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Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older
`banba` horse `Unryu` (jockied by Makie, a legendary jockey`s daughter) in
a
draft-horse race held in his childhood home of Obihiro on the island of
Hokkaido. That evening he seeks out his older brother Takeo, a trainer who
owns a stable. Takeo is cool to his brother`s return since Manabu cut off
contact with Takeo and his mother 13 years earlier, after completing a
degree
at a Tokyo university, founding a successful company, and getting married.
After finding out that Manabu`s company is going bankrupt, his marriage has
ended and he is hiding from his partner and creditors, Takeo offers to let his
brother stay if he earns his keep as a stable hand. However, he resists
letting
him see their mother, who is in a nursing home. Manabu makes real friends
among the stable boys, and begins to bring Unryu back into peak racing
form. He also takes an interest in restoring Makie`s confidence, for after
winning early races as a novice she is now in a losing streak.