Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Of all the horses in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, Gold Ship is certainly the most unique. Based on one of the craziest real-life horses you've ever seen, Gold Ship's Umamusume form has a ton of quirks that set her apart from the rest of the roster. Just to give you an idea of how silly this horse can be, the real-life Gold Ship's jockey used to pray not for victory, but for Gold Ship to be normal on the day of a race

Gold Ship is an End Closer/Pace Chaser who specializes in medium-to-long-distance races, so she can blast past every other racer in the final moments to secure a victory. Her stat page is impressive at first glance, but her interesting personality makes things a bit more complicated once you start a career with her. Training Gold Ship is one of the most rewarding things you can do in Umamusume, and you can make it pretty far in career mode with her as long as you have the right Support Cards and build.

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Gold Ship's Best Stats

Gold Ship can be built as either an End Closer or Pace Chaser. She performs best on long Turf tracks, but she can hold her own in shorter races, too. Her playstyle is a bit different from other horses, so her ideal training regimen changes a few things.

As is the case with all Umamusume characters, Speed is one of the most important stats for Gold Ship. She needs to be faster than everyone else to win, and that's doubly important as an End Closer who surges past the competition in the last leg of a race. You'll have to mix in other stats more often with Gold Ship, but Speed should still be your primary target.

In addition to Speed, you should focus on training Power and Guts. Both of her main styles require her to pass other horses, and she won't be able to break out of the pack if you neglect these two stats. Training Guts in particular will give you a few points towards Speed, Guts, and Power at the same time, so it's a good fit if you have some extra Support Cards for Friendship Training in that department. Otherwise, Power takes priority over Guts.

You still need to maintain Gold Ship's Stamina, however, especially since she's best at long-distance running. The same rules apply here, though. Just make sure it's high enough so she can finish races without tiring herself out. If she's doing fine, then devote your training time to her other more important stats.

The same goes for Wit. Gold Ship's explosive bursts of speed at the end of races usually come from her skills, but you don't need to train Wit that high to get some of them to activate. You'll be fine with a few days of Wit training here and there, ideally to recover some Energy and build up your Friendship levels.

Best Support Cards for Gold Ship

Your Support Card deck can make or break your Gold Ship build, and she needs some of the game's best SSR Support Cards to truly excel. You can still succeed with Gold Ship using common Support Cards, but you'll have a much harder time. Try these SSR Support Cards with Gold Ship if you have them:

Special Week (Speed)
Special Week (Guts)
Super Creek (Stamina)
Fine Motion (Wit)
Vodka (Stamina)
Tokai Teio (Speed)
Mejiro McQueen (Stamina)

All of these SSR Support Cards have unique skills that either recover Stamina at key points during the race, or boost Speed during the final stretch. These are excellent for Gold Ship, but the only truly essential Support Card on this list for her is Super Creek. Use your last deck slot to borrow the SSR Super Creek card from someone else if you don't have it. Swinging Maestro is just too good of a skill to pass up.

Along with these SSR Support Cards, you can focus on bringing SR cards that match Gold Ship's ideal stats in order to capitalize on Friendship Training and other boosts. If you have other SSR Umamusume racers with useful skills (like Tokai Teio's Sky-High Teio Step), use them as Legacies so that Gold Ship can inherit them for the run.

Best Skills for Gold Ship

These are some of the best skills you can use with Gold Ship in Umamusume: Pretty Derby:

Swinging Maestro
Triumphant Pulse
Red Shift/LP1211-M
Sky-High Teio Step
Speed Star
Go with the Flow
Behold Thine Emperor's Divine Might

Basically, you want to use any skills that increase Gold Ship's ability to pass other runners or boost her Stamina at key moments during a race. Swinging Maestro is incredibly strong with Gold Ship, and it's pretty much the only essential skill for her at the moment. The Super Creed Support Card is worth rerolling for, it's that good. If you don't have it, though, you'll be fine with any other Pace/Late or Stamina-recovery skills that play to Gold Ship's strengths.

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