Daring Tact is a cheerful, polite, and strong-willed girl from the world of Umamusume: Pretty Derby. She is inspired by the real-life racehorse Daring Tact, the first undefeated filly Triple Tiara winner in Japanese horse racing history. Daring Tact grew up in the wild nature, surrounded by animals, and is known for her natural strength and love for her hometown. She dreams of showing everyone how wonderful her home is and trains hard to achieve that goal. Her special traits include a bright brownish-blue ponytail, star-shaped hair decorations, and a blue-and-white ribbon. She has a gentle personality but can be a little naive about the world outside her wild upbringing. Daring Tact is close with her senior Daring Heart, and, like her, often trains in the mountains. She has a strong connection to nature and values honorable competition. She is known for her survival skills, stamina, and unique way of seeing the world.
Daring Tact has a brownish-blue (bay) hair color, which she ties into a ponytail with a golden hair clip.
She has a star-shaped mark in her bangs and wears gold triple stars on her right ear to represent her Triple Tiara.
From both ears, she wears blue and white ribbons, matching the colors of her racehorse owner's uniform (Normandy Thoroughbred Racing).
Her outfit features a white jacket with blue and black accents, a hood, and a belt with three stars.
Under her jacket, she wears a tight, sleeveless white top attached to a star-patterned skirt.
She wears black tights and her belt shows three stars (one hidden under the jacket) symbolizing the Triple Tiara.
Her height is 158 cm.
Her body measurements are B80, W55, H82.
Her birthday is April 15.
She is in the junior high school grade and lives in the Ritto Dormitory.
Daring Tact is cheerful, polite, and has a strong core.
She grew up in beautiful but harsh nature, which gave her a tough spirit and much respect for life and the world.
She is very thankful to her hometown and wants to prove how wonderful it is by succeeding in racing.
Daring Tact has high survival skills and knowledge about the mountains and wild plants.
She can be a bit naive because she often spent time in the mountains and is not always used to city life.
She sometimes forgets to tell people where she's going and can cause a small commotion.
She is gentle but very tough, always trying her best and not easily defeated.
Daring Tact comes from a wild, natural place where she grew up free and strong among animals.
Inspired by her racehorse self, she is known as the first ever undefeated filly Triple Tiara winner.
She trains hard every day, often going mountain climbing with her senior Daring Heart.
She became a student at Tracen Academy and keeps developing new hiking paths or looking for tasty wild plants.
She also holds a special hunting license for Umamusume, showing her bravery and outdoor skills.
She aspires to become strong like the plants and animals that survive by adapting to tough situations.
Daring Tact is skilled in mountain survival, hiking, and identifying wild plants.
She has strong endurance and patience, qualities built by tough training in harsh nature.
She holds a special hunting license and is able to adapt quickly to new environments.
Her racing specialties are middle and mile distances, with a focus on running from the middle of the pack to surge at the end (sashi, or closing style).
Base Aptitudes
- Turf: A
- Dirt: G
- Sprint: F
- Mile: A
- Middle: A
- Long: F
- Runner: G
- Leader: D
- Sashi (Closer): A
- Chaser: F
These reflect her real-life race record, focusing on races from 1600m to 2400m, with no experience in sprint or long distances.
Daring Tact is close with her senior, Daring Heart, whom she greatly admires and often joins for mountain training.
She is awed by the Triple Tiara winners ahead of her, especially Mejiro Ramonu.
She also has warm connections with other Umamusume from similar backgrounds, like Special Week.
She is friendly with Symboli Kris S, her racing grandfather, and even asks him about drinking water she finds on mountain hiking courses.
Her family once met Mejiro Ramonu's family on a boat, making a unique family tie.
She often acts as a junior to many senior Umamusume, since her generation is newer.
"Harsh nature, warm people—For everything that raised me!"
Main Story Appearance
Daring Tact first appears at the end of the Main Story Part 1 in Umamusume: Pretty Derby.
She later appears in Mejiro Ramonu's training story, where she watches a big race between Triple Crown Umamusume (Mr. C.B., Symboli Rudolf) and feels inspired to aim for those heights herself.
She officially got her full design and profile revealed on February 24, 2025.
Anime Appearance
In Anime Season 3, Daring Tact makes her first animated appearance.
She is seen among the members of Team Rigil, suggesting that she joined after entering Tracen Academy, even though she was not in Team Rigil in Season 1.
Game Events
Daring Tact first appeared in a still illustration at the end of Main Story Part 1.
Her 3D model debuted in Mejiro Ramonu's story on October 19, 2023.
She later appears in Rhein Kraft's story, finally meeting her grandmother Daring Heart.
She is also featured supporting Cesario in her story by helping with a class survey.
Her first SSR support card was released on April 10, 2025, showing her racing in the rain during the Oka Sho race—birds flying around hint at her mother, Daring Bird.
With the game's 4th Anniversary, she is seen often running with Triple Tiara winner Almond Eye.
In Main Story Part 2, she can be seen running in the famous legendary race—the 2020 Japan Cup—alongside Almond Eye, Contrail, and others.
Real-life Racehorse
The real Daring Tact is a bay filly born on April 15, 2017, with father Epiphaneia and mother Daring Bird (her mother's father is King Kamehameha).
She was owned by Normandy Thoroughbred Racing, a relatively new club.
Her main trainer was Haruki Sugiyama, her jockey was Kohei Matsuyama.
During the difficult COVID-19 year, she became the first horse in Japanese racing to win the Filly Triple Crown undefeated, in just five races.
That same year, Contrail won the Triple Crown undefeated for colts, making history.
In her later career, Daring Tact was troubled by injury but kept running bravely.
- Before her official reveal, fan works imagined what a Daring Tact Umamusume would look like.
- She is the first officially recognized Umamusume based on a racehorse that was still active at the time.
- Her showings in anime and art caused much speculation before official confirmation.
- She has been described as "trained by bears," a joke from stories of her real-world home being full of wild animals.
- After her Umamusume reveal, her real jockey Kohei Matsuyama and others were excited to see her fictional form.
- Her design took nearly two years from the first time she appeared as a background image in the game to her profile being released.
- She is the first Umamusume based on a club horse to be announced since Taiki Shuttle and Gold City.
- Daring Tact keeps a paper with her dreams written on it stuck to the ceiling above her bed.
- She is proud of her mountain skills and tries to teach them to her juniors.
- In the game, her base attributes strongly mirror her real-life racing experience—focused only on middle and mile distances.
- She often goes mountain hiking in her free time, even developing new trails for future training.
- Scenes in the support card and story sometimes mention racing with empty spectator stands, reflecting real-world races held during COVID-19.
- She sees herself as proof that dreams can come true, and her presence inspires others both in and out of the Umamusume world.
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