Winning Ticket

"Running is good! Getting left behind sucks! And that’s… not gonna happen!"

- Winning Ticket

Profile
An honest, straightforward horse girl who’s full of energy. She has a strong tendency toward deep emotion. She possesses an indomitable spirit and will stand back up more times than a persistent weed. Her dream is to obtain glory by taking control of the Japanese derby. She will break out in hives when under great stress or nervousness.

Songs

 * Winning Melody (Solo song)
 * Aozora BLUE
 * Hashire Uma Musume
 * GIRLS' LEGEND U
 * Namida hikatte asu ni nare!
 * Umapyoi Densetsu

Trivia

 * Ticket's character and game story is influenced by real-life jockey Masato Shibata,
 * Her nickname, Tickezou, came from real-life horse.

Real Life
"I want to tell all horsemen in the world, "I am Shibata, who won the 60th Japanese Derby.""

- 1993 Japanese Derby, by Masato Shibata

Winning Ticket is a racehorse in 1990s. He shared 1993 Classic Triple Crown with Narita Taishin and Biwa Hayahide, known as BNW. His jockey Masato Shibata won the Derby after 19 tries riding him, and he became the very "winning ticket" as his name indicates.


 * His groom Hisoshi Shimaaki nicknamed him Tickezou.
 * He sufferes from hives when he gets nervous, as discribed in Uma Musume.
 * As of April 2022, Winning Ticket (born in 1990) is second oldest living horse in Uma Musume cast. The oldest one is Nice Nature (born in 1988).
 * After the passing of Legacy World, Ticket is currently the oldest living horse who won GI race in Japan.
 * Taishin and Hayahide passed in 2020. He lived the longest in BNW.
 * His great-granddaughter Lei Papale won 2021 Osaka Hai. This is the first G1 win in his descendants.
 * He is in Urakawa Yushun Villege AERU.
 * His bronze statue is in Shin Hidaka Town, Hokkaido, where he was born.