Copano Rickey

"Rickey ★Lucky ★ Making everyone happy! Leave the races and luckiness to me!"

- Copano Rickey

Copano Rickey (コパノリッキー, Kopano Rikkii) is a character in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

Personality
Copano Rickey is a bright, cheerful and self-admittedly lucky horse girl. She has a very deep knowledge about Feng Sui and her knowledge is the real deal. She uses Feng Sui not only in her daily life but also in her training and racing. "I want to make everyone happy with the power of Feng Sui!" she says and her advice on good fortune is pretty well-received...

Appearance

 * Her racing outfits are supervised by Rickey's real-life owner, Dr. Copa. He asked the Uma Musume staff to correct her clothes according to his feng sui knowledge.

Songs

 * Make Debut!
 * GIRLS' LEGEND U
 * Gaze on Me
 * Umapyoi Densetsu

Special Commentary

 * Requirement:
 * Reference: 2014 JBC Classic

Trivia

 * Copano Rickey was announced on May 4, 2022, during the 4th event.
 * She possesses the most G1 wins in the entire Uma Musume cast with eleven wins, breaking the record that was jointly held by Symboli Rudolf, Vodka, T.M. Opera O and Kitasan Black (seven wins each).
 * She is also the first horse girl to win the Kashiwa Kinen, a NAR (local) race. The race was commemorated for the first time by the Uma Musume Project in 2022, something it has never done before for Jpn1 races.



Real Life
"Last year, nobody expected Copano Rickey! This year, everybody expected Copano Rickey!"

- 2015 February Stakes, by Shingo Tatemoto (Fuji TV)

Copano Rickey is a racehorse from the 2010s. He won eleven dirt G1/Jpn1 races, possessing the most amount of G1/Jpn1 wins in Japanese horse racing history.


 * His owner Sachiaki Kobayashi, who also goes by Dr. Copa, is a kannushi, an architect, and a feng shui master.
 * Kobayashi was delighted about Copano Rickey becoming a horse girl.
 * He won 2014 February Stakes despite lowest popularity. And in 2015, he won again, with highest popularity.
 * He is the third horse that won a G1 with lowest popularity, following Sand Peearess and Daitaku Yamato . His win odds were ×272.1. It is still the second highest ever G1s in Japan, next to Sand Peearess.