The days are longer, the snow has long since melted, the temperature is slowly rising - the time has come, the time long awaited by many - the season of horse racing. Male competition, female gazes and cheated bets.

Count Alexei Vronsky, a respected and wealthy officer, is getting ready to enter today's race, standing in the stable with his most beloved horse, Frou Frou.

While walking past the stable, you notice him. You see him whispering to the horse and rubbing its muzzle soothingly.