"This is one of the things I certainly look forward to all season."said Kunzite.
It was one of the few things on which he would bet. He wasn't fond of games of chance, but even he sometimes made exceptions, especially when it came to polo and other equestrian sports.
"It's a shame you can't compete."said Minako. "But that would be unfair to the others. It would be obvious who would win!"
Minako was to give the trophies to the winners.
"You could play against me."
"Now that would really be unfair! You know I would lose! I may be the patron, but I'm no good! Besides, I already review the troops, that should be enough!"
"If you could, you would be reviewing the troops in a carriage."
They had that discussion just about every year. Kunzite insisted that she ride horseback. Minako preferred to review the troops in a carriage if she could, which was what she had done, before she was married.
"That doesn't mean I can't ride just as well as anyone!"
Minako wasn't much of an outdoor person. While she liked walking in the gardens, and held banquets and parties outside, riding and hunting certainly weren't her favorite past times.
"Shinju's riding master says she is a very exceptional pupil."said Kunzite. "I wonder who taught you. Whoever it was, they weren't very successful, were they?
Kunzite had chosen Ceres's riding master.
"Not very successful, my foot. You should know I can handle a horse just as well as anyone! It just isn't my specialty is all."she added at the end.
"And it shows."
She tapped his shoulder with her fan.
"You're trying to challenge me, but it won't work."
"No, because who would have thought that a senshi, especially the leader of the senshi, would be afraid of something like a horse, especially if I'm not, given that I was thrown off a horse."
"You what?!"
Kunzite shrugged.
"Well, yes. You just get back up."
"You-You, if that ever happens to Shinju, thanks to your advice, your stubbornness, I will never forgive you!"exclaimed Minako. "I should immediately give orders that her riding lessons be stopped at once!"
"Not a storm!"
Ceres loved to ride. If she was told that she wouldn't be allowed to, she might just give way to her temper, and have a tantrum. She just hadn't learned to curb her temper like her parents.
Not long after, the final ball was given, and the season was over. It would be another year.
"I always enjoy going to Ceres."said Minako. "I like to see my old duchy."
"To see your old duchy, or for another reason?"asked Kunzite.