Chapter 261 – The Japanese Derby

On April 24, the “Tokyo Yushun” was held at Meguro Racecourse.

In the way my mind automatically translates it, this is the holding of the “Japanese Derby.”

However, since Meguro Racecourse had been built long ago and was quite small, the race was held there only for that first year. From the following year onward, it began to be held at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu.

If Meguro Racecourse had become too small, then it could be said that horse racing in Japan had developed.

As if to prove that point, Meguro Racecourse was packed with a massive crowd.

When it comes to the Ootori family and horses, my grandfather and my onii-sama Ryuya both came from the Army cavalry. My grandfather even went to the Russo-Japanese War as a cavalryman and performed great feats in rear-area disruption. During the Siberian Intervention, my