Though I could imagine Shirogane doing well in longer races on foreign soil. Like the ones in Britain or something.
The rougher the other racers are, the better Shirogane does.
Wasn't El Condor Pasa part of Team Rigil? Did the continuity change, or did she get a trainer and will now belong to Team Rigil as well?
Shirogane getting scouted for Rigil butterflies El Condor Pasa into team Spica
Basically this. The other trainers would get upset if Hana gets more than two of the most promising class of runners in the year. Though Shirogane actually does ameliorate this a bit because most of the other trainers would rate El Condor Pasa over Shirogane, at least for now. She's more in the category of Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi in most other people's minds at the moment.
Maybe, with the whole idol thing, the prizes are like, Umadol merch, or merch store credit, so it's a little bit less of a 'lmao, the law' workaround.
Yeah, with the umas also being idols, that would mean gambling isn't as big of a chunk of the revenue (probably still quite a lot). Might be a bit less appealing due to the runners being sapient too, as part of the appeal for betting on horses is that the horses aren't going to match fix (probably). This could also play into why Japan has some of the bigger prize pools, since their racers basically get more broad cultural marketing. It could also give them a reputation for being a bit fragile on the international stage, playing into how Japanese racing tends to allow less bumping.
Shirogane: *more races = more money* "It is for me!"
Trainers: "Toujou-san, are you sure it's a good idea for your trainee to be running so much?"
Hana: "I have my reservations, but she has proven herself to me so far."
Shirogane: "One half day of work every week? This is less work than a part time job!"
But for real I think, Shiro will definitely see the value of marketing herself to the fans, in terms of merch like: Keychains, special editions of certain items, etc.
Oh absolutely. Her plushies might be fairly popular for the gap moe look, but not likely to be too popular initially. A more unique thing she could market would be a recipe book, or marketing her custom hydration gels which include instructions on how to make them. They don't taste like anything, but people become convinced that makes them stronger.
Might I suggest the funny where she instead decides to whisper promises of counter-interrogation training, so she might enlighten the trainer to the importance of mood.
Besides, even at 0 energy, it'd be interesting to introduce a special event.
The funny thing would be that Shirogane is a trainee you actually may
want to have low mood, because she performs better at awful mood than great mood. But because she's a steady personality, her mood is usually neutral or good. You would think this means she's great for Trackblazer...but no, running more races triggers an event where she counts money and gets mood and energy up.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if every student at Tracen has a secret guard detail running about
Fine Motion appears to have a guard detail, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Mejiros have one too. The Gold family probably has a...less professional guard detail.
Thus she solidifies her reputation as the "cool beauty" to an international audience.
She'll probably get compared to Air Groove or Mejiro Dober, who she's conveniently also friends with.
Might get labeled the strongest fillies of their years (how does this distinction even work in the umamusume setting?)
