Gold Ship

"Hey, it's me, Gold Ship! Peace! ...So, who wants to get beat up?"

- Gold Ship Gold Ship (ゴールドシップ, Gōrudo Shippu) is a supporting character in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

The well-known trickster who gets faster when the finish line is close. She is the oldest member in Team Spica.

Personality
Contrary to her appearance, she is an ill-mannered, coarse and easygoing horse girl. She is quite stubborn and has a violently sharp tongue. She often jests around and rarely takes races or training seriously. Other than that, she loves pulling off harmless pranks on others especially Mejiro McQueen. She is known to be reckless, often accidentally poking her eye onto random objects.

Appearance
She is a horse girl with divine, distinguished beauty. Her hair is silver-gray, slightly passing her waist. She wears a hat connected to a strap similar to a headstall. She has rosewood eyes.

Relationships

 * Mejiro McQueen: Teammate, both in anime and game story mode. Gold Ship often pranks McQueen, but sometimes she cheers McQueen up when she depresses.
 * IRL: Broodmare sire. McQueen died in 2006, and GolShi was born in 2009. So they actually didn't meet together.
 * Tosen Jordan: Opponent in game scenario. Gold Ship always tricks her. It is unclear whether GolShi likes Jordan. In PakaTube, She acts as if she didn't know Jordan.
 * IRL: Three years older. It is said GolShi hated Jordan.
 * Match (GS/TJ)
 * 2013 Japan Cup 15th/3rd (1st: Gentildonna)
 * 2013 Arima Kinen 3rd/14th (1st: Orfevre)
 * 2014 Takarazuka Kinen 1st/8th


 * Eishin Flash: Opponent in game scenario.
 * IRL: Two years older. He fought with Gold Ship twice.
 * Match (GS/EF)
 * 2012 Arima Kinen 1st/4th
 * 2013 Japan Cup 15th/10th (1st: Gentildonna)
 * Nakayama Festa: Friend. They often plays games.
 * IRL: Stay Gold's foals. Both have temper issues. They have run at l'Arc.

Songs

 * Goal To My SHIP (Solo song)
 * Paka Tube! desu ga, Nani ka? (Solo song)
 * Bokura no Bluebird Days
 * Make Debut!
 * Grow Up Shine!
 * Find My Only Way
 * Hashire Uma Musume
 * Special Record!
 * Yume o Kakeru
 * Enjoy and Join
 * winning the soul
 * GIRLS' LEGEND U
 * Never Looking Back
 * We are DREAMERS!!
 * Egao no Takaramono -Beyond The Future!-
 * Gaze on Me
 * Precious Star Dreamer
 * Umapyoi Densetsu

Special Commentary

 * Requirement: Winning classic Arima Kinen after winning Satsuki and Kikka Sho
 * Reference: 2012 Arima Kinen, by Yoji Funayama (Radio NIKKEI)

Trivia

 * She has her own YouTube channel called PakaTube (ぱかチューブっ!).
 * She seems to like hot mustard.
 * She always seems to be trying to solve a Rubik's cube during the times she isn't racing.
 * One of the most iconic Gold Ship incident, "12 billion yen rear" was reenacted in the Season 1 Anime, Episode 14/OVA1. So are Junko's shouts.
 * In a training story, Gold Ship is lead by someone's voice into a "golden journey".
 * She's never states what year she's in and its impossible to tell.
 * Most of her in-game lines are like ad-libbed.

Real Life
"He showed the overwhelming strength! And Norihiro Yokoyama smiles! Norihiro Yokoyama had ridden on him when training for three weeks. He said he wants to respect the horse's feelings. Gold Ship really seemed to run feeling good. It's like the horse and the rider unite as one indeed! It's an amazing victory!"

- 2014 Takarazuka Kinen, by Yusuke Ohashi (Kansai TV)

Gold Ship  is a racehorse in the 2010s. His strength and eccentric behaviors called lots of fans.


 * Gold Ship's father Stay Gold's Hong Kong name is 黄金旅程 (Golden Journey). It is suitable for his career so many of his children have includes words about gold or journey. Gold Ship is one of those names.
 * During 2015 Takarazuka Kinen, Gold Ship reared right when the gates opened and finished second last despite his popularity. The incident is called the "12.1 billion rear" since fans betted a total sum of 12.1bil JPY on Gold Ship winning the race, which of course all went to waste.
 * At that moment, commentator Junko Hosoe shouted twice unwillingly. In the anime, she acted twice more.
 * Gold Ship was always trying to kick Tosen Jordan because he hated him. He didn't like Jordan allegedly because he behaved like a boss in Ritto Training Center.