Shinko Windy

"You think biting is childish? …Nishishi, consider it being proactive."

- Shinko Windy

Personality
The biting horse girl. She’s been known to bite others during a race, which is quite an unusual habit. She believes that “where there’s a will, there’s a way” when it comes to sports, and tries to do everything with fighting spirit, hard work, and guts. She loves playing pranks (specifically on trainers.)

Songs

 * Umapyoi Densetsu
 * Make Debut!
 * UNLIMITED IMPACT
 * Winning' 5 -Winning☆Five-
 * Ms. VICTORIA
 * DRAMATIC JOURNEY

Special Commentary

 * Requirement: Winning Februrary Stakes
 * References: 1997 February Stakes, by Tsuneo Shiobara (Fuji TV)

Trivia

 * She holds a shishi in her hand.

Real Life
"The roar in the dawn Mowing trees, Crashing rocks, Many predecessors has built the roads. Succeeding those wills, The ferocious beast runs. He melts frozen sand With his scorching roar. Now the dawn breaks And new age begins."

- JRA Portrait of the Bucephalus

Shinko Windy is a racehorse in the late of 1990s. He won several dirt grade races, including a G1. He also liked biting humans or other horses. He lost two races because of his habit.

At birth
Shinko Windy liked pranks and biting humans since he was a foal.

When he was one year old, He was bought by Osamu Yasuda, the president of exterior trading company Shinko Sangyo Co.

In 1996 (3 years old)
After he won his dirt maiden race, he ran three turf races. Since he could not won any of them, he returned to a dirt at the fifth run. He won the 5 million limited race, so his team decided to concentrate to dirt afterwards.

At his sixth run, Tateyama Special (9 million), He bit Daiwa Ocean's neck just before the winning post. Ocean ignored him and finished in the first. Windy lost, though, he became popular.

He tried a G3 race as his next run, Unicorn Stakes. In those days, it was one of the Dirt Triple Crown, and his team planned to accumulate his reward for entering next big races. Shinko Windy tried to overtake from seventh place, but he could not catch up Battle Line, and "lost" to him by three lengths. However, Battle Line was demoted to tenth because of skewing, and he promoted to first. This was his first grade race win.

At the second Crown, Super Dirt Derby, at the moment he was going to overtake Sanlife Teio, Windy bit Teio's rump. Teio looked surprised, and dashed. His jockey whipped him and finished. His biting was nothing but a loss, and lost to second.

At the Derby Grand Prix, the last Crown, he exhausted by transferring to Morioka. Windy lost to Ishino Sunday in third, who had lost to him at the previous race. Since Ishino Sunday had won the Satsuki Sho, he became the first and only Turf-dirt mixed "eccentric Double Crown" horse.

In 1997 (4 years old)
From this year, he wore blinkers not to bite others. At the Heian Stakes (G3), he tied Toyo Seattle and became the grade race winner, by himself this time."The desert wind bites the bait he aims at, Shinko Windy!"

- 1997 February Stakes, by Hitoshi Yoshida (Fuji TV) He entered the Febrary Stakes (G1). From this year, it promoted to G1, On the day, the racetrack was the worst like swamp. Nevertheless he overtook several horses from the inside, desperately fighting with Stone Stepper, and finally won the first G1 title. He became the first central G1 winner, and was expected as the post-Hokuto Vega dirt runner.

However, he couldn't win after that, and leg anxieties were found. His rested for two years.

In 1999 (6 years old)
He returned at the Yasuda Kinen (G1), but he lost in thirteenth. After all, he couldn't win any race and leg anxieties recurred after Nippon TV hai (G2). His team decided to retire him.

After retirement
He became a stallion in Shinko Farm, however, his owner parted with his farm and horses in 2001, because of his company's unprofitable operation. Windy's foals were only 20, and no grade race winners.

Shinko Farm was purchased by Darley Japan Farm Ltd. Windy was also transferred to Darley Japan Stallion Complex as a merit horse and a teaser horse. "#Shinko Windy, who appears in #Uma Musume, is 28 years old now! He is living his life peacefully! #Darley"

- Darley Japan Twitter