Samson Big

Samson Big (サムソンビッグ, Samuson Biggu) is a character in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

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Special Commentary

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Trivia

 * Samson Big is the first horse girl who is based on a racehorse missing now.



Real Life
"Who else ran on all the Triple Crown races? Don't underestimate him. He once finished earlier than me. His earnings are the sixth most, following ours."

- Breezing a Furlong Theater, Narita Brian's line

Samson Big is a rasehorse in the middle of 1990s. Although he could not win any grade races, he entered all the Triple Crown races and witnessed Narita Brian's Triple Crown. He also has the record of the 2910m steeplechase course in Kyoto.

Name Origin

 * Samson ― A crown name of Yuko Tanaka / Samson Farm.
 * Big ― Unknown. He was small for his name.

In 1993 (2 years old)
He won his maiden race and won. At the Hakodate 3-year-old Stakes (G3), He finished in second, earlier than Narita Brian (sixth).

In 1994 (3 years old)
At the Kisaragi Sho (G3), he finished in first, inverting his lowest popularity and 1:172 odds.

Thanks to that, he could enter all the Triple Crown races. He finished in bottom, second bottom, and bottom. However, he was one of two horses who entered all the Triple Crown races except Narita Brian.

In 1995 (4 years old)
He completely lost allmost all of races. His team decided to run him at steeplechase races.

In 1996 (5 years old)
He won his steeplechase maiden race at the record of Kyoto 2910m. This record is still unbroken. However, it needed four runs to escape from 4 million allowance. He retired after the Kokura Shogai Stakes (OP).

After retirement
He was given to the Tsukuba University equestrian club. In 2008, he transferred to the Nasu Training Farm. Official documents say he had entered several equestrian tournaments until 2011. His present whereabouts is unknown.