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Seconding this. Digi-tan knows everything there is to know about the Uma at Tracen. In the game she even has events where she quizzes you about other Uma, and a fair few facts require either extreme attention to detail or outside game knowledge.
Once Shirogane goes up a year and Digital...
Fun fact: Twin Turbo was frightened by other horses. The runaway style wasn't for the love of running, it was about trying as hard as possible to get away from the horde of other horses chasing him.
After doing some research, Shirogane would typically be considered too young for long distance racing. Horses are only allowed to compete in that style of racing after fully maturing (~5 years vs the ~2 years for tracks). Thoroughbreds are also ill suited to it, as they are a breed very focused...
Rebirth is a core principle of Buddism, which is practiced by nearly half of the Japanese, but that's an entire leap of logic short of Uma specifically being reincarnations of animals from the next reality over. The Uma I mentioned are the ones who have or could make that leap.
Very few in-setting have any clues as to the source of uma reincarnation; namely Neo Universe (aware of alternate realities), Stay Gold (aware their past life to an extent), and possibly Manhattan Cafe (can see spirits). Beyond those 2 maybe 3, those aware of horses are practically non-existant.
To expand on this, Haru is her family name; it's appropriate for people not close to her or are trying to express politeness to refer to her by it. Urara is her given name; very close friends and family might use it. This convention though is followed in a case by case basis in horse racing...
Rice Shower was an almost black horse, hence the full title of "Black Assassin". Additionally, rice showers are associated with weddings, not birds, so it would be a really poor fit.
As an aside, it would be in bad taste to change horses nicknames because of Shirogane.
This is basically the root cause of Narita Taishin's whole career story. The girl is already fully grown, but seriously smol, and a history of harassment over her sizes impact on her ability to race left her with major self esteem issues. (Notably marked by a Mood Down*3+Practice Poor event one...
Her unique skill would totally be the Salaryman and the Soldier with her in a trench, gearing her up. Then her taking off low across the battlefield, artillery exploding around her and gunfire wizzing past as she breaks through the enemy line.
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She's also a classic case of non-standard...
Ah yes, if I remember right, Stay Gold has a thing for ponies and short horses. Considering the individuals at Tracen that meet that criteria are in rather short supply, their classmates might not know Stay Gold even had a type to be interested in. If this is the fics ship, it's going to be...
You don't understand! There's no room there for her to even get second! Any one of that group would have destroyed the competition in a normal year, but they were all shoved together by chance.
I'm torn between wanting to support this ship and shipping Nice Nature with her floppy trophy...
Well shit, if she's a part of the Golden generation she's screwed; that group is way too fucking stacked. King Halo destroying sprints and miles, Seiun Sky out plotting everyone in mediums and longs, El Condor Pasa dominating dirt, Grass Wonder and Special Week just being monsters in general...
Mongolian horses are short and reportedly could be milked up to 9 times a day to help feed his armies; so I have to assume Uma Genghis Khan has a harem of short stacks.
She'll also give Digital a heart attack, but for other reasons.
I also fear that Digital will "die", leading to Shirogane resuscitating her, and becoming Digital's kami-oshi as a result.
I read that one is carried on only in the mother's genes, so it's kind of a catch-22, getting a monster like Secretariat vs preserving the lineage of the mutation.
Every big name racer getting an aura farming video of them fighting for the finish.
Meanwhile Shirogane's wit-maxed racing style video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZyQ-tqZFGA