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.

Relationships

 * Hokko Tarumae: Friend and rival.
 * IRL: Rival at dirt races for his racing life.
 * Match (CR/HT)
 * 2014 February Stakes 1st/2nd
 * 2014 JBC Classic 1st/4th
 * 2014 Champions Cup 12th/1st
 * 2014 Tokyo Dai Shoten 2nd/1st
 * 2015 JBC Classic 1st/3rd
 * 2015 Champions Cup 7th/5th (1st: Sambista)
 * 2015 Tokyo Dai Shoten 4th/2nd (1st: Sound True)
 * 2016 Teio Sho 1st/4th
 * 2016 Mile Championship Nambu Hai 1st/3rd
 * 2016 JBC Classic 5th/2nd (1st: Awardee)
 * Wonder Acute: Friend and rival.
 * IRL: Rival at dirt races.
 * Match (CR/WA)
 * 2014 February Stakes 1st/6th
 * 2014 Kashiwa Kinen 1st/3rd
 * 2014 Teio Sho 2nd/1st
 * 2014 JBC Classic 1st/3rd
 * 2014 Champions Cup 12th/5th (1st: Hokko Tarumae)
 * 2014 Tokyo Dai Shoten 2nd/7th (1st: Hokko Tarumae)
 * 2015 February Stakes 1st/9th
 * 2015 Champions Cup 7th/6th (1st: Sambista)
 * 2015 Tokyo Dai Shoten 4th/3rd (1st: Sound True)
 * Kitasan Black: Childhood friend.
 * IRL: Born in Yanagawa Farm. Rickey won his retiring race at Tokyo Dai Shoten 5 days after Kitasan had won his retiring race at Arima Kinen.
 * Matikanefukukitaru: Fuku admires Rickey as a feng sui master.

Songs

 * Lucky Happy Fantastic (Solo song)
 * Umapyoi Densetsu
 * Make Debut!
 * UNLIMITED IMPACT
 * GIRLS' LEGEND U
 * Gaze on Me
 * Ms. VICTORIA
 * KIRARI MAGIC SHOW
 * DRAMATIC JOURNEY

Special Commentary

 * Requirement:
 * Reference: 2014 JBC Classic

Trivia

 * Copano Rickey was announced on May 4, 2022, during the 4th event.
 * From 2022, Uma Musume official Twitter started commemorating local G1s/Jpn1s. She was portrayed in Kashiwa Kinen commemoration illust, as the first winner in Uma Musume casts.
 * Dr. Copa, Rickey's real-life owner, was delighted about Copano Rickey becoming a horse girl.
 * Rickey's indivisual BGM and character song are like cheering songs. It presumably refers to real life.



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.

"'When I visited his stable in January, perhaps he was frustrated in his twice crushing defeat, he looked very sad. So, I tried to encourage him, asking Akira Murayama trainer to let him listen to a bright music. He played the most upbeat Latin music in his stall. It was Gorie's Hey, Mickey (lol). Then, I heard a news that he gradually got well and excited.'
 * His owner Sachiaki Kobayashi, who also goes by Dr. Copa, is a kannushi, an architect, and a feng shui master.
 * 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.
 * Before the 2014 February Stakes, Rickey looked disappointed, so Kobayashi asked his trainer to let him listen to bright music.

- Sachiaki Kobayashi"