Writer, blogger, and procrastinator. Umamusume fan since 2020; Casino Drive agendaposter; won a pick 6 once. Baseball and board game enjoyer
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Uma in Motorsport recap:
August: in Super GT 300 class, Pacific Racing wins from pole in Suzuka
November: 130R at Suzuka will have Uma branding for Super Formula races
April '27: Umamusume sponsors the Japanese GP
(plus, moto gp motegi rd was sponsored by uma in Oct)
Umamusume has become a founding partner of the 2027 F1 Japanese Grand Prix, to be held at Suzuka Circuit!
Also, Suzuka Circuit's famous high-speed 130R corner will be renamed the "Umamusume 130R"!
Details:
https://t.co/8oh92xpJUp
#F1jp#Umamusume
@Icecream76567 the issue of soundness aside, breeding is a probabilty game and the odds favor one side over the other and the market reflects that
there's also the matter of WHY such a hypothetical grade winner gets to run as long as they do...
@MarissaLenti as a longtime fan these are absolutely downstream consequences of a newfound global popularity. at the same time a lot of people participating in these convos don't actually care; the last year and a half has has equal parts great and exhausting episodes
@norrofthenorth after experimenting with the first four scenarios they more or less figured out a formula to never have scenarios go longer than 30m per run
As mahjong surges in popularity, it's increasingly finding a place alongside college sports—both as a tailgate activity and an outlet for fandom.
A crop of small businesses—all women-owned and based in the South—are cashing in on the crossover with officially licensed collegiate mahjong sets.
Their intricately designed tiles retail for ~$400+ and sell out almost immediately whenever they're dropped. But keeping up with demand can be a challenge: "I get requests nearly every day for schools people want to see next," one boutique owner tells @FOS.
My latest on the newest sports merch frontier: https://t.co/0iQZjD1bNx
To entice international competition to actually enter the Japan Cup, JRA is attaching a $5 million bonus atop the winners purse for eligible foreign entries (winners of select G1s), bringing the total winner's purse to 12.7b JPY (~8.1m USD) starting in 2026
There is never going to be a proper exchange on this website about Japanese localisation because people cannot be normal about the Japanese language.
Japanese in particular seems to attract a specific strain of people you don't get with other language learners and media consumers
@Kay_17_11@chancurre the modern approach (used around the world, not just jp) is that once a horse reaches or wins at a certain class, dropping class is no longer worth it unless necessary or form has worsened greatly
Ticketpay has informed us that they are banning all international access for the foreseeable future to guard against cyberattacks. This will unfortunately cover the entire lottery period for C109.
We are surprised and saddened by this sudden and blanket measure just as you are.