Aquarius Cup Champions Meeting Guide
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This is a guide to the Aquarius Cup Champions Meeting in Umamusume: Pretty Derby! Learn about the details of the Aquarius Cup, best characters, release date, race info, skills, and the best support cards for it.
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Aquarius Cup Race Info
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under the page's title to be notified of any updates!Aquarius Cup Event Release Date
| Champions Meeting: Aquarius Cup March 2, 2026 (UTC) - March 12, 2026 (UTC) |
Signups for the Aquarius Cup will run from March 2, 2026 at 10 PM (UTC) until March 6, 2026, just before the start of the new scenario. The actual races are expected to happen from March 6, 2026, 10 PM UTC to March 12, 2026.
Aquarius Cup Race Course Map
 Race Conditions: Tokyo Dirt 1,600m (Mile), Left  Winter,  Sunny, Firm GroundSimilar Races: February Stakes |
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| Course Notes | |
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| ・Late-race starts on the final corner. This means the strong inheritable acceleration skills, Angling and Scheming and Let's Pump Some Iron, are best here. No Stopping Me! is potentially strong, but unreliable due to spreading out at the final corner.
・Some final corner accelerations are only good under certain conditions. For example, Shooting for Victory! is only good on Taiki Shuttle herself. Red Shift/LP1211-M is possibly usable by Late/Ends only. Moving Past, and Beyond activates too early to be effective. ・Final straight isn't too late for acceleration. This means skills like Victoria por plancha, Give Mummy a Hug, and Straightaway Spurt are all viable. ・Downhill is present, so investing in Wit is good. However, do not learn Straight Descent, because it isn't effective even if it activates. ・Uphill is in the late-race, and could be used for acceleration with Highlander. The uphill is also fairly long, so strong acceleration and high Power is necessary to win. |
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Aquarius Cup Best Characters
Aquarius Cup Recommended Characters
| Champions Meeting | |
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 Ace Runners (Front) |
Requires several sparks: |
 Ace Runners (Pace) |
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Requires several sparks: |
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Smart Falcon (LOVE☆4EVER) 
El Condor Pasa (El Numero 1) 
Maruzensky (Hot☆Summer Night) 
Taiki Shuttle (Wild Frontier) 
Oguri Cap (Starlight Beat) 
Oguri Cap (Ashen Miracle) 
Agnes Digital (Full-Color Fangirling) 
Haru Urara (New Year ♪ New Urara!) 
El Condor Pasa (Kukulkan Warrior) 
Gold City (Authentic / 1928) 
Gold City (Autumn Cosmos) Limited Dirt Options
The Aquarius Cup is the first Dirt Champions Meeting. Much like the previous CM, there aren't a lot of easy training options to choose from, as the Global server is lacking good Dirt racers.
Among them, El Condor Pasa as a Pace Chaser is the most accessible and has a decent unique. However, her unique is more reliable as a Front Runner, which will also require multiple sparks. Agnes Digital is also expected to be one of the strongest options here due to having Lead the Charge and Superstan. She works best as an End Closer, but can be viable as a Late Surger, too.
Other notable Umamusume include Smart Falcon and Summer Maruzensky, who are the most viable Front Runners. Taiki Shuttle and Oguri Cap are also good Pace options if you have them. The recently released New Year Haru Urara could also be a competitive racer, especially when paired with another ace that can widen the gap and make her unique stronger. As for the regular Haru Urara, she's not as competitive for this race but can be run as a Late Surger if you don't have other options.
Other Aces Require Several Sparks
| Base Grade | Sparks Needed to A |
|---|---|
| B | 1 |
| C | 4 |
| D | 7 |
| E | 10 |
If you want to use aces other than the ones recommended above, you'll need to improve their Dirt aptitudes. This is fairly difficult for F and G, because these can't be further improved through initial sparks. They will have to rely on Inspiration to get at least an A.
One notable candidate is Summer Maruzensky, who has D Dirt. Her great performance in Mile can help her be a second Front Runner to run alongside Smart Falcon.
Legacy and Sparks Guide: Inheritance Explained
Aquarius Cup Stat Guidelines
| Aquarius Cup Baselines (2026) | 1600m, Mile | |||||
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| 1200 | 650 | 1000 | 400 | 800 | |
| Distance | Track | Style | |||
| Mile S Prio: ★★★ |
Dirt S Prio: ★★ |
Any S Prio: ★ |
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| Blue Sparks Init. Stats |
9★ STA, 9★ PWR
(+63 STA, +63 PWR) 18★ PWR (+126 PWR) |
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As a Mile race, aim to have at least 600 Stamina for all styles so they can stay at top performance throughout the race. Look to also get high Power to overcome the uphill of this track and a good amount of Wit to take advantage of the downhill.
Best to Train in Unity Cup Scenario
The best scenario to train for the Aquarius Cup is the Unity Cup. While you can still train in the URA Finale Scenario, the Unity Cup offers higher stats and gives easy access to rare skills like It's On! and No Stopping Me!, making it the ideal way to train your aces.
Unity Cup (Aoharu Hai) Scenario Guide
Aquarius Cup Recommended Skills
| Green Skills | Speed/Accel Skills |
| Recovery Skills | Red Skills |
Aquarius Cup Green Skills
| Green Skills |
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Track-based Conditionals:
Racer-based Conditionals (Suggested): ・
 Lone Wolf
(Matchup-dependent) |
Firm Conditions ◯
Standard Distance ◯
Sunny Days ◯
Front Runner Savvy ◯Green Skill Sources
Nishino Flower (Even the Littlest Bud) 
King Halo (First-Rate Plan) 
Nishino Flower (Lifting Your Spirits) 
Winning Ticket (Dreams Do Come True!) 
King Halo (Tonight, We Waltz) 
Super Creek (Piece of Mind) 
Satono Diamond (The Will to Overtake) 
Winning Ticket (Full-Blown Tantrum) 
Meisho Doto (Leaping into the Unknown) 
Winning Ticket (BNWinner!) 
Meisho Doto (Fighting for Fortune) 
Seeking the Pearl (The World's My Oyster) 
Nishino Flower (Little Cupcakes, Big Emotions) 
Rice Shower (Happiness Just around the Bend) 
Rice Shower (Showered in Joy) 
Winning Ticket (Get to Winning!) 
Rice Shower (Rosy Dreams) 
Rice Shower (Vampire Makeover!) 
Silence Suzuka (Beyond This Shining Moment) 
Silence Suzuka (Searching for Unseen Sights) 
Smart Falcon (My Umadol Way! ☆) 
Silence Suzuka (Winning Dream) 
Mejiro Palmer (Go Ahead and Laugh) 
Seiun Sky (Reeling in the Big One) 
Mihono Bourbon (CODE: ICING) 
Mejiro Ardan (My Heart Will Go On) 
Zenno Rob Roy (Magical Heroine) 
Silence Suzuka (Innocent Silence) 
Narita Taishin (Poolside High Tides) 
Narita Taishin (Strict Shopper) 
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) 
Narita Taishin (Nevertheless) 
Narita Brian (Maverick) 
Eishin Flash (5:00 a.m.-Right on Schedule) 
Kawakami Princess (Princess Bride) 
El Condor Pasa (Champion's Passion) 
Bamboo Memory (Head-On Fight!) 
Agnes Tachyon (Tach-nology) 
Kawakami Princess (Princess of Pink) 
Eishin Flash (Meisterschaft) 
Eishin Flash (Precise Chocolatier) 
Mejiro Dober (Ignore the Stares) 
Mejiro Dober (My Thoughts, My Desires) 
Hishi Akebono (Who Wants the First Bite?) 
Special Week (Hopp'n♪Happy Heart) 
Vodka (An Annoying Supervisor) 
Vodka (Wild Rider) 
Special Week (Special Dreamer) 
Inari One (Laughing through the Mud) 
Yukino Bijin (Hometown Cheers) 
Yukino Bijin (City Girl 101) 
Yukino Bijin (Dancing Light into the Night) 
T.M. Opera O (New Year, Same Radiance!) 
Biwa Hayahide (Rouge Caroler) 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, Left-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.
Aquarius 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. |
| 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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| Late |
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| End |
Mile Corners ◯
Lead the Charge!
Professor of Curvature
Ignited Spirit PWR
Burning Spirit PWR
Burning Spirit GUTS
Taking the Lead
Angling and Scheming
Victoria por Plancha ☆
Mejiro McQueen (Frontline Elegance) 
Super Creek (Chiffon-Wrapped Mummy) 
Mejiro Ryan (Down the Line) 
Maruzensky (Formula R) Due to the long uphill at the start of the late-race, strong acceleration is key to winning this race. Lead the Charge! is a Dirt acceleration for all styles that will become available with the upcoming Agnes Digital Power SSR and is already on Agnes Digital herself. Its base form, Forward, March!, is also a viable alternative since that card is generally underwhelming.
Also, aim to get inheritable uniques, like Angling and Scheming and Let's Pump Some Iron, which are strong on this track. For rare acceleration skills like Furious Feat, you can learn its base version from sparks or skill hints instead if it means using a stronger support card for better stats.
No Stopping Me! is less reliable in Mile races due to how runners spread out in the final corner. However, it's potentially strong if you're lucky and get it to activate as soon as the late-race starts. We still recommend avoiding it unless you don't have other options for acceleration.
Lastly, don't forget to learn some mid-race velocity skills like Professor of Curvature, so your aces can get in good positions before hitting the late-race.
Aquarius Cup Blue Skills
| Blue Skills |
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 Hydrate
(Pace)・
Preferred Position
(Pace)・
Stamina to Spare
(Pace)・
Be Still
(Late)・
Familiar Ground
(Late/End) |
Ignited Spirit STAAs a Mile race, recovery isn't really needed if you can get enough Stamina. However, for racers with recovery-related uniques, like Summer Maruzensky and Christmas Oguri Cap, it's best to only learn the base version of the skills. This is so you can use the remaining skill points on more impactful skills.
Aquarius Cup Red Skills
| Red Skills |
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Watchful Eye
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 Keen Eye
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Speed Eater
Sharp Gaze
All-Seeing EyesAs a Mile race, stamina debuffs aren't as strong for this race. Instead, look to use Speed debuffs, especially Speed Eater, to slow down runners behind while raising your own. Keen Eye is also technically a speed debuff, but being tied to a recovery means its net effect won't be as noticeable.
Aquarius 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 Aquarius Cup.
Above are our recommendations for Support Cards to build your Umamusume for the Aquarius Cup Champions Meeting. These are chosen based on their skills and stats.
This time around, you can focus on maximizing Speed and Power while getting a good amount of Wit.
Sample Deck Setups
| ⓘ Note that the sample decks below may be subject to changes and improvements! |
For the Aquarius Cup support cards, aim for Wit decks with at least 2 Speed cards and ideally 3 Wit cards. The final card can either be Power to help reach the high amount required for this race, or a Pal card such as Riko Kashimoto. Some good Power cards include Daitaku Helios SSR for Front Runners and Admire Vega SSR for End Closers. Oguri Cap SSR can also be considered for Late and End for Furious Feat.
As with previous Champions Meetings, aim to get at least 34 Race Bonus to gain more stats from winning races. If this isn't possible, try to use high-level cards instead because high uncap SRs can outperform SSRs with no uncaps.
Parent Deck Setups
If you want to prepare parents for your aces so they can run better cards, you can try the decks above. Try to aim for at least 600 of the stat you want to pass down for a chance to get a 3 Star stat spark. You may also use other versions of the same character (such as the R version) if you're only after the random skill hints and not the skills from the career events.
For Aquarius Cup parent decks, the Inari One Power SR has many good skills to pass down for all styles, including Forward, March!, Winter Runner, Ramp Up, and Tail Held High. Yukino Bijin cards also have Winter Runner and can give Playtime's Over. Nishino Flower supports can also be good for Updrafters and 2 green skills (Firm Conditions and Standard Distance). Daitaku Helios supports have Mile-related skills and can benefit Pace Chasers and Front Runners more with Shifting Gears and Speed Eater.
Aquarius 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
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Aquarius Cup Guides
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| Aquarius Cup Guide | |
Capricorn Cup Guides
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| Capricorn Cup Guide | |
Sagittarius Cup Guides
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| Sagittarius Cup Guide | |
Scorpio Cup Guides
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| Scorpio Cup Guide | |
Libra Cup Guides
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| Libra Cup Guide | |
Virgo Cup Guides
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| Virgo Cup Guide | |
Leo Cup Guides
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| Leo Cup Guide | |
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| Summer Maruzensky Front Runner Build | Leo Cup General Debuffer Build Guide |
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| Cancer Cup Guide | |
| Builds | |
| Seiun Sky Front Runner Build | El Condor Pasa Pace Chaser Build |
| Smart Falcon Front Runner Build | - |
Gemini Cup Guides
| Guides | |
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| Gemini Cup Guide | Gemini Cup Release Date |
| Builds | |
| Gold Ship End Closer Build | Narita Taishin End Closer Build |
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