Cinderella Gray 12 13
Added 2026-02-17 03:08:54 +0000 UTC
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Sorry for the keyboard smash name. Also, nice to see someone become a Tamamo Cross fan. My favorite Uma since reading the manga. Details for episode 12 --------------------------------- Tama and her mom looking for a place to live This is also connected to the real life story I mentioned in the last video. Nishikino spent a lot of time looking for buyers to take in Tama and his mother, and one of the farms that he visited was the one that Oguri was on (I have not seen the official source for this, but I have seen it repeated so much that I am assuming that the claim has some basis). This is why they visit Kasamatsu. Most buyers turned them away, and Tamamo was eventually taken in by an art dealer in Kyoto. --------------------------------- Tama’s parents Green Chateau, Tamamo’s mother, was actually a racehorse born in the same year as Maruzensky. She made 53,528,800 yen, compared to Maruzensky’s 76,601,000 yen. C.B. Cross, Tamamo’s father, was born the year later, in 1975. He was known as the White Lightning, so Tamamo was actually called Lightning second generation for a time. He made 157,705,400 yen, and was a decently successful racer with wins in races like the Mainichi Okan that would later become G2s. He also placed decently well in the Spring Tenno Sho, with 3rd and 4th place finishes. You may have noticed that her dad has a connection to the race in her career, and this is probably why. --------------------------------- Fall Tenno Sho Length 5:09 The Fall Tenno Sho actually used to be 3,200m, but it was shortened. Apparently the justification was to give 3 year old racers a medium length alternative to the Kikuka Sho if they were not suited for long races. --------------------------------- Lord Royal and the Mainichi Okan 7:54 It went by pretty quick, but Lord Royal (Legend Teio) was the one who dropped out of the Mainichi Okan after being kicked by Sirius. Details for episode 13 --------------------------------- Sirius’ injury 24:12 I actually wasn’t sure if it was an injury or just sensing Oguri’s presence, but I looked it up and found that Sirius did indeed have a broken bone by the end of this race. --------------------------------- Tama pace chasing 25:06 Tamamo’s trainer was indeed shocked by the pace chasing, but it was an intentional decision by the jockey and assistant trainer. Tamamo’s main jockey, Minai Katsumi, had ridden Oguri in a race before and knew that the usual strategy wasn’t enough to win. --------------------------------- Tama’s old man 33:11 I originally thought that the old man was a representation of Nishikino the person, but I also read an interesting interpretation that he is a representation of the Nishikino Farm. This actually makes some sense, as he is holding onto life in the hospital while Tama is trying to win for him, just like the real Nishikino Farm had Tamamo racing to keep it alive. Unfortunately, the farm in real life went bankrupt long before Tamamo became successful. --------------------------------- Gray haired horses not being able to run 40:50 The reason that they were originally seen as undesirable was originally because they were easy to spot on the battlefield, and this prejudice carried over into racing. --------------------------------- ED from now on From now on, the ED will be the same every episode. --------------------------------- Previous Japan Cups Based on the Wikipedia page, the first Japan Cup did indeed have a lackluster roster, but it seems like the high prize pool brought in some strong competitors as time passed. Teio’s 1992 Japan Cup, which was skipped in season 2, was said at the time to have had the strongest race line up in racing history. The way that the phrase is written in Japanese makes it a bit hard for me to tell if it is referring to racing in general or just the history of the Japan Cup.
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2026-02-17 09:21:49 +0000 UTC45:15 actually the Japan Cup gain its prestige back in 1984 when Katsuragi Ace became the first japan horse to ever win the race, and not just that he won as an underdog beating 2 Triple Crown horses which was Rudolf and CB along side many other strong foreign horse, one of the legendary races of the 80s. In Special Week case it was more like a revenge for El Condor Pasa's lost at the Arc and defend the Japanese's pride than about the Japan Cup itself
KHQA
2026-02-17 08:26:04 +0000 UTC"Ashen (gray) horses can't run" (also that they have weak knees) apparently was a Japanese-specific IRL superstition stemming from their military horses in which they wanted darker horses so they'd blend in better, and the greys and whites were too visible even from a distance, making them undesirable. The dislike of them morphed over time into the superstition. There's a different stereotype nowadays in the racing business that greys are like the orange cats of horses- their personalities and behaviors are very unpredictable... which I firmly believe is actually true lol
Cows
2026-02-17 08:07:08 +0000 UTCMaybe Tamamo Cross was the real Cinderella Gray all this time
KHQA
2026-02-17 07:18:12 +0000 UTCBetween the exposition and the race pacing I feel like I'm watching the peak era of Initial D
rakka
2026-02-17 03:48:45 +0000 UTCIn real life Tamomo original farm went bankrupt so they went around trying to find a home for the horse, and no Belno isn’t a racer she is taking the research and management track at tracen
Mud
2026-02-17 03:16:24 +0000 UTC
