Daring Tact

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―Daring Tact

**Daring Tact** (デアリングタクト, *Dearingu Takuto*) is a character in **Uma Musume: Pretty Derby**.

## Appearance

She has a white star on her forehead, just like the real-life one. A hair ornament on her left, three stars, signify her Triple Tiara. Her Ribbon's patterns are based off of real-life owner Normandy Thoroughbred Racing's racing silk. These appearances became hints for guessing her identity when she first debuted as a horse girl with an appearance that was too different to be a random one.

## Relationships

* **Maruzensky**:
	+ **IRL**: Great-great-great-grandfather.
* **Special Week**: Daring Tact's debut was on the still picture that Spacial Week appeared.
	+ **IRL**: Great-grandfather.
* **Symboli Kris S**:
	+ **IRL**: Grandfather.
* **Cesario**:
	+ **IRL**: Grandmother.

## Trivia

* Daring Tact is the first horse girl who is based on an active racehorse at the first announcement.
* She first appeared on the still picture in the story mode's final chapter, at the back of Special Week as an extra. Some fans speculated that she was Daring Tact.

## Basic profile

### Racing silk

Skyblue, white double chevron hoops, sleeves with white stripes

## Racing Info

### First run

November 16, 2019
2yo Newcomer

### Last run

November 27, 2022
Japan Cup

### Jockeys

Kohei Matsuyama, 12 times
Tom Marquand, 1 time

## Result

### Earnings

610,915,000 JPY
2,500,000 HKD

### Major wins

2020 Oka Sho, G1
2020 Japanese Oaks, G1
2020 Shuka Sho, G1

### Honors

2020 JRA Award for Best 3-year-old Filly

“*Dreams surely come true.
Who expected such success?
Oka Sho, Oaks, and Shuka Sho.
She made big dreams true with her earnest runs.
Dreams surely come true. She taught it.*”
―JRA Heroes poster

**Daring Tact** is a racehorse in the 2020s. She is the first undefeated Triple Tiara winner and is currently racing to this day.

### In 2020 (3 years old)

After winning Elfin Stakes (L) by 4 lengths. she went to the Oka-Sho (G1) directly.

At the Oka-Sho, she didn't care about the heavy rain. She overtook Resistencia, the juvenile queen, just before the goal.

At the Japanese Oaks (G1), she was surrounded at the home stretch, but Kohei Matsuyama managed to find a way out and won. An undefeated Double Tiara was achieved for the first time for 63 years, since Miss Onward did it in 1957.

At the Shuka-Sho (G1), she gradually accelerated herself from the backstretch. She overtook all at the last 150m and won. She became the first undefeated Triple Tiara winner. Moreover, five runs to the Triple Tiara is the shortest race record, breaking the one Almond Eye set in 2018. This is also the most shortest career a Triple Tiara winner has ever had.

“*Bloomed, bloomed, the triple flower!
Strongly, toughly, and beautifully!
Dearing Tact, achieved the Triple Tiara!*”
―2020 Shuka Sho, by Koken Yoshida (Kansai TV)
One week later, Contrail also won the Triple Crown undefeated. In this year, two Triple Crowns were born.

Her team declared her entry in the Japan Cup (G1). In this race, Almond Eye and Contrail also entered, and three Triple Crowns met together. Almond Eye won her retirement race as her ninth G1. Contrail was placed in the second, and Daring Tact lost in third place.

She unanimously won the JRA Award for Best 3-year-old Filly.

### In 2021 (4 years old)

At the Kinko Sho (G2), Gibeon, the most unpopular horse, unexpectedly won and Daring Tact lost by a neck.

At the Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1), She lost to Loves Only You in third place.

Her team aimed for the Takarazuka Kinen (G1), however, ligamentitis was found in her right-front leg. She was compelled to rest for over a year. She later had an operation, a stem cell transplantation.

### In 2022 (5 years old)

“*And, we have waited for you, thank you for your coming back!
#1, Daring Tact!*”
―2022 Victoria Mile, by Masami Kobayashi (Radio NIKKEI)
After 385 days of rest, she returned to a race. At Victoria Mile (G1), she was placed in sixth, losing to Sodashi. Which is definitely not bad for a horse with over a year of rest.

At the Takarazuka Kinen (G1), she was third to Titleholder, showing that her revival was near.

Next race was in the autumn, the Sankei Sho All-comers (G2). She tried to overtake at the homestrech from the outside, but it was too late to reach the frontrunners inside. She lost to Geraldina in sixth.

At the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1), she was surrounded. She tried to accelerate at the homestrech, but she couldn't overtake leading horses. She lost to Geraldina in sixth again.

At the Japan Cup (G1), she was surrounded again. Nevertheless she got out of the crowd at the homestretch, and managed to place in fourth.

### In 2023 (6 years old)

Her next run was going to be the Neom Turf Cup (G3) in Saudi Arabia, however, it was cancelled because her gait went wrong during training. At first, her team announced they aim for any spring G1, but even after the summer ended, she could not return.

On October 5, her ligamentitis recurred after her training. Normandy Farm decided to retire her. After all, she could not win any race after the Shuka Sho.

“*When I heard of the first announcement that she would retire, I thought finally the day had come and felt sad as if I had a big vacuum in my heart.
Supported by many club members and fans, Daring Tact achieved the undefeat Triple Tiara for the first time in history.
I have countless words of appreciation for the size of what she made me experience and what she had brought. Thanks to her, our stable is. She is irreplacable for me.
From now on, she has an important work, but now I'd like to say thanks for Daring's great work to her.*”
―Haruki Sugiyama, the trainer

### After retirement

She is going to be a broodmare in the Okada Stud, that her owner owns.

* On 2021 Japanese Oaks day, Daring Tact and Contrail's tapestries were put up in Tokyo Racecourse's Rose Garden.
* It seems that she gets nervous when in a gate but it takes some time for her to get comfortable during the race.

## Notes

1. ↑ Six runs. She lost only the first race.
2. ↑ To win the Triple Tiara by four runs, it requires to enter the Oka Sho just after a maiden race, or winning 1-win class as their first race. Both are unrealistic.

## References

1. ↑ JRA official
2. ↑ Kansai TV official (YouTube)
3. ↑ Normandy Owners' Club official
4. ↑ Tomomi Kojima's Twitter