Maruzensky

"Trainer, you seem like you'd be fun to tease... Hehe♪"

- Maruzensky

Maruzensky (マルゼンスキー, Maruzensukī) is a supporting character in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

Personality
Maruzensky is a cool, serene girl. She is like a 'big sister' figure to others and a role model for younger horse girls. Regardless of her charming character, she has an interest in car-racing activities.

Appearance
She is a busty brunette with long, curly hair that is tied with a black ribbon on the back. She also has a blue ribbon tied to her right ear that matches her calming blue eyes.

Starting Gate 02

 * 禁断Burning Heart (Kindan Burning Heart)
 * UNLIMITED IMPACT
 * Umapyoi Densetsu
 * My lovely horse

Trivia

 * She belongs to a famous horse girl clan in the United Kingdom because of her overwhelming speed.
 * She is only horse girl that 1970s horse is based. She talks with old-fashioned words in 60s-90s.
 * Almost all Trecen Academy students must be in dormitories, but only she is the exemption. She lives alone.
 * As for now, 6 horse girls are real-life descendants of Maruzensky. That's the highest number among all Uma Musume characters.
 * Sakura Chiyono O is son of Maruzensky, Curren Chan is great-granddaughter, while Special Week, Rice Shower, Winning Ticket and Mejiro Bright are grandsons.
 * In the game version, some of her races are based on real-life episodes.
 * At Spring Stakes, only 5 runners enter. 1976 Fuchu 3-year-old Stakes became so to avoid fighting him and taking timeover penalty.
 * At Japanese Derby, Maruzensky always get placed in #18 gate, In real life, Maruzensky couldn't enter there because of foreign-bred restrict at that time. So his jockey said "Let him run the Derby even if he is the outermost gate."

Real Life
Maruzensky is a racehorse in 1970s. His speed was called "The Supercar", however, foreign-bred horse restriction at that time prevented him to run big races.


 * Maruzensky's mother Shill was imported from US being pregnant with him. He was foaled in Japan. Nowadays such horses are counted as Japanese-bred, but in 1971-1983, they are treated as foreign-bred horses. Maruzensky was most bound by the rule.
 * Those horses are called mochikomi-ba (brought-in horses). Others are Nishino Flower, Biwa Hayahide, and Eishin Flash. They all made debut after the rule was abolished.
 * Foreign-bred horses couldn't enter the Classics and both Tenno Sho . Maruzensky could enter only Arima Kinen in 8 major races, but he retired before the day came.
 * Miho Training Center was opened in 1978, after Maruzensky retired. He belonged to Shigehiko Hongo stable in Tokyo racecourse. So horse girl Maruzensky does not belong to any dormitories.