On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

[Glorywings]

She does have some magic, having used it to create a sort of windscreen before. However, if she does use magical doping, would it show up in a drug test? I would assume pro racing, especially with money involved, would have anti-doping rules and procedures.

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Likely not, magical doping is implied to coping the effects and not actually drugging herself. So if the tested while she has it active all of her medical signs would point to being drugged without there being any in her blood stream

 

[Neo3932156]

Likely not, magical doping is implied to coping the effects and not actually drugging herself. So if the tested while she has it active all of her medical signs would point to being drugged without there being any in her blood stream

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Doping is beneath someone like Shirogane, especially in a nonthreatening life or death situation. Not to mention it would severely undermined her own belief in hard work.

Also, reasonable suspicions of doping can still ruin a career even if medical examination of the aftermath would clear her.

Besides, I don't think its gonna be a thing due to YJ-style magic isn't a thing here, and the goddesses of this world, from what I understand, probably won't see the need to insert them for just one person just so they can cheat in a sport they closely associates with.

 

[Glorywings]

Doping is beneath someone like Shirogane, especially in a nonthreatening life or death situation. Not to mention it would severely undermined her own belief in hard work.

Also, reasonable suspicions of doping can still ruin a career even if medical examination of the aftermath would clear her.

Besides, I don't think its gonna be a thing due to YJ-style magic isn't a thing here, and the goddesses of this world, from what I understand, probably won't see the need to insert them for just one person just so they can cheat in a sport they closely associates with.

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While I do agree on the other points, unless I'm mischaracterizing her Tanya takes pride in a job complete not in how it's done. It's part of the reason she's scared of going to the allies late in the war, since she's done some near borderline war crimes. She would never cheat but magical doping would fit right in it's not technically against the rules, so she would take advantage of it if allowed. But your likely right that the goddess may not allow that so I am curious what other magical abilities she retains

 

[Neo3932156]

While I do agree on the other points, unless I'm mischaracterizing her Tanya takes pride in a job complete not in how it's done. It's part of the reason she's scared of going to the allies late in the war, since she's done some near borderline war crimes. She would never cheat but magical doping would fit right in it's not technically against the rules, so she would take advantage of it if allowed. But your likely right that the goddess may not allow that so I am curious what other magical abilities she retains

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In before Tanya life, Salaryman is insanely jealous of those more talented than him but never to the point, or suspecting others, of cheating. He just keeps on grinding and accept his lost like a winner. Rules or no rules, unless it's specifically allowed like a soldier in an active battlefield like for Tanya, the very thought of it will never entered their mind. The effort, and subsequent payoff, always come first.

They, as a person, prefer doing things the proper way and having her ducks in a row to the point of having pride in it. Hence why, as Tanya, she always ensure she receives her specific orders before doing anything close to geneva-breaking or that she does not exceed her, clearly written in black ink, responsibility. She may bend them over like a pretzel, but never to the point of outright breaking them like actual doping in a civilian sporting event.

Also, pretty sure that doping, regardless of the source, qualifies as a big no-no under the anti-cheating rules for any sports in general, even if there were no goddesses watching over the sport in question.

 

[RogueInquisitor]

Would Shirogane's magical windscreen count as cheating? It does allow a slight boost in speed, probably means she tires slower, and certainly can't be replicated by anyone else.

 

[Mentos]

I sort of assumed the air-parting thing was narratively including game-mechanic skills, a sort of custom variant of Slipstream. That is to say, native abilities that are just evocative of her past life's magic, rather than actual vestiges of her formula spells, an 'Umas can just Do That' kind of thing. Unless I've missed something, I don't know if there's enough to say either way yet.
If it leans more towards my interpretation, anything similar to her past mental enhancement would be allowed, just as much as Matikanefukukitaru's divination-based skills.
Though, either way it'd likely not have a huge effect — either through goddess making things fair, not having an orb, or Tanya not busting out mental whatsits with races not being life-or-death, I'd expect any supernatural things to only have a minor impact compared to good ol' hard work and determination.

 

[Stranger1950]

In general, Tracen allows the students to get away with a lot of things outside of racing. Tachyon weird formulas, Shakur data gathering, and Cafe 'friend'. Heck, they even introduced a robot Uma and VR to help train the students better. But all of those actions are specifically done outside of race time, for the purposes of self-improvement. If Tanya/Shirogane wants to use magic during training, no one would bat an eye. But the moment she uses magic during a race, with how Uma tech is weirdly advance, they have a good chance of catching and in turn would result in Shirogane being a pariah. This is something I'm sure Shirogane would know and she would try her best to avoid it.

At the end of the day, there is a certain purity to racing for Umas and even the most unhinge Umas respect that. Shirogane/Tanya would no doubt do the same and might even double it down. Probably somewhat looking down on Umas who messes or laze around and respecting those who put in the hard work.