[Uma Musume Fan]: There is! There absolutely is! I checked McQueen's and Rice Shower's aptitudes.
Setting aside their turf and dirt aptitudes, just look at distance:
McQueen: sprint G, mile F, medium A, long A.
Rice Shower: sprint E, mile C, medium A, long A.
Then there are their running styles:
McQueen: front-runner B, pace chaser A, late surger D, end closer F.
Rice Shower: front-runner B, pace chaser A, late surger C, end closer G.
In terms of aptitude and running style, the gap between Rice Shower and McQueen is practically negligible!
Even if she can't copy everything, McQueen's training plan and race schedule are essential lessons for Rice Shower!
[Tracen Crown Prince]: So the reason Rice Shower is so strong is...
This Rice Shower had experience and methods almost like McQueen's.
As a junior member of the Fifth Pack, she would carry part of what her senior McQueen had built forward.
No wonder she pushed Bourbon so hard in the Tokyo Yushun. McQueen probably would have done the same.
[Number One Blitz Trainer]: AT stands behind Bourbon, while behind Rice Shower stands...
[Mars' Number One Gray Coat Beauty]: Factor inheritance! After AT and McQueen dragged each other out of this world, they still left their mark. Their Factors lived on, and the one who inherited it all was...
[Neither Great Nor Humble]: Rejoice! She is the last Uma Musume of Sirius's Fifth Pack, inheritor of AT's methods and McQueen's experience! A jet-black Uma Musume with the makings of a Master Assassin, her name is... Rice Show! Rice Shower!
[Blue Rose Quality Inspector]: Wh-what?!
[Rice Cake Fatty]: What on earth are you talking about?!
[Seize Fate by the Throat]: I'm dying. The opponents AT has to beat aren't Bourbon's classmates. They're his past self and McQueen.
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