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People say that Umamusume owes it popularity to how big horse racing is in Japan, but the reality is that keiba was actually on the decline before someone had the idea to make the horses into anime girls. You can look up atendance numbers before and after 2018.
By introducing a new generation to the IRL history, this franchise has unironically secured keiba's future, and whereas before owners were highly skeptical thanks to the debacle of the first trailer, now almost all of them are lining up to have their horses featured.
