>>531909102
it does not, season 1 and season 3 (to give you an idea even the nips hate season 3) are by far the weakest seasons for different reasons, you usually are only gonna watch those S1 and S3 when you really want more of the umas because you loved the horse gacha, season 1 focus is on special week and suzuka, with more slice of life than racing, season 2 is where things pick up and is much better overall.
now having said that the trainer is still boring, daiwa, vodka still might as well not exist, same for special week and suzuka (which made season 2 better lol) the show really struggles to highlight the other umas, which fair enough since there is too many for screentime but the focus on teio and mcqueen and their struggles was a lot better as a tradeoff