Super Zoo

The Hong Kong Longines Cup series of events is an international equestrian event sponsored by Longines Watch Industry. It is held once a year and is divided into four large-scale events. The specific names are different, and they are all titled 'Longines'.

The 'speed' race in which Su Ming bet on horse racing can only be regarded as one of the three-day events. However, because speed racing is the easiest to understand and can stimulate the passion of the audience the most, it is the most popular one.

In fact, whether a horse is good or bad and whether it can run is just a single indicator. More importantly, it is the fit between the rider and the horse, the coordination of the horse's body and many other factors.

The Longines Cup competition is relatively comprehensive and is divided into dressage, endurance and obstacle events, also known as equestrian triathlon.

Among them, the most ornamental is of course the dressage; the most exciting is undoubtedly the endurance race. The distance of nearly ten kilometers is divided into several stages. It is not just about running fast, including flat tracking, obstacle chasing and cross-country. ; And the most interesting thing is the obstacle course.

Strictly speaking, Hou Longtao and Su Ming are both laymen. A layman watches the fun, while an expert watches the door. In order to pretend to be experts, these three competitions have very professional rules for adding and deducting points, except when the performance gap between the players is too large. , laymen can’t tell winning or losing at all.

Su Ming also specially crammed in a lot of relevant knowledge. Only when he arrived at the scene did he find out that the four small events of the so-called 'Xiangjiang Longines Cup' were all speed competitions.

2200 meters, 1600 meters, 1000 meters and short course 800 meters.

It turns out that Su Ming made a mistake. The Longines Cup Hong Kong event and the Longines Cup are not the same thing. The Longines Cup Equestrian Competition is held in different cities every year, and it was also held once in Shanghai in the Mainland. However, the Longines Cup Hong Kong events are only held in Held in Hong Kong.

As a result, the total prize money of 100 million originally thought was much less, and the highest champion only received more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars.

With the previous 100 million at the bottom, Su Ming was not prepared to make a lot of money from the Longines Cup. No matter how powerful his mental power was, it was impossible to directly turn Daquhuohuo and Shibaolong into super horses. The strength of these two guys lies here He was originally at the bottom of this level of competition, but after half a year of special training and mental nourishment from Tony, it was already pretty good for him to reach the finals.

Su Ming's biggest hope was in dressage.

The main test of dressage is the obedience of the horse and the coordination between the jockey and the horse. This is a piece of cake for Su Ming, who has the power of mental communication. A set of moves was programmed in advance for the two guys to memorize and practice. Tony rode on the horse and cooperated a little, and there would be absolutely no mistakes.

People who really understand horses may not value racing results. Just like the Olympic equestrian competition, sprint racing is only a part of endurance racing, and endurance racing is also only one-third of the overall situation.

Times have changed, and in a technological society there is no longer a need for horses to haul goods and run long distances. Therefore, for horse lovers, obedience and cooperation are the most important indicators of whether a horse is good or not.

All Su Ming wanted was to make a big splash in the dressage competition, increase the value of the two horses, and if possible, promote the zoo.

God can't let Su Ming take advantage of everything, and his wishful thinking has completely failed.

"Of course, there are many people betting on horse racing in Xiangjiang, but very few people really understand equestrianism. Since it is a competition and the Longines watch is promoted, but no one can understand it, what's the point?" Long Wu wore big sunglasses, Sitting in the stands with his son Xiang left.

Today is the opening ceremony of the four major events of the Longines Cup and the first 800-meter race. Long Wu and Xiang Zuo, both father and son, are equestrian enthusiasts. Long Wu is also an honorary member of the Jockey Club. He made an appointment with Su Ming and Hou Longtao, the four of them. Come to the scene together.

Although he had known that Long Wu's family had a good relationship with Su Ming, it was still the first time for Hou Longtao to see a 'live' Long Wu. Surprised, he pulled the father and son to take pictures.

"Brother Ten, do you need to get a private room?" Su Ming saw that more and more people were attending, and there was almost no room left in the auditorium. He wondered if this person was a star after all, and would it cause a disturbance if he appeared in public.

"Watching horses, of course it has to be lively. What's the point of being in the box?" Long Wu shrugged, "Besides, there are as many celebrities as dogs in Xiangjiang, and everyone is used to it. Who would care about me, an old man, maybe my son They are all more famous than me.”

Xiang left walking from a distance carrying two large bags filled with drinks in both hands. He seemed to have met an acquaintance halfway and chatted for a while with a smile. There is a man and a woman. The man is not tall and the woman is slightly plump. They both wear big sunglasses and are dressed in ordinary clothes.

"Dad, I just saw that Tony and Carina are here." After a while, Xiang Zuo walked through the crowd, smiled and distributed the drinks to the three people, and said to Long Wu.

Su Ming felt that the two men and women in sunglasses looked familiar, but he had never heard of their English names. Hou Longtao unexpectedly whispered, "Tony Leung and Carina Lau?"

Long Wu shrugged: "Yes, Jia Ling loves horse racing, but Wei Zai can't. He likes to be quiet, so he always comes with Jia Ling."

Su Ming: "..."

Hou Longtao seemed to be listening to a play, his eyes widened as he looked at the two people over there, and then at Su Ming.

"I will introduce you to each other when I have the opportunity in the future. Every time Wei Zai comes to the racecourse, he always wants to find a place to sleep. Now that you are an official member of the Jockey Club, you have the privilege of using the box at any time." Long Wu said with a smile.

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After some routine opening remarks, the Longines Cup opening ceremony performance officially began.

Although there was no competition, the opening ceremony performance was dressage. This gorgeous and elegant sport lacked a bit of life-and-death fireworks, but it was very entertaining and showed the grand scene.

A total of eight horses, led by a pure black horse, lined up and slowly stepped into the prepared venue.

The eight horses were like eight precise but energetic mechanical lives. Every time they took a step, they raised their hooves, paused for a while, and then took the next step with a great sense of rhythm. What was rare was that the steps of the eight horses were actually uniform, like a military parade.

As soon as the leading horse appeared, it won a full house of applause. The enthusiasm in the horse farm that accommodated tens of thousands of people was high. The jockey riding on the black horse seemed to feel the enthusiasm of the audience, took off his hat, and waved to the audience.

Equestrian competition is the only sport in the world that does not distinguish between men and women. The leading jockey had a head of golden hair and was a foreign girl.

"Princess Anne, British equestrian champion, one of the royal heirs." Long Wu introduced.

"Huh?" Su Ming was slightly stunned. This name sounded so familiar.

He immediately remembered that Cui Bijia had introduced this princess and was her fan.

Foreigners are also very easy to talk about. Whoever you mention will come.

"The princess is here, doesn't the Chief Executive need to come out to receive her?" Su Ming looked around.

"That's not necessary. This is not a foreign visit." Long Wu pointed to a box opposite: "These foreign princesses with titles often come to Hong Kong to participate in the Jockey Club's activities. See if you see that box? It is said that several princesses from various countries came to this competition."

In the box that Long Wu pointed to, there were four women of different ages who were either using telescopes or watching the movements on the field through the screen in the box.

In addition to Unikin and Haya, there was also an oriental woman who looked like a little girl.

The last one was wearing the uniform of the Hong Kong police.