My reply:

ぬししれと引きける駒の雪を分けばかしこき跡にかへれとぞ思ふ

nushi shire to hikikeru koma no yuki o wakeba kashikoki ato ni kaere to zo omou

‘Know your master!’ Following such a mount Forged through the snow did you, then In his fine footsteps Returned home, I feel!

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I wrote this myself and sent it with Naitō Tomochika, Secretary of the Bureau of Horses, having selected him as a trustworthy individual.