Composite tag for the horse costume contestant of the Japan World Cup, including Haribote Elegy, Haribote Elegy 2.0, Haribote Elegy 3.0 and Mecha Haribote.
Each hailing from Japan, Haribote Elegy is a "horse" consisting of two runners wearing a papier-mâché horse costume. Haribote Elegy 2.0 is an upgrade from a fully papier-mâché body to a steel drum body with a papier-mâché head. Haribote Elegy 3.0 adds a third runner to the costume.
Hailing from America, Mecha Haribote is essentially a robot version of Haribote Elegy 2.0.
All versions of Haribote Elegy are prone to tripping and destroying themselves in mid-race in the first corner, effectively knocking themselves out... Unless, respectively; * Burning Beef knocks his jockey out and stops right before the finish line after knocking everyone else out but Haribote Elegy, who comes back up and continues running in 1; * Pink Pheromone leads the other racers into running in circles and Haribote Elegy 2.0 continues to run by rolling on their drum in 2; * Both in 3, after surviving the mid-race, Haribote Elegy 3.0 produces a fourth runner and the jockey rows to victory; ** After the above, Mecha Haribote can possibly eliminate Haribote Elegy 3.0 by drilling it's back, leading it to victory.
