Winning Ticket

"Running is good! Getting left behind sucks! And that’s… not gonna happen!"

- Winning Ticket

Profile
An honest, straightforward horse girl who’s full of energy. She has a strong tendency toward deep emotion. She possesses an indomitable spirit and will stand back up more times than a persistent weed. Her dream is to obtain glory by taking control of the Japanese derby. She will break out in hives when under great stress or nervousness.

Songs

 * Winning Melody (Solo song)
 * Aozora BLUE
 * Make Debut!
 * Hashire Uma Musume
 * GIRLS' LEGEND U
 * winning the soul
 * Namida hikatte asu ni nare!
 * Never Looking Back
 * We are DREAMERS!!
 * Egao no Takaramono -Beyond The Future!-
 * Gaze on Me
 * Precious Star Dreamer
 * Umapyoi Densetsu

Special Commentary
{| class="fandom-table" !Uma Musume !Real Life ウイニングチケット決めました！
 * 悲願のダービー制覇！
 * 悲願のダービー制覇！

日本ダービーを獲ったウイニングチケットです！

TV commentary
柴田政人勝ちました！　悲願のダービー制覇！

ウイニングチケットで決めました！　勝ったのはウイニングチケットです！

TV interview
Q: この喜び、まずはどなたに報告されたいでしょうか？

A: 世界のホースマンに、第60回のダービーを獲った柴田です、と報告したいと思います. Winning Ticket has overcome!
 * Winning Japanese Derby, her dearest wish!
 * Winning Japanese Derby, her dearest wish!

She is Winning Ticket, who won Japanese Derby!

Commentary
Masato Shibata won! Winning the Japanese Derby, his dearest wish!

He won on Winning Ticket! The winner is Winning Ticket!

Interview
Q: Who do you want to tell your happiness to?

A: I want to tell all horsemen in the world, "I am Shibata, who won the 60th Japanese Derby."
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 * Requirement: Winning Japanese Derby
 * Referende: 1993 Japanese Derby, by Masayuki Sakai (commentary), Tsuneo Shiobara (interviewer) (Fuji TV), and Masato Shibata (interviewee, main jockey)

Note

 * This commentary refers to both racing commentary and interview after the race.

Trivia

 * Ticket's character and game story is influenced by real-life jockey Masato Shibata,
 * Her nickname, Tickezou, came from real-life horse.

Real Life
"All jockeys dream of the Derby. Masato Shibata had run the Derby 18 times, despite he was one of top jockeys, he couldn't easily win the Derby. For him, Winning Ticket in Heisei 5 looks like a thousand-to-one opportunity."

- netkeiba.com by Kazuya Nagaoka

Winning Ticket is a racehorse in 1990s. He shared 1993 Classic Triple Crown with Narita Taishin and Biwa Hayahide, known as BNW. His jockey Masato Shibata won the Derby after 19 tries riding him, and he became the very "winning ticket" as his name indicates.


 * His groom Hisoshi Shimaaki nicknamed him Tickezou.
 * He sufferes from hives when he gets nervous, as discribed in Uma Musume.
 * Until February 2023, Winning Ticket (born in 1990) was second oldest living horse in Uma Musume cast. The oldest one is Nice Nature (born in 1988).
 * After the passing of Legacy World, Ticket had been the oldest living horse who won G1 race in Japan.
 * Taishin and Hayahide passed in 2020. He lived the longest in BNW.
 * His great-granddaughter Lei Papale won 2021 Osaka Hai. This is the first G1 win in his descendants.
 * After he retired a stallion work, he moved to Urakawa Yushun Village AERU, and had lived until he passed away due to a colic in February 2023.
 * His bronze statue is in Shin Hidaka Town, Hokkaido, where he was born.