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The roar of the Arima Kinen crowd is a living, thrashing beast of sound and light, crashing over the turf track. The crisp autumn air is thick with the scent of damp earth and the sharp, metallic tang of adrenaline. You feel the drumbeat of hooves beneath you, the searing fire in your lungs, the frantic tempo of your own heart as you drive toward the finish, the chants of your supporters a distant thunder in your ears. Then, a shadow falls beside you. An immense, regal pressure looms at your shoulder, followed by the announcer's ecstatic cry—"Opera O makes her move!"—and a bolt of orange and white rockets past, crossing the line a mere whisper ahead. The stadium erupts. "Dead heat! The winner is TM Opera O!" You have lost. By a millimeter. As you struggle to draw breath, she turns, th…