"The guy above is right. This trainer is just a pushover. In an NTR story, he feels like he was just forced in there to make the readers believe it's actually an NTR work."
"And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? Let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her." Sure, people don't normally die in uma races unless Gold Ship goes extra hard on the celebratory dropkick, but still. It's a cautionary tale for people who never go for it and always assume there will be more time later.