On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

[kuopiofi]

just pretend that there's an unscrupulous hat thief running around Tracen.

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Could be reference on her jockey losing his hat during her most rememberable races?

 

[ndh]

Just looked up the rules surrounding the stud book, and Shirogane is usable. I can see the desire for Agnes Tachyon to breed with her, so chances for Daiwa Scarlet to become Daiwa Shirogane or Daiwa White are high, which could lead to her and Vodka finishing first and second in the Japanese Derby.

 

[AngstyAceAnon]

Could be reference on her jockey losing his hat during her most rememberable races?

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Jockey hats are strapped up, so there must have been a major malfunction for that to happen. Even then I don't think it's going to come off if it fails cause Shirogane stride is smooth if I recall. A very amusing idea nonetheless. Jockey could just be cursed. Lol

 

[Jomasten]

Jockey hats are strapped up, so there must have been a major malfunction for that to happen. Even then I don't think it's going to come off if it fails cause Shirogane stride is smooth if I recall. A very amusing idea nonetheless. Jockey could just be cursed.

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maybe it becomes a meme for the 'irl' honse's legend where the jockey losing his hat is the equivalent to a dbz character taking off their extremely heavy training weights

 

[AngstyAceAnon]

maybe it becomes a meme for the 'irl' honse's legend where the jockey losing his hat is the equivalent to a dbz character taking off their extremely heavy training weights

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She noticeably gets faster actually because her jockey loses protection. ( Precious cargo lock in)

 

[arky4444]

Just looked up the rules surrounding the stud book, and Shirogane is usable. I can see the desire for Agnes Tachyon to breed with her, so chances for Daiwa Scarlet to become Daiwa Shirogane or Daiwa White are high, which could lead to her and Vodka finishing first and second in the Japanese Derby.

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Thanks for saying this and sending me down the Japanese Stud Book rabbit hole. This is what I get for assuming that Thoroughbred Stud Book policy is identical everywhere. This is a very rare exception to the "closed stud book" policy. For example, the Jockey Club (US Thoroughbred Stud Book) does not allow this at all.

Japanese Stud Book entry rules here - https://www.studbook.jp/en/kyokai/pdf/e-kitei.pdf

TL;DR - the horse version of Shirogane Orzel that I came up with would not qualify for entry herself, but her foals could, on the basis of Shirogane Orzel's race record.

Relevant Sections:
1. Status of Sire and Dam
1.1. The horse must be the product of a mating between sire and dam, both of which are recorded in an approved Thoroughbred Stud Book or either or both must have been promoted from a Non-Thoroughbred Register under the terms of [sic] set out below.
1.1.1 A horse may be promoted from the Non-Thoroughbred Register of Japan to the Japanese Stud Book when the following conditions are all satisfied.
1.1.1.1 The pedigree of the horse demonstrates eight thoroughbred crosses consecutively including the cross of which it is the progeny.
1.1.1.2 The pedigree of the horse contains animals which can show such performances in races open to Thoroughbreds, in both the Thoroughbred and Non-Thoroughbred sections of its pedigree, as to warrant its assimilation with Thoroughbreds.
1.1.1.3. The promotion is approved with the unanimous agreement of the ISBC (International Stud Book Committee).

Shirogane would fail at 1.1.1.2 because her Arabian side has no "races open to Thoroughbreds". However, Shirogane's foal could get promoted, because Shirogane herself is the qualifying "Non-Thoroughbred" animal. The last hurdle would then be 1.1.1.3, but that would probably pass if said foal won a graded race itself.

I'm going to go back now and revise my fluff piece to take this into consideration. My original "unspoken" rationale for Shirogane's long race record was that her owners were letting her race to make money because they couldn't make money off of her as a broodmare because of her pedigree. I could change that to either "she can have foals but owners learned nothing from Hokuto Vega and just keep milking race purses", or "she's another Fine Motion" as indicated by her umamusume version having ornaments on both ears. Decisions, decisions...

EDIT - Ugh the whole tone of the piece is going to have to change, because now her being half-warhorse really is just a funny piece of trivia and not something that needs to be hidden.

EDIT 2 - OK I'm going to tie this into the rest of the collective by having the reason for her long race career simply be "she mopes if we don't run her".