Uma Banners
Pull if you like the uma, rather than if they’re good. Very few umas are worth pulling solely for strength, the meta shifts often, so having the ones you like is more valuable.
If you have to pity a meta uma, it’s not going to pay back those 30,000 Carats you spent. Most will only be useful on two CMs a year or so; there are very few generalist meta umas. A meta longevity of 2 years doesn’t mean the uma will be the best in every CM for 2 years, just that it takes that long for someone to usurp her in her specialty.
There are lots of ways to get umas for free later on, like Daily Legend Races and various pick tickets, so don’t feel too much pressure to pull umas early on. You can also get them as off-rates from later pulls.
This means pulling on uma banners is better the fewer umas you own, since you have a higher chance of getting new ones off-rate.
For detailed reviews, check the uma reviews. Below is a quick description of the umas releasing.
Banner List
I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that the next banner after these is Seiun Sky, who is the most important parent in the game for Front Runners and changes the entire meta.
| Date | Uma | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 28th, 2025 | Mayano Top Gun (Wedding) | The second Stamina Debuffer. Pairing Nice Nature + Mayabride in Champions Meeting is always a potent strategy on Medium Distance tracks, and she can actually win races too. Note that there are no other umas like this (Nature aside), and the gold debuff never appears on a card, making her a bit unique. Meta Longevity: ~2 years, until Scenario 6 when stamina becomes too high and debuffers switch to speed debuffs. |
| Aug. 28th, 2025 | Air Groove (Wedding) | Gets buffed later to be a strong Pace Chaser on certain tracks. At release, her unique is insanely hard to activate. It picks a random spot in the race when the race starts, and you have to be passing another uma at that spot to ult, and also be between 3rd and 50% position. Meta Longevity: Usable for a long time post-buffs, but never top meta. |
| Aug. 20th, 2025 | Narita Brian | A solid but not exciting uma, roughly around Oguri’s strength. Later becomes a good parent uma. Meta Longevity: Usable forever as a parent after buffs, but never meta on her own. |
| Aug. 11th, 2025 | Smart Falcon | Meta-defining Dirt Front Runner. Best dirt uma for years, dominant in Dirt CMs. Also usable in Turf with enough effort, but too annoying to raise for most people. Meta Longevity: 2–3 years. |
| Aug. 3rd, 2025 | Narita Taishin | Meta-defining End Closer. When the final leg starts on a straight, Taishin is extremely powerful. Those are Long and Mile tracks mostly, sometimes Sprint. Meta Longevity: 4 years — outclassed later in Long, but remains strong in shorter tracks. |
| Jul. 27th, 2025 | Curren Chan (Original) | Strong Sprint Pace Chaser. Not consistent, so it’s hard to rely on her, but she’ll always get a good chunk of wins. Meta Longevity: Until you pull 3 better Sprint umas, maybe ~2 years. |