"Looks like a vicious great white shark unlike anything we've ever seen!"
"She's here to eat Astronomer alive!"
The next day.
In Japan, headlines across the country all featured the same name.
Unbelievable! The strongest of the new generation, Platinum, enters the British Epsom Derby?
Nippon no Ten no Uma takes on the oldest Derby?
Shocking! Platinum takes on the British Derby with the battle experience of an American Triple Crown contender?
From top to bottom, Japan's Uma Musume world was rocked overnight by Platinum's entry.
It was hardly surprising. This was the British Epsom Derby—the foremost of all Derbies, hailed as the most prestigious race in the world!
The top turf races that Japan's Uma Musume world aspired to were the British Derby, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and the Arc de Triomphe. Together, they were even known as the European Triple Crown!
In reality, Europe had no such concept. This was simply how Japan regarded the world's three top races.
As long as they had the ability, Uma Musume could compete in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Arc de Triomphe every year. They were elite international GI races. The British Derby, however... was limited to a Uma Musume's Classic Year.
A once-in-a-lifetime Derby was only a distant dream for Japan's Uma Musume world. No one dared imagine that a Japanese Uma Musume could win the legendary British Epsom Derby, the origin of the world's Derbies!
And now, Heavenly Horse Platinum had just won the Japanese Derby. Countless Japanese racing fans were eagerly anticipating her future campaign in Europe and a challenge to the Arc de Triomphe. Yet she...
She was setting off on an overseas campaign in her Classic Year alone?
And with the battle experience she'd already amassed,