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The story of Gold Ship from Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Gold Ship is one of the most charismatic and unpredictable heroines in the Umamusume universe. Her character is inspired by the real-life Japanese racehorse Gold Ship, renowned for her fiery temperament and unexpected antics on the track.

Character and features
In the game and anime, Gold Ship is portrayed as a temperamental, willful, and sometimes aggressive umamusume. She:

easily irritated and can attack the coach after a victory;

sometimes he is lazy and refuses to train, sometimes he suddenly demonstrates phenomenal speed;

prefers to start at the back of the group and then suddenly break ahead.

Its unpredictability is not just an artistic device: the real Gold Ship behaved exactly the same way.

A true story-prototype
The real horse Gold Ship (2009–2024) is remembered by racing fans for his extreme form swings:

In 2015, at the Takarazuka Kinen race, she suddenly became nervous at the starting gate, delayed, and finished far behind. This resulted in bookmakers losing 12 billion yen—an incident that became known as the "12 billion yen incident."

On other days, however, she won with stunning ease, earning around 1.4 billion yen during her career.

After retiring, she lived on Big Red Farm in Hokkaido, where she was filmed chasing butterflies—a symbol of untapped energy.

Gold Ship from the anime Umamusume: Pretty Derby is an anthropomorphic horse with a striking and distinctive appearance. Its design combines equestrian attributes with an eccentric style.
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Hair and hairstyle
Gold Ship has long, straight, silver-gray hair with straight bangs that cover her forehead.
Headdress
She wears a cylindrical, brimless brown hat adorned with a gold emblem. The hat is attached to brown straps that run along the sides and back of her head, as well as under her chin. The straps are secured with large, circular copper ornaments on the sides of her head, giving the headdress a resemblance to a horse's bridle.
Eyes and accessories
Gold Ship's eyes are a rich rosewood color. She wears a purple bow on her right ear.
Physique
Gold Ship has a muscular and athletic build, which sets her apart from other characters. Her height, at 170 cm, makes her one of the tallest students at Tracen Academy.
Racial form
In her racing uniform, Gold Ship wears a short, red, sleeveless dress adorned with two gold stripes running down the front, on the left and right sides. From the hips, the stripes diverge, forming slits that form the hem of the dress. On her stomach, between the stripes, are six gold buttons, symbolizing Gold Ship's six G1 race victories. Around her neck is a white, dress-style collar adorned with a large red bow, from which hangs a diamond-shaped gold ornament. On each arm, she wears red armbands with a white stripe down the middle, and her hands are covered with large white gloves with two black stripes on the voluminous cuffs. On her legs, she wears white leggings with gray seams running down the outside of the legs and white ankle-length boots laced with red bows. The boots have brown collars, three gold buckles, and voluminous cuffs with black stripes that match the style of the gloves. The stitch pattern on the leggings can also be seen on the copper discs

Gold Ship from the anime Umamusume: Pretty Derby is an anthropomorphic horse (horse girl) with a striking and memorable appearance. Her design combines equestrian elements with an eccentric style.

The gold ship has pony ears on its head and a ponytail on its lower back.