Copano Rickey

* Uniform
* Secondary
* Game

“*Rickey ★Lucky ★ Making everyone happy! Leave the races and luckiness to me!* ”
―Copano Rickey

**Copano Rickey** (コパノリッキー, *Kopano Rikkii*) is a character in **Uma Musume: Pretty Derby**.

## Personality

Copano Rickey is a bright, cheerful and self-admittedly lucky horse girl. She has a very deep knowledge about *Feng Sui* and her knowledge is the real deal. She uses *Feng Sui* not only in her daily life but also in her training and racing. "I want to make everyone happy with the power of *Feng Sui*!" she says and her advice on good fortune is pretty well-received...

## Appearance

* Her racing outfits are supervised by Rickey's real-life owner, Dr. Copa. He asked the Uma Musume staff to correct her clothes according to his *feng sui* knowledge.

## Relationships

* **Hokko Tarumae**: Friend and rival.
	+ **IRL**: Rival at dirt races for his racing life.
	+ **Match** (CR/HT)
		- 2014 February Stakes 1st/2nd
		- 2014 JBC Classic 1st/4th
		- 2014 Champions Cup 12th/1st
		- 2014 Tokyo Dai Shoten 2nd/1st
		- 2015 JBC Classic 1st/3rd
		- 2015 Champions Cup 7th/5th (1st: Sambista)
		- 2015 Tokyo Dai Shoten 4th/2nd (1st: Sound True)
		- 2016 Teio Sho 1st/4th
		- 2016 Mile Championship Nambu Hai 1st/3rd
		- 2016 JBC Classic 5th/2nd (1st: Awardee)
* **Wonder Acute**: Friend and rival.
	+ **IRL**: Rival at dirt races.
	+ **Match** (CR/WA)
		- 2014 February Stakes 1st/6th
		- 2014 Kashiwa Kinen 1st/3rd
		- 2014 Teio Sho 2nd/1st
		- 2014 JBC Classic 1st/3rd
		- 2014 Champions Cup 12th/5th (1st: Hokko Tarumae)
		- 2014 Tokyo Dai Shoten 2nd/7th (1st: Hokko Tarumae)
		- 2015 February Stakes 1st/9th
		- 2015 Champions Cup 7th/6th (1st: Sambista)
		- 2015 Tokyo Dai Shoten 4th/3rd (1st: Sound True)
* **Kitasan Black**: Childhood friend.
	+ **IRL**: Born in Yanagawa Farm. Rickey won his retiring race at Tokyo Dai Shoten 5 days after Kitasan had won his retiring race at Arima Kinen.
* **Matikanefukukitaru**: Fuku admires Rickey as a *feng sui* master.

## Songs

* Lucky Happy Fantastic (Solo song)
* Umapyoi Densetsu
* Make Debut!
* UNLIMITED IMPACT
* GIRLS' LEGEND U
* Gaze on Me
* Ms. VICTORIA
* KIRARI MAGIC SHOW
* DRAMATIC JOURNEY

## Special Commentary

コパノリッキーがJBCクラシックを制しました！
 The spring hero became an autumn hero, too!
Copano Rickey won the JBC Classic!
Copano Rickey won!

* Requirement:
* Reference: 2014 JBC Classic

## Trivia

* Copano Rickey was announced on May 4, 2022, during the 4th event.
* From 2022, Uma Musume official Twitter started commemorating local G1s/Jpn1s. She was portrayed in Kashiwa Kinen commemoration illust, as the first winner in Uma Musume casts.
* Dr. Copa, Rickey's real-life owner, was delighted about Copano Rickey becoming a horse girl.
* Rickey's indivisual BGM and character song are like cheering songs. It presumably refers to real life.

## Racing Info

### Jockeys

Ryota Samejima, 1 time
Haruhiko Kawasu, 1 time
Christophe Lemaire, 2 times
Yuichi Fukunaga, 3 times
Hiroyuki Uchida, 1 time
Keita Tosaki, 2 times
Hironobu Tanabe, 11 times
Yutaka Take, 11 times
Taito Mori, 1 time

## Result

### Major wins

2013 Hyogo Championship, Jpn2
2014 February Stakes, G1
2014 Kashiwa Kinen, Jpn1
2014 JBC Classic, Jpn1
2015 Tokai Stakes, G2
2015 February Stakes, G1
2015 JBC Classic, Jpn1
2016 Kashiwa Kinen, Jpn1
2016 Teio Sho, Jpn1
2016 Mile Championship Nambu Hai, Jpn1
2017 Kashiwa Kinen, Jpn1
2017 Mile Championship Nambu Hai, Jpn1
2017 Tokyo Dai Shoten, G1

### Honors

2015 JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse
2016 NAR Dirt Grade Race Special Award
2017 NAR Dirt Grade Race Special Award

“*Last year, nobody expected Copano Rickey!
This year, everybody expected Copano Rickey!*”
―2015 February Stakes, by Shingo Tatemoto (Fuji TV)
**Copano Rickey** is a racehorse from the 2010s. He won eleven dirt G1/Jpn1 races, possessing the most amount of G1/Jpn1 wins in Japanese horse racing history.

* His owner Sachiaki Kobayashi, who also goes by Dr. Copa, is a *kannushi*, an architect, and a *feng shui* master.
* He won 2014 February Stakes despite lowest popularity. And in 2015, he won again, with highest popularity.
	+ He is the third horse that won a G1 with lowest popularity, following Sand Peearess and Daitaku Yamato. His win odds were ×272.1. It is still the second highest ever G1s in Japan, next to Sand Peearess.
* Before the 2014 February Stakes, Rickey looked disappointed, so Kobayashi asked his trainer to let him listen to bright music.

>
> “*When I visited his stable in January, perhaps he was frustrated in his twice crushing defeat, he looked very sad. So, I tried to encourage him, asking Akira Murayama trainer to let him listen to a bright music. He played the most upbeat Latin music in his stall. It was Gorie's* Hey, Mickey *(lol). Then, I heard a news that he gradually got well and excited.*”
> ―Sachiaki Kobayashi
>

## Notes

1. ↑ Jpn is a Japanese local grading. it also pronounces G.
2. ↑ If it is limited to international G1s, Almond Eye is the most (nine wins).
3. ↑ At 1989 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, win odds were ×430.6.
4. ↑ At 2000 Sprinters Stakes, win odds were ×257.5.
5. ↑ The cover song of Toni Basil's one

## References

1. ↑ NAR official (YouTube)
2. ↑ 風水馬主“Dr.コパ”が最低人気でG1初制覇！（2）「コパノリッキーの今後の期待度は？」 (ASAGEI plus)