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.

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!!
 * 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.
 * In real life, Mejiro McQueen is Gold Ship's maternal grandfather, which might explain why Gold Ship particularly enjoys pranking her in the anime.
 * She often tricks Tosen Jordan. The reason is in "Real Life" chapter.
 * 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 middle of 2010s. His strength and eccentric behavior 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.