Yamanin Zephyr

"I will ignite my soul to burn, and run as a gust."

- Yamanin Zephyr

Profile
Loving nature and winds, though, once she runs on the racecourse, she overwhelms others like a gust. She strongly admires a horse girl that she saw at a mile race, and she wants to be a "wind" like her.

She also dreams to win the three-grade races, sprint, mile, and mid-distance.

Songs

 * LIKE THE WIND (Solo song)
 * Make Debut!
 * Gaze on Me
 * Ms. VICTORIA
 * Umapyoi Densetsu

Special Commentary

 * Requirement: Winning Yasuda Kinen twice in a row
 * Reference: 1993 Yasuda Kinen, by Masaharu Miyake (Fuji TV)

Trivia

 * In the Anime season 2, She defeats Ikuno Dictus in the Yasuda Kinen as an extra with a completely different design.
 * The horse girl she admires is thought to be his real-life father, Nihon Pillow Winner.



Real Life
"He was too strong to be called Zephyr."

- JRA Heroes Poster

Yamanin Zephyr is a racehorse from the early 1990s. He ran mile and short-distance races, and fought with Sakura Bakushin O or Nishino Flower. Moreover, he won a 2000m race despite his aptitude, Tenno Sho Autumn.


 * Zephyr is the god of west wind in the ancient Greece. It comes from Shiseido's perfume brand, which his owner's wife has.
 * He tried three differently distanced G1 races, but he couldn't win the Sprinters Stakes because of Bakushin O and Flower.