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Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Champions Meeting Guide

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Champions Meeting

Champions Meeting is a three-way 3v3v3 multiplayer game mode where who finishes 1st wins in Umamusume: Pretty Derby. Learn what the Champions Meeting is, its mechanics, what rewards to expect, races, and possible strategies here.

Champions Meeting Date

Pisces Cup
(Mar 26 - Apr 5, 2026)
Upcoming
Aquarius Cup
(Mar 2 - 12, 2026)
Upcoming
Previous Cups

Pisces Cup (March 26 - April 5, 2026)

The Pisces Cup Champions Meeting (CM11) has been announced for March 26 to April 5, 2026 according to the March 2026 Schedule. It is a Turf race with a Long distance, and is based on the Tenno Sho (Spring).

This cup will be held after the release of the Trackblazer (Make a New Track) Scenario, so expect large differences in training strategies and theory for this cup compared to previous ones. It is best you become familiar and train within the MANT scenario when making Umas for this cup.

Aquarius Cup (March 2 - 12, 2026)


Race Conditions:
Tokyo Dirt 1,600m (Mile), Left
Winter Icon Winter, Sunny Icon Sunny, Firm Ground

Similar Races: February Stakes

The Aquarius Cup is an upcoming Champions Meeting that will run from March 2, 2026 to March 12, 2026. This is the first Dirt Champions Meeting and will be based on the February Stakes.

Aquarius Cup Champions Meeting Guide

Previous Cups

CMs Details
Capricorn Cup
(Sprint)
Date: February 9 - 19. 2026
Race Conditions:
Chukyo Turf 1,200m (Sprint), Left
Winter Icon Winter, Snowy Icon Snowy, Soft Ground

Similar Races: Takamatsunomiya Kinen
Sagittarius Cup
(Long)
Date: January 19 - January 29, 2026
Race Conditions:
Nakayama Turf 2,500m (Long), Right/Inner
Winter Icon Winter, Sunny Sunny, Firm Ground

Similar Races: Arima Kinen
Scorpio Cup 2025
(Medium)
Date: December 28 - January 7, 2026
Race Conditions:
Tokyo Turf 2,000m (Medium), Left/Outer
Fall Icon Fall, Rainy Icon Rainy, Soft Ground

Similar Races: Tenno Sho (Autumn)
Libra Cup 2025
(Long)
Date: December 8 - 18, 2025
Race Conditions:
Kyoto Turf 3,000m (Long), Right/Outer
Fall Icon Fall, Sunny Sunny, Firm Ground

Similar Races: Kikuka Sho
Virgo Cup 2025
(Mile)
Date: November 16 - 26, 2025
Race Conditions:
Hanshin Turf 1,600m (Mile), Right/Outer
Fall Icon Fall, Sunny Sunny, Firm Ground

Similar Races: Oka Sho, Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes
Leo Cup 2025
(Medium)
Date: October 30 - November 9, 2025
Race Conditions:
Hanshin Turf 2,200m (Medium), Right/Inner
Summer Summer, Sunny Sunny, Firm Ground

Similar Races: Takarazuka Kinen
Cancer Cup 2025
(Mile)
Date: October 7 - 16, 2025
Race Conditions:
Tokyo Turf 1,600m (Mile), Left
Summer Summer, Spring Sunny, Good Ground

Similar Races: Yasuda Kinen, NHK Mile Cup
Gemini Cup 2025
(Long)
Date: September 7 - 17, 2025
Race Conditions:
Kyoto Turf 3,200m (Long), Right/Outer
Spring Spring, Spring Sunny, Firm Ground

Similar Race: Tenno Sho (Spring)
Taurus Cup 2025
(Medium)
Date: August 17 - 27, 2025
Race Conditions:
Tokyo Turf 2,400m (Medium), Left
Spring Spring, Spring Sunny, Firm Ground

Similar Race: Japanese Derby

Champions Meeting Character Tier List

Below is our projected tier list for the Aquarius Cup! Refer to the Aquarius Cup for detailed recommendations on Skills and Support Cards.

Aquarius Cup Tier List

Champions Meeting (Aquarius Cup/CM10) Tier List
SS Rank Ace (A-aptitude): Ace (need sparks): Ace (need sparks + *inspiration):
S Rank Ace (A-aptitude): Ace (need sparks): Ace (need sparks + *inspiration):
A Rank Ace (A-aptitude): Ace (need sparks):
Ace (need sparks + *inspiration):
B Rank Ace (A-aptitude):
Ace (need sparks + *inspiration):
**Too difficult to meet A in both aptitudes/not enough sparks:
*Each starting aptitude for trainees can only be improved up to 4 grades (using up to 10★ sparks of the same aptitude). Umamusume can initially inherit up to 18★ pink from 2 main legacies + sub-legacies combined. Aptitude increases beyond that require inspiration events in career.
**Certain Umamusume will be unable to reach the optimal aptitude of A in both Turf and Distance due to requirements exceeding 18★ pink sparks and inspirations in career.

Tier List may be subject to changes. Any Umas may succeed in CM due to the randomized nature of matchmaking, Mood factors, positioning, etc.

Skill Strength Umas with highly desirable skills, such as Gold Ship for her Go Home-Specialist and Narita Taishin for Encroaching Shadow, will find themselves rated higher on the list. This covers innate skills and potential skills.
Aptitude Specialty Umas who have the natural aptitude for the upcoming/current Champions Meeting course will be rated higher on the list.
Role-Appropriate Umamusume who can serve very well in specific roles in a team of 3, such as Oguri Cap for an Ace or Nice Nature for a Debuffer, will be rated higher on the list.

Tier List Criteria above covers the relevant current or upcoming Champions Meeting. Character Tier Lists are updated toward the end or after a current Champions Meeting.

Above is the projected Tier List of the Scorpio Cup. The Scorpio Cup will be a Medium race, so Front Runners and Pace Chasers have an advantage.

Best Character (Trainee) Tier List

How to Prepare for Champions Meeting

Training Tips for CMs



Train for Your Three Best Umamusume

Aquarius Cup Baselines (2026) | 1600m, Mile
Speed Stamina Power Guts Wit
1200 650 1000 400 800
Distance Track Style
Mile S
Prio: ★★★
Dirt S
Prio: ★★
Any S
Prio: ★
Blue Sparks Init. Stats 9★ STA, 9★ PWR
(+63 STA, +63 PWR)
18★ PWR
(+126 PWR)
ⓘ Prioritize maximizing stats in this order: Stamina Stamina > Speed Speed > Power Power > Wit Wit > Guts Guts.
┗ Make sure you can at least reach the baselines for Stamina and Guts to avoid losing speed before reaching the end of the race.

Information above is for the Aquarius Cup (CM10)

For training Umamusume, we recommend you at least hit the above training stats in career for your Champions Meeting Umas. Generally, you'll want to prioritize maximizing Speed for all of your Aces. Other stats, such as Stamina and Power, can be adjusted according to Distance and other conditions of the track, along with the Style of your Umas.

Build Strong Legacies and Sparks

Recommended
Blue Star SparkStats
Strong Reco.: 9★ Stamina
9★ Power
Pink SparkAptitude
3★ Turf
3★ Distance
3★ Running Style
ⓘ Depending on the track, either Distance aptitude or Turf aptitude is the most important.

Above is the general recommendation for sparks and legacies in CMs.

The most important component to having strong Champions Meeting Umamusume is having strong legacies. This means maximizing your sparks and inheriting strong skills.

It is recommended to already have 2 strong native legacies already in your catalogue, but you have only 1 or none, we recommend you borrow a strong one by following a Trainer with a strong Star Umamusume. You can check to see if there are any suitable Umas you can borrow in the Friend ID Sharing Board below!

Friend ID Sharing Board

Emulate Races in Room Match

Champions Meeting Practice in Room Match

The best way to see how well your choice Champions Meeting Umamusume will be doing is by racing others in Room Match. You can participate in public lobbies where the held matches are set to closely emulate an upcoming Champions Meeting race.

You can also do this with private lobbies to train together with friends, or even in Clubs. The most common rule for setting these type of matches is:

  • Rounds will always have only up to 9 players in a race.
  • Random mood if you wish to emulate 1st and 2nd rounds.
  • Great mood if you wish to emulate the final round.

Use Practice Mode

Practice Mode

Practice mode, under Exhibition of the Races menu, became available on the release of the Half Anniversary in global. Compared to Room Matches, practice mode allows you to precisely pick the entrants of the race itself from a catalogue of saved Practice Partners.

Practice Partners can be obtained from partner shares in a Club, or by looking through an Uma's stats and checking if they have an available Partner ID. You can search for these Umas anywhere, but one of the more common places to obtain these IDs are through leaderboards in Team Trials.

Champions Meeting Mechanics

Some information is based on existing Champions Meeting requirements from our JP team.

Participation Requirements

Champions Meeting Participation Requirements
① Register 3 Veteran Umamusume to participate in the race.
② Have a team rank of E2 or higher.
ⓘ You cannot have 2 identical Umamusume in the team. This includes the same Umamusume in different costumes. For example, you cannot have both Tokai Teio (Peak Joy) and Tokai Teio (Beyond the Horizon) in the same team.
ⓘ You can change teams and racers per Entry Uma registration in an ongoing Champions Meeting. You can only swap during the Entry phase and not in the middle of the 5 race attempts after the entry.

Choosing a League: Open or Graded

Open LeagueOpen League
Global: Only B or below Umamusume can participate.
・Little difference in rewards between rankings.
Graded LeagueGraded League No training grade restrictions.
・Better rewards compared to Open League.

To participate in Chamipions Meetings, you will need to choose a league and have 3 Veteran Umamusume of an eligible rank ready to participate. Graded League is the best choice for casual or competitive participation if you have a full team of B+ Umamusume and above.

With limitaitons placed in Open League, you will need invest more of careful min-maxing to sustain your rank while also outclassing your opponents. This means more careful consideration of your Support Cards and their Limit Break levels.

Consists of 3 Rounds and 2 Groups

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Goes to A ↗
3 or more Wins
Goes to B ↘
2 or less Wins
Goes to A Finals →
3 or more Wins
Goes to B Finals ↘
2 or less Wins
A Group Finals
1st Place Winner
Goes to B Finals →
2 or more Wins
B Group Finals
1st Place Winner

Only A Group in the 2nd round can drop to B bracket. Those already in the B bracket cannot ascend to A in remaining rounds.

Each league will be composed of 3 rounds of races, with the whole group splitting into A and B groups depending on their performance.

  • Teams that perform well with enough wins will go into the A group bracket. The rest of the teams will fall into the B group.
  • Teams in A group that do not win enough in the 2nd round will fall into the B group bracket.
  • Teams are locked into their brackets when they enter the final round.

Participating in Rounds 1 and 2

Rounds 1 and 2 of the Champions Meeting can be entered for free in a day up to a maximum of 4 times. Further entries will require an entry ticket or 30 Carats. Win as much as you can to get into group A.

Final Round will be a Single Match

The final round of the Champions Meeting will be comprised of a single race between teams. Players who advance to this round will enter for free, only needing to register their choice Umamusume for the final round.

Champions Meeting Round Details

Round 1 Details
・You can enter 5 races.
・3 Trainers (3 teams) are matched for each race.
・Win 3 or more times to advance in Round 2 of Group A.
・Win 2 or less to advance in Round 2 of Group B.
Round 2 Details
・You can enter 5 races.
Group A:
・3 Trainers (3 teams) are matched for each race.
・Win 3 or more times to advance in the Final Round of Group A.
・1-2 Wins to advance to the Final Round of Group B.
・0 wins will cause your loss on this round.
Group B:
・1 Win or more to advance to the Final Round of Group B.
・0 wins will cause your loss on this round.
Final Round Details
・Trainers who make it to this round will participate free of any charges.
・A winner will be determined in a single race with the finalists.
ⓘ Once you have registered an Umamusume, you cannot change it.
ⓘ If you do not register an Umamusume within the registration period, the one registered in the previous round will be your automatic pick for the final round.

Champions Meeting Rewards

All Champions Meeting League Rewards

Graded League Rewards

Graded League

Round 1
Round 2
Final Round
CM 5 Win Finish Box5 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x50
Monies Icon Monies x7,500
Support Points Icon Support Points x3,500
CM 4 Win Finish Box4 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x40
Monies Icon Monies x6,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x3,000
CM 3 Win Finish Box3 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x30
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
CM 2 Win Finish Box2 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x20
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
CM 1 Win Finish Box1 Win
Carats Icon Carats x15
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
CM Participation Finish BoxPartcp.
Carats Icon Carats x10
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
Rewards Group A Group B
CM 5 Win Finish Box5 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x150
Monies Icon Monies x10,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x5,000
Carats Icon Carats x100
Monies Icon Monies x7,500
Support Points Icon Support Points x3,500
CM 4 Win Finish Box4 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x75
Monies Icon Monies x7,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x5,000
Carats Icon Carats x50
Monies Icon Monies x6,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x3,000
CM 3 Win Finish Box3 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x50
Monies Icon Monies x5,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,500
Carats Icon Carats x40
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
CM 2 Win Finish Box2 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x40
Monies Icon Monies x5,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,500
Carats Icon Carats x30
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
CM 1 Win Finish Box1 Win
Carats Icon Carats x30
Monies Icon Monies x5,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,500
Carats Icon Carats x20
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
CM Participation Finish BoxPartcp.
Carats Icon Carats x20
Monies Icon Monies x5,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,500
Carats Icon Carats x15
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
Rewards Group A Group B
CM 1st Place Final Finish Box1st Place Epithets:
・(Cup Name) Platinum
・(Cup Name) Gold
・(Cup Name) Silver
・(Cup Name) Bronze
Carats Icon Carats x2,000
Monies Icon Monies x100,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x25,000
Epithets:
・(Cup Name) Gold
・(Cup Name) Silver
・(Cup Name) Bronze
Carats Icon Carats x1,000
Monies Icon Monies x60,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x20,000
CM 2nd Place Final Finish Box2nd Place Epithets:
・(Cup Name) Gold
・(Cup Name) Silver
・(Cup Name) Bronze
Carats Icon Carats x1,500
Monies Icon Monies x70,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x20,000
Epithets:
・(Cup Name) Silver
・(Cup Name) Bronze
Carats Icon Carats x750
Monies Icon Monies x50,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x15,000
CM 3rd Place Final Finish Box3rd Place Epithets:
・(Cup Name) Silver
・(Cup Name) Bronze
Carats Icon Carats x1,000
Monies Icon Monies x50,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x15,000
Epithets:
・(Cup Name) Bronze
Carats Icon Carats x500
Monies Icon Monies x40,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x10,000

Open League Rewards

Open League

Round 1
Round 2
Final Round
CM 5 Win Finish Box5 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x30
Monies Icon Monies x5,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,500
CM 4 Win Finish Box4 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x25
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
CM 3 Win Finish Box3 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x20
Monies Icon Monies x3,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x1,500
CM 2 Win Finish Box2 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x15
Monies Icon Monies x3,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x1,500
CM 1 Win Finish Box1 Win
Carats Icon Carats x10
Monies Icon Monies x3,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x1,500
CM Participation Finish BoxPartcp.
Carats Icon Carats x5
Monies Icon Monies x3,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x1,500
Rewards Group A Group B
CM 5 Win Finish Box5 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x100
Monies Icon Monies x7,500
Support Points Icon Support Points x3,500
Carats Icon Carats x50
Monies Icon Monies x5,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,500
CM 4 Win Finish Box4 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x50
Monies Icon Monies x6,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x3,000
Carats Icon Carats x40
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
CM 3 Win Finish Box3 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x40
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
Carats Icon Carats x30
Monies Icon Monies x3,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x1,500
CM 2 Win Finish Box2 Wins
Carats Icon Carats x30
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
Carats Icon Carats x20
Monies Icon Monies x3,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x1,500
CM 1 Win Finish Box1 Win
Carats Icon Carats x20
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
Carats Icon Carats x15
Monies Icon Monies x3,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x1,500
CM Participation Finish BoxPartcp.
Carats Icon Carats x15
Monies Icon Monies x4,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x2,000
Carats Icon Carats x10
Monies Icon Monies x3,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x1,500
Rewards Group A Group B
CM 1st Place Final Finish Box1st Place Epithets:
・(Cup Name) Silver
・(Cup Name) Bronze
Carats Icon Carats x900
Monies Icon Monies x60,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x20,000
Epithets:
・(Cup Name) Bronze
Carats Icon Carats x500
Monies Icon Monies x40,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x15,000
CM 2nd Place Final Finish Box2nd Place Epithets:
・(Cup Name) Bronze
Carats Icon Carats x700
Monies Icon Monies x50,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x15,000
Carats Icon Carats x300
Monies Icon Monies x30,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x10,000
CM 3rd Place Final Finish Box3rd Place Epithets:
・(Cup Name) Bronze
Carats Icon Carats x500
Monies Icon Monies x40,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x10,000
Carats Icon Carats x200
Monies Icon Monies x20,000
Support Points Icon Support Points x5,000

Prior to the Gemini Cup, only 1st place Finals winners earned profile Epithets.

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