Yunding Ranch

Chapter 265 Fierce Horse Racing

"The game is about to start." During the chat, Tony saw the scene in the front left and shouted excitedly. The surrounding audience also responded with cheers, confirming Tony's guess.

Turning your head, you can see the starting line diagonally ahead. The riders are already on their horses and adjusting their postures. The stable boy next to them is making the final inspection of the horses. Two referees are in a separate room Checking each compartment, the tension and restlessness that the game is about to kick off began to fill the air.

Many spectators stood up one after another, cheering and shouting.

The sight of the auditorium at this time can see the interesting aspects of British culture.Some spectators are waving coats or hats, screaming and shouting, as if this is the party scene in a nightclub; From time to time, the horses had a heated discussion with their partners; some spectators raised their heads gracefully and reservedly with their hands behind their backs, looking at the starting line at the far end...

This is Britain.

The aristocratic culture was preserved, and civilian culture was derived, and the elite class also had its own culture.They contradict each other, conflict with each other, but merge with each other, and finally form their own unique culture.Just one racetrack, you can see all kinds of life.

Lu Li also joined the ranks of everyone, standing up together, waving his right hand, and shouting loudly, the audience was like a powder keg exploding, deafening, shaking the ground, the noisy heat wave swept over, even if it was louder than No less than Madison Square Garden.

Gradually, the shouting subsided, and Lu Li sat down with An, and then saw Catherine who was smiling all over her face.Lu Li realized that he seemed to have lost his composure, so he laughed a few times, but Catherine laughed and clapped her hands, "Young man, being more energetic is a good thing, a good thing."

While speaking, the race was about to start, and everyone looked at the starting line in unison.

The air at the scene suddenly froze, everyone's eyes were cast in the same direction, there was no sound at all, the faint neighing of animals at the far end seemed to have dissipated, and all the air flow was towards the starting line The horses and riders rushed away, and even the trajectory of the sunlight was clearly visible.

Instant freezing, instant bursting, and a "bang" gunshot broke the deadlock.Game start.

Teng Teng Teng, the boiling and rolling dust created a scene of tens of thousands of horses galloping. Even from a long distance, you can see the muscles of the horses and riders are tense to the extreme, and the sharpness that is ready to go Like an arrow leaving the string, it pierced through the air. At the moment of departure, all the horses moved forward together. The turbulent air wave stopped the brain and breathing, and they were dumbfounded.

Lu Li had watched a speed horse race at a cowboy convention before, but it was just a time trial of a single horse, and the field was only half the size in front of him, so there was no comparison at all.

Only at this moment did Lu Li know what shock is, and he could even clearly feel his own insignificance. They were sitting on the stands watching, but he had the illusion that he was standing on the track, as if the arms of a mantis were like a car, rushing towards him. The shock spread along the soles of his feet to every corner of his body, and he might be smashed to pieces at any time.

"Huh", like a tornado, the horse swept past his eyes, and Lu Li's sight involuntarily fixed on the horse, swept quickly, and the light and shadow that evolved into an assembly line showed the extreme speed clearly and clearly. show up in front of your eyes.It's really too shocking!

Lu Li was not alone.Even those veteran horse fans who have experienced many battles, they couldn't help but clenched their fists and cheered for the horses competing in the field. Someone stood up, kept waving his right fist, and shouted hoarsely with veins bursting out.

After passing the first corner, the positions of the horses were gradually separated, and the order of the front and back was separated.However, Lu Li knew that this was just the beginning, just like the 200-meter race in the Olympic Games, the first [-]-meter rankings were not accurate at all.

But at this moment, an accident happened.

When a racehorse was turning a corner, the rider seemed to be bumped and lost his center of gravity. Then the whole horse fell heavily on the track, kicking up a large cloud of sand and dust. "Oh!" Lu Li's excited emotions froze instantly. Bing, gasped involuntarily, and he was not alone.

The sound of gasping all around became one piece, and the auditorium, which was at boiling point a second ago, reached freezing point a second later.

The place where the accident happened was close at hand, Lu Li could clearly see the fallen horse gasping for breath, neighing and moaning in pain, and the rider was also thrown to the side, lying motionless on the ground .Even though there is no burst of blood, the simple picture reveals a sense of tragic tragedy, even a little cruelty, making people unable to bear to look directly at it.

Lu Li just froze in place.This was only his first time watching a horse race. Although he had heard that the race was prone to accidents, it was just what he heard, but the scene was completely different.

The two girls in the front row covered their mouths in astonishment. Suddenly, tears rolled down their cheeks and they sobbed uncontrollably. A sad atmosphere slowly spread.

After the horse fell to the ground, it has not been able to stand up, just lying on the spot, panting heavily, the situation is not optimistic.

In just 30 seconds, the field staff had already entered the track and used a small crane to transport the horses to the grass in the center; another group of staff quickly set up a temporary black tent, using to heal the horses.

At the same time, another stretcher trotted towards the rider, but the rider regained consciousness and stood up slowly relying on his own strength. Although the situation still seemed unclear, at least it was not worse , which made the audience a little relieved.

However, looking at the black tent still makes people feel a little heavy.

All of this happened in a blink of an eye. When the track was completely cleared, the riders who were still racing normally had appeared at the end of the track and were about to complete the first lap.Today they will run a total of three laps.

After a brief accident, seeing the horses galloping again, the atmosphere on the scene calmed down a little bit, but they were still experienced spectators, and soon returned to normal, and once again devoted themselves to the race, betting enthusiastically for themselves The horses howled.

Lu Li had seen similar things at the cowboy convention before, and he had also heard that horses were divided into categories, such as racing horses, riding horses, farming horses, and so on.If it is a racing horse, it is very simple. If it can win the race, it can continue to gallop; if it cannot, it will be eliminated, and it may even be humanely destroyed when the average competitiveness cannot meet the current competition requirements.

He knew that this was a world where the strong preyed on the jungle and natural selection prevailed.

However, seeing the process of survival of the fittest and the selection of interests first, is still a bit embarrassing.

After sighing a little, Lu Li turned his attention to the competition again.The three laps of the race ended quickly. This round of the race was very close, with only a gap of a horse's head. In the end, a brown horse named Naughty Clown won the final victory.

Both Brandon and Tony were wrong, "It was an upset." Brandon explained, "Everyone is optimistic that the Chevanshire Lightning will win." Chasing fiercely, but only took No.3 in the end, and the gap was very small.

"Tell me, will it be okay?" After celebrating the naughty clown's victory, Lu Li still couldn't take his eyes off the black tent, and couldn't help asking.

He doesn't like animals, and even now, he still struggles to get along with animals.But life on the ranch gradually changed his view, and he began to learn how to get along with animals.

"We can only hope it's okay," said Catherine. "But life is like that, isn't it? So fragile. From the moment we are born, we're hiding from death, but one day we won't be able to."

Lu Li knew all these principles, but in many cases, life was not made up of "reasons", and many wisdoms could only be given by the precipitation of time.Looking at Catherine's quiet profile, Lu Li still sighed softly.

There was another round of competition, and then Lu Li saw that the black tent had been withdrawn, and the steed had stood up again, with two staff guarding its side, gently stroking its hindquarters. It patted its back slowly, shook its head, shook its body, and took one step at a time.

An uncontrollable excitement welled up in his heart, and Lu Li immediately stood up, looking at the horse in disbelief. The joy of life was rampaging in his chest, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Not even a sound could come out.

At this time, a notification sound came from the radio, "Gentlemen and ladies, the horse that was injured in the race just now, the dancing Huntington, has passed a preliminary inspection and is fine for the time being..." The following words of explanation are still there. It reverberated, but the auditorium couldn't hold it anymore, applause and whistle sounded one after another, and everyone turned towards the direction of the steed, applauding enthusiastically.

Lu Li was no exception. He looked back at Catherine and exchanged glances. Catherine's face was also filled with a happy smile, which made the corners of Lu Li's mouth rise, and he clapped vigorously.

Immediately afterwards, Tony and Brandon also stood up, and the audience burst into applause.In sight, the dancing Huntington walked briskly and circled around twice. The sunlight fell down, plating a layer of gold on his shiny hair.

(End of this chapter)