Sometime before Naomasa became Taishin (great feudal lord), Ieyasu gave him a fine chestnut horse specially selected from Ieyasu's favorite horses because Naomasa had been insistently asking for it.
大身になる前の頃、直政がどうしても強請るので家康が数ある愛馬の中から、特に栗毛の名馬を直政に与えた。