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Oguri Cap Factoids (1/???)
>Probably one of the most beloved horses ever and was the center figure of the second Japanese horse racing boom (the first boom was caused by Haiseiko). At that time, even if someone wasn’t even interested in horse racing, they would know who Oguri Cap was.
>Mostly because he had such a dramatic life; his underdog to victory story, going from local to central, when he couldn’t run in the classic races and everyone wanted him to, being very powerful, his own racing abilities, his battles with horses like Tamamo Cross, Inari One, Super Creek, etc. His 1990 Arima Kinen win also goes down in history as one of the best races ever.
>He and Tamamo Cross broke the stereotype that grey horses were unable to win, which was a wide belief around their time in Japan.
>Oguri Cap is not picky on food; not only does he eat a lot more than other horses, he also eats twice as fast as regular horses. You all probably recognize this from the anime.
>He loves garlic miso.
>He once got so hungry as a baby, he started to eat the straw from his own stable.
>He can digest some foods that other horses can’t.
>He likes to roll around after having a training session.
>Oguri Cap is a terrible swimmer. Witnesses said he “swims so slowly, like he’s about to drown”. She actually almost drowned in Cinderella Gray's manga.
>He had three retirement ceremonies, one in Kyoto, one in Tokyo and one in his original home of Kasamatsu. 40,000 people attended the Kasamatsu one, which surpassed the town’s population of 23,000 at the time.
>Oguri Cap was the first Japanese horse to have plushies. JRA designed them to meet the demand from newly attracted female fans: which was an extreme minority before the Oguri Cap boom.
>These female fans were called “Oguri Gals” and began to rise more as racehorse fangirls over time. In Cinderella Gray, Norn Ace becomes one.
Oguri Cap’s plushies can be seen in her first Power SSR card.
>Probably one of the most beloved horses ever and was the center figure of the second Japanese horse racing boom (the first boom was caused by Haiseiko). At that time, even if someone wasn’t even interested in horse racing, they would know who Oguri Cap was.
>Mostly because he had such a dramatic life; his underdog to victory story, going from local to central, when he couldn’t run in the classic races and everyone wanted him to, being very powerful, his own racing abilities, his battles with horses like Tamamo Cross, Inari One, Super Creek, etc. His 1990 Arima Kinen win also goes down in history as one of the best races ever.
>He and Tamamo Cross broke the stereotype that grey horses were unable to win, which was a wide belief around their time in Japan.
>Oguri Cap is not picky on food; not only does he eat a lot more than other horses, he also eats twice as fast as regular horses. You all probably recognize this from the anime.
>He loves garlic miso.
>He once got so hungry as a baby, he started to eat the straw from his own stable.
>He can digest some foods that other horses can’t.
>He likes to roll around after having a training session.
>Oguri Cap is a terrible swimmer. Witnesses said he “swims so slowly, like he’s about to drown”. She actually almost drowned in Cinderella Gray's manga.
>He had three retirement ceremonies, one in Kyoto, one in Tokyo and one in his original home of Kasamatsu. 40,000 people attended the Kasamatsu one, which surpassed the town’s population of 23,000 at the time.
>Oguri Cap was the first Japanese horse to have plushies. JRA designed them to meet the demand from newly attracted female fans: which was an extreme minority before the Oguri Cap boom.
>These female fans were called “Oguri Gals” and began to rise more as racehorse fangirls over time. In Cinderella Gray, Norn Ace becomes one.
Oguri Cap’s plushies can be seen in her first Power SSR card.
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