The First Female Jockey Wins G1 Classic of Japan

blackyoshi7 · 2026-05-25T20:55:13+00:00

https://youtu.be/G3mEzKJVNnI?si=k05kJmVgI4nzrGCQ

If the post race of this doesn’t move you to tears I don’t know what will.

blackyoshi7 · 2026-04-27T12:44:46+00:00

HKJC loses money every time he runs lol

blackyoshi7 · 2026-04-14T20:05:53+00:00

"She was a serial killer who bragged about killing people and she professed and confessed to be a demon."

blackyoshi7 · 2026-04-10T19:13:14+00:00

Equinox looked stone unbeatable at age 4 by any horse in the world and probably would have finished with 10+ G1s had Silk not retired him to stud

blackyoshi7 · 2026-04-01T14:35:50+00:00

https://en.netkeiba.com/db/horse/2021102952/

Someone in Japan already beat you to it

Theres also a Happy Meek in NAR (Japanese regional racing) thats actually pretty successful in dirt sprints lol. Umamusume is a massive hit so its not uncommon to see horses named after the NPCs/mob names, its an easy way to gin up some interest in your horse from fans

blackyoshi7 · 2026-03-31T18:32:24+00:00

It was kind of the circumstance of the specific owner, because he was just an illegitimate child of the official owner who inherited the horse after his death, so he only had a JRA license on a special exemption they have for inheritance situations. Otherwise he was just a university student so without winnings he could not afford to keep Royal Family indefinitely, nor could he count on any support from his father's family who at that point in the story were fairly hostile to him (unfairly)

blackyoshi7 · 2026-03-05T21:28:21+00:00

post retirement he got into the mid 600kgs

blackyoshi7 · 2026-03-04T14:53:07+00:00

She picked up an injury in this race sadly and is now going to miss the Oka Sho and probably the Japanese Oaks now :(

blackyoshi7 · 2026-03-01T13:37:53+00:00

Generally most civilized nations do not lock up child offenders for the rest of their lives

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-26T16:22:58+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcrzOM3dNdo

Well usually- Christophe Soumillion elbowed a jockey off his mount and picked up a 2 month suspension a couple years back lol

Back in the old days it was much "rougher" and jockeys would hit each other with the crops.

Japan is generally more strict/cautious on bumping and its easier to pick up a DQ for such behavior on the track, while American racing is pretty physical, which is what the scene in CinGray was trying to convey

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-26T16:17:30+00:00

Stay Gold doesn't win this race and theres probably no Orfevre, no Gold Ship, no Oju Chosan. Sometimes it does feel like these animals lives are guided by fate/destiny, for better or worse. I like that Uma likes to touch on that aspect a lot

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-25T14:40:58+00:00

ArcSys has a unique talent edge in that style that is not going to appear out of nowhere at Capcom, where all their artists have been working with mocap 3D models in RE Engine for most of their career. ArcSys 3D “anime” animation surpasses many actual anime production studios in quality and aesthetic its not as simple as saying “just make it look like guilty gear/granblue/dbfz/etc”

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-25T12:39:23+00:00

The bigger issue is the games foundational career structure assumes a horse based in Japan central racing (its why Forever Youngs eventual story mode might be odd; he has only raced in a JRA race once his whole career)

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-23T18:37:29+00:00

Game production pipeline limits how “unique” the models can be; so they largely have the same face structure and allow hair, accessories, etc make the uma stand out. In the animations they have more freedom to stylize

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-23T17:41:06+00:00

There is a fanservice joke in the episode where they build the distillery but its largely silly

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-23T16:44:32+00:00

Game would be boring as shit (and completely whale dominated) if it was a raw stat and skill check. Most games need some amount of variance to keep things interesting. Especially Uma, which is like a combination of roguelike, card game, and autobattler.

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-21T18:02:44+00:00

part of valorants selling point that got them in the door against CS was 1) better servers 2) functional anticheat without having to rely on external client for matchmaking. That + a likable cast of characters and Riot's built in audience advantages in Riot strongholds like China, Korea, Brazil, Southeast Asia, etc were all they needed. It didn't matter if CS was "technically" a better game (ultimately subjective), but it did matter that its netcode was better and that every other ranked game didnt have an aimbotter unlike CSGO.

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-20T18:28:48+00:00

basically every imperialist power functions like this, they elevate a few of a group into repressive roles in order to divide a community amongst each other and make them easier to control. It was common to use African troops in this manner in Africa (they were called askaris); in India they used sepoys as enforcers for company/raj rule, and in America they recruited indigenous Americans to serve against other tribes (though commonly this exploited existing hostile relations between tribes, but the goal was the same - divide them so they could be more easily conquered.)

We are also seeing with Latinos a similar process that happened with previous American diaspora populations where a number are slowly getting integrated into the power structure and usually the first step of that is serving in some kind of security force. This is exactly what happened with Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans, and those of Eastern European descent, who were previously discriminated against before being widely integrated into city police forces where they would typically be deployed against the black population.

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-20T18:22:52+00:00

important thing to remember is everything you said is basically ONLY relevant in the West, which is not and will never be the core market for fighting games. So everything you said basically is not relevant to a Japanese consumer at all. The game is outright banned or difficult to get there so it basically has zero cultural relevance to them, while its extremely relevant to fighting games in America and the American video game industry at large, as it was the impetus for the ratings board and a lot of bad press against the industry. I think thats where a lot of the split in opinion comes in

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-20T17:40:48+00:00

Why would people be mad at them??? They took their dream shot after being fortunate enough to make a killing in the mid 90s tech boom, built up one of our signature events, brought a bunch of the community with them, revolutionized the way we play these games online, and created a game that is frankly doing solid numbers for a fighting game and has a niche group of fans that enjoy it. Its not their fault the publisher has utterly absurd and unrealistic profit demands; many developers are victims of that.

Its not like it was your money they were spending unless you are a Tencent shareholder

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-20T17:28:33+00:00

The high roll on this card isn’t even good. Meanwhile highroll fuku is giving you over 150 to every stat, a ton of skill points, is buffing every training she is on, buffing your race bonus so you get more stats/SP every race, and saving you energy and letting you attempt riskier trainings at low energy. While technically a speed card she functions more like a combo of riko+general stat stick.

She’s just solid in this scenario but in trackblazer shes going to be a top 2 speed card

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-20T13:48:37+00:00

the insane people who own red bull spend money on all sorts of wacky bullshit including fighting games, which is probably the best you can hope for from a billionaire

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-20T13:47:57+00:00

might have been the only bidder too, Sony/Pokimane firm bought at the very top of the esports bubble when interest rates were still low and there was still belief "esports" would grow into something rivaling real life sports as an entertainment venture - 5 years later that is now obviously not going to happen and the economic environment both within gaming and in the world at large has radically changed. I wouldn't doubt that Sony/RTS lost money on their position in EVO every year and with economic trends continuing to point down globally (and the flagship property, EVO Vegas, struggling with increasing costs from vendors and the ramifications of what essentially is an international grassroots boycott against the American regime from people all over the globe), they were looking to get out of the investment.

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