened the reins of his horse, he was a guy who only liked to win, whether it was fighting or riding.

Xie Hao took the small bunting from the host's hand and waved it down vigorously in the silence.

The fence slammed open, and the 10 horses rushed out with great speed, and the sound of hooves resounded throughout the room.

It was a "tom", like the frequency of the heart.

Even Huang Xuan was sweating in his palms.

When the first 200-yard line was crossed, Chitu fell into third place, and he was somewhat unhurried, with his head held high like Dian Wei on his back, and not rushing forward with his neck straight like other racehorses.

At the 400-yard line, Chitu unconsciously caught up with a position, it obviously didn't like other horses in front of him, so when Dian Wei began to urge the force, the pace of Chitu Horse suddenly accelerated.

In many of the statistics, thoroughbreds are described as striding distances, usually over 4 metres, and with their agile pace, they naturally perform well in the flats.

However, the red rabbit horse never wants to be behind other horses, as can be seen from its performance in the stable, any horse that comes close to it will be kicked and beaten, so when he gets acquainted with the field, he immediately becomes angry.

Although he had never been trained as a modern jockey, he knew the horses better than the so-called top English jockeys and understood their needs, so when the Chitu began to pick up speed, the heaviest jockey of all time immediately loosened the reins.

200 yards in just 10 seconds.

The counters on the sidelines faithfully listed all kinds of statistics, and the commentator did not slack off because of the lack of people, but shouted hoarsely: "1 furlong, 9.5 seconds, Pink Rabbit, Pink Rabbit set a new record for Carlton Racecourse." ”

The audience screamed.

The cheers of hundreds of people in unison made the jockeys all excited, and hearing these shouts in different languages, Chitu also suddenly became energetic, which made it feel like a battlefield.

McLeiwether stomped down the ground suddenly, shouting, "I'm going to press, waiter, $1,000,000, Pink Rabbit." It's out of sex, oh my God, it's so fast. ”

Several people shouted out, and Galadia unconsciously grabbed Huang Xuan's arm and shouted, "Come on, hurry up." ”

It only took 600 yards for Chitu to catch up with Ohio Scream, who was in first place, and pulled away from third place by nearly five positions.

After the start time, the advantages of the heavy horse are revealed.

The air around him seemed to swell, and Huang Xuan only felt that his blood was spurting, and he had the urge to run fast.

Burgess immediately felt the pressure doubled, Ohio Scream should not have appeared in such a race, it was only because of the $10 million bet that Burgess agreed to Bob's coaching, but who would have thought that a hybrid horse would be closely following behind.

The longitudinal straight of the Carlton Racecourse is 900 meters (the other side is 600 meters), so in the 3000 meters, the horse needs to go through 7 corners, and Burgess slowly leans to the left, very slowly, very lightly, but enough to give the horse effective centripetal support.

Contrary to what most people think, Burgess' title comes from the British Flat Jockeys Championship – the world's highest honour for jockeys – and with such a title, he can compete in more than 1,000 races a year, more than many horse owners earn.

At the fourth 200-yard line, Burgess pulled his hips in an attempt to help his mount accelerate, but by this time, the red rabbit would not allow his horse to be in front of him, and a gust of wind caressed him, and Burgess was surprised to find that he was obscured by a shadow.

Dian Wei may not be able to excel on the straights than a formally trained jockey, but in special areas such as corners, his experience is far better than that of the average jockey, and for Chitu, the left and right rush is the call.

The first corner passed, and the two horses were already head in hand.

Galadia exclaimed with joy, "The Pink Rabbit has caught up......"

Ellison added inopportunely, "It's like a frightened elephant." ”

Huang Xuan gently grabbed Galadia's hand to prevent her from pinching herself. Sweating profusely, it occurred to me that the name of the pink rabbit must have been given by her.

The cheers rang out like thunder, and the narrator shouted at the right time: "At 1000 meters, the speed of the heavy horse Pink Rabbit from China is 1 minute 01 seconds, God, it ran a corner in the last 200 meters." He paused for a moment and continued: "The Jockey Club will stop betting, and the final **** is 3:1, and I regret buying the wrong horse at the beginning." ”

More people screamed, and the head of the red rabbit was raised, and the tail of the pony was raised high. It is said that in the past, the horseman would tie the pony's tail and let it rhythmically slap the tail to play the role of whipping, but Dian Wei obviously did not need to do this, he has surpassed "Ohio Scream" like a Transformer.

The narrator also went a little crazy, and he shouted in even slightly transposed English: "The pink rabbit has surpassed Ohio by screaming a horse's head, and now it's half a horse, am I talking too slowly?" It has outpaced the entire length of the horse, ladies and gentlemen, and the heavy horse Pink Rabbit is screaming over Ohio at the 6th 200-yard line, and the gap is gradually widening. Ohio Scream is the winner of the Hollywood Meadows Race, and it also has an official team of the Championship of Hope, just last year, it won the Eclipse Sprint Race, let me see ......, the three-year-old Ohio Scream has a career prize pool of $8.6 million, and if it can get more Eclipse titles this year, it will be worth $70 million......, but just 10 seconds ago, 10 seconds ago, this brown "color" The king of horses was overtaken by a heavy horse at a position of 1000 meters, and now the gap between them is gradually widening, Pink Rabbit, everyone is looking at Pink Rabbit, look at its proud neck, this is a hybrid horse weighing 650 kilograms, it is from China, in the information in my hands, none of its ancestors are thoroughbreds, oh my God, the whole Kentucky is going to be subverted. ”

Kentucky is home to the most prosperous horse racing in the entire United States and is home to most horse farms, with excellent pasture and well-functioning racing facilities.

In the second turn, Chitu took advantage of the heavy horse, and it only took three leaps to get around the corner, and Mark exclaimed, holding his head in both hands, "Is it participating in an obstacle course?" "This is a guy who has gone deep into the game.

By the time the horses passed under the audience for the second time, they had been completely torn into columns, and the Red Rabbit took the lead, pulling down Ohio screaming for at least 200 yards, and the field gradually fell silent, except for the rhythmic sound of horses' hooves and the gentle breeze.

But the scorching air didn't cool down at all.

At 2000 yards, people who had been waiting for a long time turned their eyes to the big screen, and only waited for 1 second, and two huge Roman numerals appeared there - 51.

The narrator almost roared: "Gentlemen from all over the world, 1 second ago, 1 second ago, the heavy horse Pink Rabbit from China set a new world record, it broke the world record, 1000 meters 51 seconds, 3 seconds better than the world best record, this is the Carlton, Florida field, a non-thoroughbred horse in the 3000 meters, 51 seconds in the middle lap, in the process, it passed through two corners, gentlemen, are we going to witness the birth of a new solar eclipse?" ”

The Eclipse is a miracle in the history of thoroughbreds, with 95% of modern thoroughbreds traced back to it, and the name "Eclipse" will appear in most genealogies of the remaining 5%. Therefore, Eclipse is known as the father of thoroughbreds, and its bones are still treasured by museums such as the British Jockey Club and Cambridge University.

Myriwether was speechless in surprise, Mark was a little incoherent, and Ellison stayed for a long time before finally saying, "Ohio screamed and gave up." ”

Huang Xuan didn't quite understand how Ellison saw it, and now it seemed that the thoroughbred horse belonging to Bob was still running hard, but the distance between the two horses was gradually increasing, and by the end of the second lap, 200 yards was almost insurmountable.

Some horses are just starting to pick up speed at this moment, after all, there is also a prize for fourth place, but most of the horses have been "disrupted" in rhythm, such as Ohio Scream, in Huang Xuan's opinion, it seems that it is not strong to be caught up by the chestnut horse in third place.

The red rabbit seems to be running alone, just like leading a herd of horses on the grassland, Dian Wei does not need to make the movements of a professional jockey, but with the gentle movement of the horses under his crotch, one person and one horse are like the wind sweeping.

Huang Xuan took the time to look at Bob and Aiken, their mouths were tightly closed, and their eyes looked at the arena for a moment, but just like Andrew muttering to himself beside them, there was no look in the eyes of the three of them.

This "Ohio Scream" probably belongs to the Humphrey family rather than Bob himself, just like many third-generation children of the Huang family, there are many people who can come up with $1 million to spend, but those who can come up with $10 million, even Huang Liming and others, who have become adults, are also struggling.

Perhaps sensing Huang Xuan's gaze, Aiken turned his head violently, but the first thing he saw was the hand that Galadia unconsciously held Huang Xuan's arm.

Aiken immediately twisted his head back.

"The last two hundred yards." The commentator's voice was also tired, and the red rabbit was far beyond the distance of Ohio Scream 600 yards, almost a circle and a half, and the victory was decided.

Everyone was waiting for the moment when the red rabbit horse crossed the line, and Galadia didn't even care about the shoulder bag dropping off her shoulder, but just grabbed Huang Xuan's hand nervously.

Ten seconds later, the applause and celebration rang out.

With its natural elegance and fitness, Chitu rushed through the key line as if it had fallen from mid-air, and continued to rush out without stopping.

"$3 million." Myriwither also jumped high, Mark looked a little depressed, Galadia hugged Huang Xuan violently, and the Greek red lips were excitedly printed on Huang Xuan's face.

The racecourse seemed to be quiet suddenly, and Galadia was also shy, where did Huang Xuan know how to be reserved, his right hand reached out, controlled the neck of the water god, and leaned his head up.

A little red lips, it seems to be sweet but not sweet, but it leaks all the strength of the whole body.

Huang Xuan's forehead nodded forward, touching Galadia's long, trembling eyelashes, and his lips sucked hard, as if he wanted to suck all the other party's strength.

Soon, he succeeded, and the water god from Greece fell softly in the crook of his left arm, and the force of his waist falling on his arm seemed to encourage Huang Xuan, making him more and more impulsive.

A cloud passed under the scorching sun, as if blocking the sun for the two of them, Huang Xuan chased the lilac tongue with all his energy, and the latter was slightly clumsy with the trick of retreating as advance.

When Huang Xuan was immersed in this fragrant world, Galadia pushed him violently, and there was a slight pain on the tip of his tongue.

Huang Xuan's face suddenly burned, but Ellison shook his head lightly and said with a smile: "It seems that I am indeed old." But it was in response to Huang Xuan's words two hours ago.

Galadia was also generous, lowered her head and draped her shoulders, and carefully took Huang Xuan's hand, but her eyes didn't look at anyone.

Huang Xuan had no choice but to laugh and say, "Did Chitu win?" ”

"It's already gone." Bob was standing sourly next to him at this time, all the people present were his elders, and he naturally couldn't sprinkle it, if it was a strong competition, the Humphrey family might not be able to rank many places, as for individuals, he couldn't be compared with Ellison and other American billionaires, but fortunately, American children have adapted to being robbed of love by a knife, and he has not yet lost control of his spirit.

Huang Xuan was a little strange when he heard "ran away", and when he looked around, he really couldn't see the shadow of Chitu.

Mark had recovered from losing the bet at this time, first praised Chitu twice, and then patted Huang Xuan's shoulder and said: "It's okay, Pink Rabbit may just want to run again, the "San Simon", "Secretariat" and "Eclipse" all have such a habit of running, it is difficult to stop when they are happy, and they often rush forward for 1 mile after crossing the line.

Aiken snorted and said, "The Secretariat is 31 lengths ahead in the 1000m race, and Ohio Scream is the king of the sprints, and winning in 3000m is nothing." ”

The persistent Mark was a little angry and said, "Horse racing is not allowed, child. ”

He used the word "boy", and the corners of Aiken's mouth twitched, "We're going to pay $10 million in bets, but at the same time, we're asking for a game?" ”

"In the name of the loser?" Huang Xuan raised his eyebrows.

Andrew impulsively wanted to come over, but was stopped by Bob, who whispered: "It's still 10 million dollars, and we're going to race 1,000 meters." ”

"You can refuse them." It was Ellison, who spoke in the highest position in the room, and as Oracle's largest shareholder and CEO, Ellison was a regular in the White House.

The movement here obviously attracted a lot of visitors, Huang Xuan peeked at Rubin walking over slowly, and he immediately sensitively found that this was the best moment to show the strength of his personal assets.

With the same light voice, Huang Xuan pursed his lips and said: "The bet of 100 million US dollars, the one who will participate in the competition will be Feidian, a two-year-old half-breed stallion, and ......" He glanced at Bob and said, "I accept off-court bets, anyone, anyone can bet against me." ”

"Huang Xuan, the two-year-old horse is not its prime." Martin had seen the yellow-colored lightning, and he dissuaded: "The pink rabbit is also very fast at 1000 meters, as long as you change the jockey, you can still win the Ohio Scream." ”

"I'm a jockey, and I use flying lightning." Huang Xuan stared at Bob, in fact, his target was Rubin. In the United States, running a gambling business is also discriminated against, but being able to pay a full amount of bets is a sign of credit, and there is nothing more attractive to banks and consortia than showing a strong financial advantage.