{"id":50053,"date":"2025-07-14T18:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T09:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=50053"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:23:31","slug":"umamusume-pretty-derby-fans-send-a-retired-japanese-racehorse-hundreds-of-kilograms-of-ryegrass-to-eat-crash-donation-site-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/umamusume-pretty-derby-fans-send-a-retired-japanese-racehorse-hundreds-of-kilograms-of-ryegrass-to-eat-crash-donation-site-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"Umamusume: Pretty Derby fans send a retired Japanese racehorse hundreds of kilograms of ryegrass to eat, crash donation site servers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Haru Urara, a <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240304-27999\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retired Japanese racehorse<\/a> famous for never winning a single race in her six-year career, is currently winning at life thanks to the global release of <strong>Umamusume: Pretty Derby<\/strong>. Thanks to the success of the game (which features Haru Urara as an anthropomorphized character), the racehorse has become popular to the point that fans are donating kilograms of ryegrass for her to munch on, breaking the servers of donation sites in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To support Haru Urara, you can send a gift of fresh ryegrass through a special delivery service.<br>This refrigerated, highly palatable ryegrass (not hay) costs 6,000 JP yen, including shipping.<br>You can order it for Haru Urara via the link below.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Haruurara?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Haruurara<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4RAxVVvo9x\">https:\/\/t.co\/4RAxVVvo9x<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E7Dg0lPYT0\">https:\/\/t.co\/E7Dg0lPYT0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u305f\u308b\u307e\u3052 (@tarutaru_mage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarutaru_mage\/status\/1943259707277480273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/namabokusobank.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Namabokusobank<\/a> is a webpage that allows you to donate (&#8220;crowd-gift&#8221;) fresh hay or ryegrass to over 750 retired and accomplished racehorses. Several of these horses have Umamusume counterparts, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/namabokusobank.jp\/article\/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fine Motion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/namabokusobank.jp\/article\/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nice Nature<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/namabokusobank.jp\/article\/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grass Wonder<\/a>, and everyone\u2019s favorite underachiever, <a href=\"https:\/\/namabokusobank.jp\/article\/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Haru Urara<\/a>. While Grass Wonder has 243 ambassadors (supporters) and 3,775 kg of ryegrass sent to him so far, Haru Urara comes in a close second with 175 ambassadors and 2,490 kg of ryegrass headed her way. Not bad for a horse that never won a race.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u82f1\u6587\u3067\u306e\u7d20\u6575\u306a\u3054\u7d39\u4ecb\u3092\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d\u611f\u8b1d\u7533\u3057\u4e0a\u3052\u307e\u3059m_ _m<br>\u99ac\u305f\u3061\u306e\u672a\u6765\u3092\u5927\u5207\u306b\u601d\u3046\u6c17\u6301\u3061\u306f\u4e07\u56fd\u5171\u901a\u3060\u3068\u3044\u3046\u4e8b\u3092\u3068\u3066\u3082\u611f\u3058\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\ud83d\ude0a<br><br>\u4e16\u754c\u5404\u56fd\u3088\u308a\u304a\u9810\u304b\u308a\u3057\u305f\u307f\u306a\u3055\u307e\u306e\u6c17\u6301\u3061\u3092\u5927\u5207\u306b\u304a\u5c4a\u3051\u3055\u305b\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304d\u307e\u3059m_ _m<br><br>\u203b\u3010\u91cd\u8981\u3011<br>\u307e\u305f\u3001\u3053\u306e\u5834\u3092\u304a\u501f\u308a\u3057\u3066\u304a\u4f1d\u3048\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IQIuCbkCOx\">https:\/\/t.co\/IQIuCbkCOx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u751f\u7267\u8349\u30d0\u30f3\u30af\u516c\u5f0f (@namabokusobank) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/namabokusobank\/status\/1944544865154711828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Post translation: We would like to take this opportunity to inform you that we are currently receiving a significant number of orders. Fresh grass is a perishable item. The amount that can be shipped per day varies by ranch, so it is expected that it may take some time to ship the fresh grass ordered. To ensure that the sentiments entrusted to us by everyone are not wasted, we will ship delicious fresh grass as appropriate, and we kindly ask for your patience until shipping.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the global success of Umamusume: Pretty Derby&#8217;s English release, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/namabokusobank\/status\/1944544865154711828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Namabokusobank received an influx of ryegrass orders<\/a> for the real-life Umamusume counterparts that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tarutaru_mage\/status\/1943884411113750975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">temporarily caused the webpage to crash<\/a>. Since ryegrass is perishable and can only be shipped in limited quantities, the organizers said that they will properly schedule the donations so the horses will have an ample supply of fresh grass to eat. If you are not able to <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/umamusume-pretty-derby-devs-share-rules-for-not-stressing-out-racehorses-when-visiting-real-life-ranches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit the real-life Umas<\/a>, sending them a package of healthy ryegrass is another good way to support their retirement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Umanusume: Pretty Derby is available for iOS, Android, and Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3224770\/Umamusume_Pretty_Derby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umamusume: Pretty Derby fans have broken the servers of donation sites trying to send their favourite racehose fresh ryegrass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":50058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-50053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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