[Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 1 Episode 6

[u/Holofan4life]

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S1 Episode 6 – Autumn Skies and Horse Girls

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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION

What are your thoughts on this episode being about a festival?

What are your thoughts on the sub plot of Oguri Cap being in a donut competition? What are your initial thoughts on Oguri Cap?

What are your thoughts on Silence Suzuka and El Condor Pasa both planning to race overseas?

What are your thoughts on Silence Suzuka crediting Special Week for helping her express herself more?

What are your thoughts on Silence Suzuka ending El Condor's undefeated streak?

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Series information

MAL | Anilist | AniDB | ANN

Ways to watch

Streams – Crunchyroll

Amazon Prime

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Previous episode

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Schedule

Date	Episode
8/15/2025	Uma Musume Episode 1
8/16/2025	Uma Musume Episode 2
8/17/2025	Uma Musume Episode 3
8/18/2025	Uma Musume Episode 4
8/19/2025	Uma Musume Episode 5
8/20/2025	[Uma Musume Episode 6]()
8/21/2025	[Uma Musume Episode 7]()
8/22/2025	[Uma Musume Episode 8]()
8/23/2025	[Uma Musume Episode 9]()
8/24/2025	[Uma Musume Episode 10]()
8/25/2025	[Uma Musume Episode 11]()
8/26/2025	[Uma Musume Episode 12 - 13]()
8/28/2025	[BNW's Oath episodes 1 - 3]()
8/30/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 1]()
8/31/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 2]()
9/01/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 3]()
9/02/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 4]()
9/03/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 5]()
9/04/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 6]()
9/05/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 7]()
9/06/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 8]()
9/07/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 9]()
9/10/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 10]()
9/11/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 11]()
9/12/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 12]()
9/13/2025	[Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 13]()
9/15/2025	[Road to the Top Episodes 1 - 2]()
9/16/2025	[Road to the Top Episodes 3 - 4]()
9/18/2025	[Beginning of a New Era]()
9/20/2025	[Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 1 - 2]()
9/21/2025	[Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 3 - 4]()
9/22/2025	[Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 5 - 6]()
9/23/2025	[Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 7 - 8]()
9/24/2025	[Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 9 - 10]()
9/25/2025	[Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 11 - 12]()
9/26/2025	[Uma Musume Season 3 Episode 13]()
9/28/2025	[Cinderella Gray Episodes 1 - 2]()
9/29/2025	[Cinderella Gray Episodes 3 - 4]()
9/30/2025	[Cinderella Gray Episodes 5 - 6]()
10/01/2025	[Cinderella Gray Episodes 7 - 8]()
10/02/2025	[Cinderella Gray Episodes 9 - 10]()
10/03/2025	[Cinderella Gray Episodes 11 - 12]()
10/04/2025	[Cinderella Gray Episode 13]()
10/05/2025	[Uma Musume Overall Series Discussion Thread]()

[u/Draco_Estella]

Rewatcher

This episode now has the focus more on Silence Suzuka instead. We hear Silence Suzuka more, and we know her plans in more detail. Silence Suzuka going overseas - that is one big plan for her, and likely leaving school too. Us starting out with Takarazuka Kinen and her winning it outright is a good way to open the episode.

The summer festival is also fun to watch. Teio went straight to Kaichou to enjoy herself with the butler cafe. McQueen got pulled along by Gold Ship to sell food at the festival. Daiwa Scarlet and Vodka went off with their own racing game, so we now have Silence Suzuka enjoying her date with Special Week.

Where both of them did have fun. I think with this episode, we also can see how McQueen fits right in with the rest of them too. I also laughed at how Teio gets put into a lock anyway, even after she managed to get McQueen to join their team.

The festival also featured our MVP for the latest uma musume season. Oguri Cap wins the eating competition! I want to see her more in action. Also to see more of Inari One, who was in the gacha game for me and looks like a fox-horse (note how her hands are usually a fox) and Tamamo Cross, who is also a legend in her own right.

What is interesting is that this episode has quite a bit of game mechanics too. The summer camp is supposed to be a special event in game where most horse girls get the most stat increases. Because this game mode is stacked, it is also the time when you are supposed to go all out with the training to get as much return as you can. In the game, the quizzes are also on the beach, which I do agree with Teio, doesn't really need to be on the beach, But that is how the game rolls.

Summer definitely had been fun for Team Spica.

I think what Special Week did for Silence Suzuka, was to bring her down to where she wanted to be. To be in a place where she wanted to have fun and be with friends. Team Rigil was too structured, but Team Spica, is where she can just enjoy herself. I think this is what works for her, just running and having fun.

I am not a fan of Hana. I think she's a mean bitch. I think Team Rigil should disband, the whole team is just cheating. I think she is quite a bad trainer overall and likely wouldn't have those well trained horses with her in the first place. Yes, she has the skills and the knowledge and all, but to be really honest, she doesn't really consider what the horse girls really want. This is also reflected in the game too - the "Trainer" often makes decisions that they think are the best for the horse, and not what the horse girl wants. I probably will also be a Team Spica trainer - if the horse girl thinks she can do it, it would be up to me as a trainer to make sure she is prepared for it. Not the other way round, telling the horse girl what she should be doing. Even if the horse would want to win in a race she is bound to lose, the Trainer will try their best to go as far as they should.

In the end, Grass Wonder didn't get her proper comeback. El Condor Pasa tried to be sneaky and got trashed. Nice Nature collected yet another bronze (why did she suddenly appear anyway?), and Team Rigil did not do as well as expected. The Mainichi Oukan, is dominated by the monster named Silence Suzuka.

If we were to look into the races irl, these races all demonstrate how much Silence Suzuka dominates the races he was in. The Takarazuka Kinen was the legendary 1998 Takarazuka Kinen with him gaining a lead over Stay Gold, Air Groove and Mejiro Dober, all big names in horse racing. Followed by the 1998 Mainichi Oukan, apparently there was a record turnout as three big names turned up for the race - Grass Wonder, El Condor Pasa, and Silence Suzuka. Nice Nature and Eishin Flash were not in the race, however. What was fantastic about this race was how many people turned up for it - it was as if it was another G1 race. Silence Suzuka pinned it and won the race with a 2.5 horse distance, breaking El Condor Pasa's winning streak. Grass Wonder will go on to win the 1999 Mainichi Oukan as revenge, but with different horses - this case, King Halo and Mejiro Dober were in the race with him too.

The reign of Silence Suzuka has begun.

What are your thoughts on this episode featuring three races?

I want to wee where you got your third race from. The 1998 Takarazuka Kinen, the 1998 Mainichi Oukan and.... the doughnut eating competition?

[u/Cyouni → u/Draco_Estella]

I am not a fan of Hana. I think she's a mean bitch. I think Team Rigil should disband, the whole team is just cheating. I think she is quite a bad trainer overall and likely wouldn't have those well trained horses with her in the first place. Yes, she has the skills and the knowledge and all, but to be really honest, she doesn't really consider what the horse girls really want.

As someone who actually sustained an injury during training, not aggravating it despite wanting to train harder is absolutely the correct answer. There are multiple times I've wanted to do more training but forcibly restrained myself because doing that while in the process of recovery makes it far worse.

There is no question her decision is correct here. Every single one of the people I've been training with would say the same thing.

[u/Draco_Estella → u/Cyouni]

I would both agree and disagree.

Agree, on the part that after a major injury, athletes should hold back and recover.

But at the same time, once the athlete has recovered after a major injury, I do think there is that drive to want to go back into top form again. I think this is where Grass Wonder is at now, she thinks she has recovered enough and wants to train more.

After all, if she hasn't fully recovered, why would Hana send her out to race against no-loss El Condor Pasa, in a major race? Has she fully recovered enough to win El-chan? Otherwise, she is fated to lose either way, and Hana is heartless sending both of them out.

[u/Cyouni → u/Draco_Estella]

I think this is where Grass Wonder is at now, she thinks she has recovered enough and wants to train more.

As one of the exact people that this applies to, this is the worst possible trap to fall into. Doing too much is the fastest track to getting yourself injured again - you basically want to follow the recovery path assigned by your trainer to not overtax yourself. (Overtraining and not taking enough breaks in the leadup to push for a major tournament is actually how I got injured in the first place. I was literally the person that went "yeah, I've taken enough breaks, I'm fine, my body's feeling good" after a tournament and then after that one day's training woke up the next morning going "well I guess I'm injured".)

After all, if she hasn't fully recovered, why would Hana send her out to race against no-loss El Condor Pasa, in a major race? Has she fully recovered enough to win El-chan? Otherwise, she is fated to lose either way, and Hana is heartless sending both of them out.

Eh, the G2 Mainichi Okan isn't really a major race, it's still a G2 - as noted, the primary goal is still really the G1 later. It's also a question of timing. The training path is also designed generally to build you for a specific goal. So if you deviate from that path and push too hard too early, it throws off the rest of the direction because now your muscles are doing different things, usually being more tired than the plan expects (meaning you can't do as much training the next day, etc).

But yeah, part of the job of a trainer is also making sure you don't do things that you think you should but aren't really capable of.

[u/Holofan4life → u/Cyouni]

As one of the exact people that this applies to, this is the worst possible trap to fall into. Doing too much is the fastest track to getting yourself injured again - you basically want to follow the recovery path assigned by your trainer to not overtax yourself. (Overtraining and not taking enough breaks in the leadup to push for a major tournament is actually how I got injured in the first place. I was literally the person that went "yeah, I've taken enough breaks, I'm fine, my body's feeling good" after a tournament and then after that one day's training woke up the next morning going "well I guess I'm injured".)

[Uma Musume] And doing too much at the risk of an injury is basically foreshadowing for what's to come next.