Huh, I noticed too in-game during TM Opera O and Meisho Doto's training stories that Admire Vega would get injured or something like that, what's the story on that? I'm assuming it had to do with the IRL horse, since Umamusume is crazy detailed in incorporating IRL horse history.
Huh, I noticed too in-game during TM Opera O and Meisho Doto's training stories that Admire Vega would get injured or something like that, what's the story on that? I'm assuming it had to do with the IRL horse, since Umamusume is crazy detailed in incorporating IRL horse history.
He was one of the main rivals for T.M. Opera O (and... sad to say second-stringer Meisho Doto), but went into early retirement because of an injury. Suspensory desmitis of the left foreleg. Or in other words... (injury and subsequent) inflammation of the suspensory ligament.
Exact same injury that forced McQueen into retirement. Same leg too. Though for Admire Vega it was considered much sadder because he was barely into in his prime (like a human superstar athlete in their early twenties) while McQueen was already past average retirement age.
Edit: Also... notice how umagirl Vega (post-revamp) has a capelet on her left shoulder, as a reference to the RL horse's injury.
He was one of the main rivals for T.M. Opera O (and... sad to say second-stringer Meisho Doto), but went into early retirement because of an injury. Suspensory desmitis of the left foreleg. Or in other words... (injury and subsequent) inflammation of the suspensory ligament.
Exact same injury that forced McQueen into retirement. Same leg too. Though for Admire Vega it was considered much sadder because he was barely into in his prime (like a human superstar athlete in their early twenties) while McQueen was already past average retirement age.
Edit: Also... notice how umagirl Vega (post-revamp) has a capelet on her left shoulder, as a reference to the RL horse's injury.
I see, thanks.
Also funny you should talk about second stringer Meisho Doto, since the devs actually made an event in-game if you happen to beat all of the major races against Opera O with Doto during training mode. It makes it the opposite of IRL history, where instead of fans talking about how Doto would have won if Opera O wasn't there in the races, now its fans talking about how Opera O would have won if Doto wasn't there instead! Thought it was a really great IRL history shoutout.
