uberleben (racehorse)

German: "Survival"

Real-life Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. Sired by Gold Ship and foaled by Meine Theresia. She is well known for being the winner of the 2021 Yushun Himba (The Oaks) as well as her rivalry with Sodashi, the first true white horse to have won a G1 race and winner of the 2021 Oka Sho (1000 Guineas).

Uberleben has a black coat with a small, white diamond-shaped "star" on her forehead and a coronet on her right back leg. She is almost always seen wearing a blue hood with a white "T" on the forehead section, shared by many horses trained by the same trainer.

At the time of the 2021 Shuka Sho, the third crown race for fillies, Gallop (a horse racing magazine) played the Sodashi/Uberleben rivalry with a "White vs. Black" frontpage. However, neither won the race. Akaitorino Musume (effectively "Red") became the winner of the third crown. Akaitorino Musume ("Daughter of the red bird", i.e. of Apapane) is also the reason for her strange nickname of "Shiroiare no Musume" ("Daughter of the white thing").

In the subject of horse racing news coverage, she is seemingly cursed to often have the wrong info, the wrong picture or some weird typo whenever she becomes the subject. Here's many samples of that phenomenon. (In Japanese)

She unexpectedly retired in March 2023 due to tendinitis and is set to become a broodmare at Big Red Farm alongside her sire.

In the context of Umamusume, she is the RL daughter of Gold Ship (Umamusume), one of the most popular characters in the franchise. Thus, she is a popular choice for original umamusume. She is often depicted in this manner in a blue and white outfit (similar to her hood) or a red and green one (that is, in "Meiner" colors), typically in some form of marine (due to Gold Ship) or military outfit.