Sagittarius Cup Champions Meeting Guide
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This is a guide to the Sagittarius Cup Champions Meeting in Umamusume: Pretty Derby! Learn about the details of the Sagittarius Cup, best characters, release date, race info, skills, and the best support cards for it.
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Sagittarius Cup Race Info
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under the page's title to be notified of any updates!Sagittarius Cup Event Release Date
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| Champions Meeting: Sagittarius Cup Late January 2026 |
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The Sagittarius Cup will start in Late January 2026. Like with previous Champions Meetings, the first few days will likely be for registration, with the actual races happening a few days later.
Sagittarius Cup Race Course Map
 Race Conditions: Nakayama Turf 2,500m (Long), Right/Inner  Winter,  Sunny, Firm GroundSimilar Races: Arima Kinen |
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| Course Notes | |
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| ・Nakayama has 3 uphills and 1 downhill. None of them is useful for acceleration, so avoid Highlander and Straight Descent.
・Late-race starts on a straight. Encroaching Shadow/Straightaway Spurt are some of the best skills for the race, making End Closers a strong style. It also makes No Stopping Me! more reliable since this is before they spread out. ・First late-race corner is close enough to the start of late-race. Angling and Scheming and Let's Pump Some Iron are still usable, but they're not as powerful compared to other tracks. Moving Past, and Beyond will have the same conditions as Let's Pump Some Iron and can be used together when inherited. ・Final corner is deep in late-race. This makes Red Shift/LP1211-M and Shooting for Victory! unusable for all styles since they will be at max speed at this point. |
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Sagittarius Cup Best Characters
Sagittarius Cup Recommended Characters
| Recommended Sagittarius Cup Characters |
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 Narita Taishin (Nevertheless) Rarity: SSR  Gold Ship (Red Strife) Rarity: SR  Manhattan Cafe (Creeping Shadow) Rarity: SSR  Symboli Rudolf (Emperor's Path) Rarity: SSR  Seiun Sky (Reeling in the Big One) Rarity: SSR  Maruzensky (Hot☆Summer Night) Rarity: SSR  Narita Brian (Maverick) Rarity: SSR  Oguri Cap (Christmas) Rarity: SSR 
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Sagittarius Cup is a Long Race, so Stamina is the most important stat to consider if you want your aces to win. Runners with an innate recovery skill should have a slight advantage, as it frees up some Support Cards for them.
Use Narita Taishin for Encroaching Shadow
Narita Taishin is currently the only Umamusume with access to Encroaching Shadow, the upgraded version of Straightaway Spurt. This skill alone makes her one of, if not the best, End Closers in the game right now. If you have Narita Taishin, consider training her to become one of your Sagittarius Cup aces.
Other End Closers and Late Surgers are Great
Even if you do not own Narita Taishin, running End Closers and Late Surgers is still recommended, as you can take advantage of their burst of speed in the late race to quickly overtake your opponents. Good options include Gold Ship, as well as Manhattan Cafe and Symboli Rudolf with enough End Sparks. The upcioming Tamamo Cross can also be a good End Closer.
Oguri Cap (Christmas) is a Strong Option
Oguri Cap (Christmas) is an upcoming character that will likely be released before the Sagittarius Cup. She is a stronger version of the original Oguri Cap thanks to her Unique Skill that provides acceleration, velocity, and recovery. Although it requires her to activate at least 3 recovery skills, the burst of speed she gets from her Unique Skill can easily put her at the lead.
Tamamo Cross is Another Possible Ace
Estimated to release in Late January 2026, Tamamo Cross is another Umamusume that can serve as a strong Ace in the Sagittarius cup thanks to her Unique Skill, which allows her to accelerate during the second half of the race. This is especially useful if you run her as a Late Surger or End Closer, as it allows you to easily move up the ranks.
Sagittarius Cup Stat Guidelines
| Sagittarius Cup Baselines (2025) | 2500m, Long | |||||
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| 1200 | 1000+ | 900+ | 400 | 600 | |
| Sagittarius Cup Minimum Stats (2025) | |||||
| 1000+ | 900+ | 650 | 400 | 400 | |
| Distance | Track | Style | |||
| Long S Prio: ★★★ |
Turf S Prio: ★★ |
Any S Prio: ★ |
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| Blue Sparks Init. Stats |
9★ STA, 9★ PWR
(+63 STA, +63 PWR) 9★ STA, 9★ STA (+126 STA) |
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As a Long race, Stamina is the most important stat to ensure your runners don't slow down during the late-race. Aim for at least 900 Stamina to survive, but pushing it to at least 1000 Stamina is best to improve your chances of winning. You'll also need sufficient Power to overcome the three uphills in the race. If you're struggling to hit the Power requirement, aim for at least 600 Power, but still try to increase it as much as you can. For Wit, at least 600 is ideal, but having 400 Wit should be enough to activate skills reliably.
Must Learn Recovery Skills
| Stamina Baseline | ||||
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| ✕ |  Front |
 Pace |
 Late |
 End |
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1000 | |||
The values above assume 400 Guts.
Getting at least 1 Gold Recovery Skill alongside 1000 Stamina is the baseline to help your Aces perform well during the Champions Meet. Getting two rare Recovery Skills will help lower the Stamina requirement even further, but you will risk having fewer skill points for other important skills. If you're able to reach the baseline and get high enough Speed, you can push stamina higher to ensure your aces can maximize their performance in the last spurt, potentially allowing them to overtake those with less stamina.
The Rice Shower Power SSR is a good Support Card to bring, as it can give both Swinging Maestro and Cooldown when training in Unity Cup.
Best to Train in Unity Cup Scenario
The best scenario to train for the Sagittarius Cup is the Unity Cup. While you can still train in the URA Finale Scenario, the Unity Cup offers higher stats, making it the ideal way to train your aces.
Unity Cup (Aoharu Hai) Scenario Guide
Sagittarius Cup Recommended Skills
| Green Skills | Speed/Accel Skills |
| Recovery Skills | Red Skills |
Sagittarius Cup Green Skills
| Green Skills |
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Track-based Conditionals:
Racer-based Conditionals (Suggested): ・
 Late Surger Savvy ◯
(Debuffers)・
 Lone Wolf
(Matchup-dependent) |
Firm Conditions ◯
Non-Standard Distance ◯
Sunny Days ◯Green Skill Sources
Nishino Flower (Even the Littlest Bud) 
King Halo (First-Rate Plan) 
Super Creek (Piece of Mind) 
Satono Diamond (The Will to Overtake) 
Winning Ticket (Full-Blown Tantrum) 
Nishino Flower (Lifting Your Spirits) 
Winning Ticket (Dreams Do Come True!) 
King Halo (Tonight, We Waltz) 
Winning Ticket (BNWinner!) 
Meisho Doto (Fighting for Fortune) 
Seeking the Pearl (The World's My Oyster) 
Rice Shower (Showered in Joy) 
Rice Shower (Happiness Just around the Bend) 
Winning Ticket (Get to Winning!) 
Rice Shower (Rosy Dreams) 
Rice Shower (Vampire Makeover!) 
Silence Suzuka (Beyond This Shining Moment) 
Silence Suzuka (Winning Dream) 
Smart Falcon (My Umadol Way! ☆) 
Mejiro Palmer (Go Ahead and Laugh) 
Smart Falcon (LOVE☆4EVER) 
Zenno Rob Roy (Magical Heroine) 
Special Week (The Setting Sun and Rising Stars) 
Zenno Rob Roy (The Perfect Book for You) 
Special Week (The Brightest Star in Japan) 
Mejiro Dober (Ignore the Stares) 
Mejiro Dober (My Thoughts, My Desires) 
Grass Wonder (Fairest Fleur) 
Agnes Tachyon (Experimental Studies on Subject A) 
Eishin Flash (Meisterschaft) 
Grass Wonder (Saintly Jade Cleric) 
Gold City (Autumn Cosmos) 
Narita Taishin (Poolside High Tides) 
Sirius Symboli (The Brightest Star Shines On) 
Sweep Tosho (Lamplit Training of a Witch-to-Be) 
Narita Brian (Two Pieces) 
Narita Brian (The Whistling Arrow's Taunt) 
Riko Kashimoto (Planned Perfection) 
Yukino Bijin (City Girl 101) 
Yukino Bijin (Dancing Light into the Night) 
Yukino Bijin (Hometown Cheers) 
Nakayama Festa (43, 8, 1) 
Oguri Cap (Get Lots of Hugs for Me) 
Special Week (Special Dreamer) 
Oguri Cap (Starlight Beat) 
Sakura Bakushin O (Blossom in Learning) 
Special Week (Hopp'n♪Happy Heart) 
Mayano Top Gun (Cute + Cute = ?) 
Manhattan Cafe (My Solo Drawn to Raindrop Drums) 
T.M. Opera O (O Sole Suo!) 
Meisho Doto (Turbulent Blue) 
Fine Motion (Grma, Ramen ♪) 
Fine Motion (Wave of Gratitude) 
Matikane Fukukitaru (Fate's Forecast) 
Matikane Fukukitaru (Lucky Tidings) 
El Condor Pasa (Champion's Passion) 
Hishi Akebono (Who Wants the First Bite?) Support Cards above only cover SR and SSR above to save space.
Stats boosted by these Green Skills are hinted at in their skill icons. For example, Right-Handed shows boots, which means it boosts the Speed stat, Firm Conditions buffs Power, and Front Runner Savvy improves Wit. Aim for these skills to further increase your stats.
Sagittarius Cup Speed and Acceleration Skills
| Yellow Skills | |
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| All Styles |
ⓘ Note that Tail Held High needs 3 skills to activate in the mid-race to proc. ⓘ No Stopping Me is best used by Pace, Lates, and Ends on this course. It's potentially usable by Fronts, as it can activate before Angling and Scheming. However, this requires another runner in front for the NSM user. |
| Front |
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 Focus
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 Concentration
(Late Start mitigation/RNG Groundwork trigger)・
ⓘ Note that Groundwork needs 3 skills to activate in the early-race to proc. Having 3 passive (green) skills activate in the beginning will guarantee this, although skills like Early Lead will work as well.
 Dodging Danger
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Prudent Positioning
(must learn together) |
| Pace |
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 Head-On
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 Uma Stan
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| Late |
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Uma Stan
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| End |
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 Mejiro Ryan (Down the Line) Rarity: R  Let's Pump Some Iron
(must be 6th to activate)・
 Mejiro Dober (Off the Line) Rarity: SSR Moving Past, and Beyond
(must be 5th-6th to activate)・
Uma Stan
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Beeline Burst
Ignited Spirit PWR
Burning Spirit PWR
Burning Spirit GUTS
Mejiro McQueen (Frontline Elegance) 
The Duty of Dignity Calls
Taking the Lead
Tokai Teio (Beyond the Horizon) For all styles, acceleration skills that activate as soon as the late-race begins are good. Straightaway Spurt/Encroaching Shadow will hit this often for End Closers, making it a must if you're running this style. No Stopping Me! is another strong skill that you can get easily in the Unity Cup by choosing Team Carrots as your team name. Although this will prevent you from getting Cooldown from the Scenario, the impact of No Stopping Me! on races more than makes up for it.
Both Angling and Scheming for Front Runners and Let's Pump Some Iron for Late Surgers and End Closers are still good picks, but they will not be as powerful compared to other tracks.
As usual for Front Runners, strong early-race acceleration, such as Groundwork and three green skills or Early Lead/Taking the Lead are a must to secure the lead immediately. Having the skill Concentration/Focus is also good to reduce the effects of Late Starts.
Sagittarius Cup Blue Skills
| Blue Skills |
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 Deep Breaths
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Cooldown
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Preferred Position
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Race Planner
(Pace)・
Stamina to Spare
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Calm and Collected
(Pace)・
Be Still
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Lie in Wait
(Late)・
After-School Stroll
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Go-Home Specialist
(End)・
Standing By
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Sleeping Lion
(End) |
Ignited Spirit STA
Burning Spirit STARecovery skills are a must if you're to survive the entire length of the race without slowing down. Aim to have at least one rare recovery skill, going for 2 gold recovery skills if you can't push your stats high enough. As mentioned earlier, bringing Rice Shower's Power SSR can already give you two gold skills that apply to the race. Remember to pick Blue Bloom in Unity Cup if you have the support card equipped to get Cooldown.
If you want to get No Stopping Me! from Unity Cup instead, you can learn the other gold recoveries listed above, depending on their style.
Sagittarius Cup Red Skills
| Red Skills |
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Sharp Gaze
All-Seeing Eyes
Intense GazeStamina debuffs are potentially good for Sagittarius Cup, but are somewhat limited, as Mystifying Murmur can't activate here. Dominator is also unusable, as it only works in Medium courses. Of note is Stamina Eater, as well as its upgraded version Stamina Siphon that Manhattan Cafe has access to.
Another good debuff skill is Sharp Gaze, as well as its upgraded version All-Seeing Eyes.
Sagittarius Cup Support Cards
| Recommended Support Cards | Sample Deck Setups |
Recommended Support Cards
Support Cards above have been categorized based on what role they can supplement in the Sagittarius Cup.
Above are our recommendations for Support Cards to build your Umamusume for the Sagittarius Cup Champions Meeting. These are chosen based on their skills and stats.
This time around, you can focus on maximizing Speed and Stamina while maintaining a good amount of Power.
Sample Deck Setups
| ⓘ Note that the sample decks below may be subject to changes and improvements! |
Above are sample deck setups you can try for training your Umamusume for the Sagittarius Cup. Remember to swap cards if they conflict with your trainee, and note that the randomized nature of Career runs means you'll have to make multiple runs until you get a desirable career result.
For the Stamina decks, you can replace one of the SSRs if you're able to get a gold recovery skill from your trainee's innate skills. For the Power decks, Rice Shower SSR is almost mandatory, as it's the main source of rare recovery skills. Riko Kashimoto (both SSR and R) is also a powerful card that can essentially replace a Stamina card when used in Unity Cup.
Also aim to hit at least 34 race bonus, as this maximizes stat gains during career races. If you can't hit this, try to use high or max uncapped cards instead, as these will provide better stats overall.
Sagittarius Cup Champions Meeting Rewards
Champions Meeting Rewards
Graded League Rewards
 5 Wins |  Carats x50 Monies x7,500 Support Points x3,500 |
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 4 Wins | Carats x40 Monies x6,000 Support Points x3,000 |
 3 Wins | Carats x30 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 |
 2 Wins | Carats x20 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 |
 1 Win | Carats x15 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 |
 Partcp. | Carats x10 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 |
| Rewards | Group A | Group B |
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| 5 Wins | Carats x150 Monies x10,000 Support Points x5,000 | Carats x100 Monies x7,500 Support Points x3,500 |
| 4 Wins | Carats x75 Monies x7,000 Support Points x5,000 | Carats x50 Monies x6,000 Support Points x3,000 |
| 3 Wins | Carats x50 Monies x5,000 Support Points x2,500 | Carats x40 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 |
| 2 Wins | Carats x40 Monies x5,000 Support Points x2,500 | Carats x30 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 |
| 1 Win | Carats x30 Monies x5,000 Support Points x2,500 | Carats x20 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 |
| Partcp. | Carats x20 Monies x5,000 Support Points x2,500 | Carats x15 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 |
| Rewards | Group A | Group B |
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 1st Place | Epithets: ・(Cup Name) Platinum ・(Cup Name) Gold ・(Cup Name) Silver ・(Cup Name) Bronze Carats x2,000 Goddess Statue x30 Monies x100,000 Support Points x25,000 | Epithets: ・(Cup Name) Gold ・(Cup Name) Silver ・(Cup Name) Bronze Carats x1,000 Goddess Statue x20 Monies x60,000 Support Points x20,000 |
 2nd Place | Epithets: ・(Cup Name) Gold ・(Cup Name) Silver ・(Cup Name) Bronze Carats x1,500 Goddess Statue x25 Monies x70,000 Support Points x20,000 | Epithets: ・(Cup Name) Silver ・(Cup Name) Bronze Carats x750 Goddess Statue x15 Monies x50,000 Support Points x15,000 |
 3rd Place | Epithets: ・(Cup Name) Silver ・(Cup Name) Bronze Carats x1,000 Goddess Statue x20 Monies x50,000 Support Points x15,000 | Epithets: ・(Cup Name) Bronze Carats x500 Goddess Statue x10 Monies x40,000 Support Points x10,000 |
Trainee Scout Ticket
Support Card Scout TicketOpen League Rewards
| 5 Wins | Carats x30 Monies x5,000 Support Points x2,500 |
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| 4 Wins | Carats x25 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 |
| 3 Wins | Carats x20 Monies x3,000 Support Points x1,500 |
| 2 Wins | Carats x15 Monies x3,000 Support Points x1,500 |
| 1 Win | Carats x10 Monies x3,000 Support Points x1,500 |
| Partcp. | Carats x5 Monies x3,000 Support Points x1,500 |
| Rewards | Group A | Group B |
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| 5 Wins | Carats x100 Monies x7,500 Support Points x3,500 | Carats x50 Monies x5,000 Support Points x2,500 |
| 4 Wins | Carats x50 Monies x6,000 Support Points x3,000 | Carats x40 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 |
| 3 Wins | Carats x40 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 | Carats x30 Monies x3,000 Support Points x1,500 |
| 2 Wins | Carats x30 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 | Carats x20 Monies x3,000 Support Points x1,500 |
| 1 Win | Carats x20 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 | Carats x15 Monies x3,000 Support Points x1,500 |
| Partcp. | Carats x15 Monies x4,000 Support Points x2,000 | Carats x10 Monies x3,000 Support Points x1,500 |
| Rewards | Group A | Group B |
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| 1st Place | Epithets: ・(Cup Name) Silver ・(Cup Name) Bronze Carats x900 Goddess Statue x20 Monies x60,000 Support Points x20,000 | Epithets: ・(Cup Name) Bronze Carats x500 Goddess Statue x10 Monies x40,000 Support Points x15,000 |
| 2nd Place | Epithets: ・(Cup Name) Bronze Carats x700 Goddess Statue x15 Monies x50,000 Support Points x15,000 | Carats x300 Monies x30,000 Support Points x10,000 |
| 3rd Place | Epithets: ・(Cup Name) Bronze Carats x500 Goddess Statue x10 Monies x40,000 Support Points x10,000 | Carats x200 Monies x20,000 Support Points x5,000 |
Prior to the Gemini Cup, only 1st place Finals winners earned profile Epithets.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby Related Guides
Scorpio Cup Guides
| Guides | |
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| Scorpio Cup Guide | |
Libra Cup Guides
| Guides | |
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| Libra Cup Guide | |
Virgo Cup Guides
| Guides | |
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| Virgo Cup Guide | |
Leo Cup Guides
| Guides | |
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| Leo Cup Guide | |
| Builds | |
| Summer Maruzensky Front Runner Build | Leo Cup General Debuffer Build Guide |
Cancer Cup Guides
| Guides | |
|---|---|
| Cancer Cup Guide | |
| Builds | |
| Seiun Sky Front Runner Build | El Condor Pasa Pace Chaser Build |
| Smart Falcon Front Runner Build | - |
Gemini Cup Guides
| Guides | |
|---|---|
| Gemini Cup Guide | Gemini Cup Release Date |
| Builds | |
| Gold Ship End Closer Build | Narita Taishin End Closer Build |
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