Uma Musume: Pretty Derby’s 5.5th anniversary is landing its biggest act tomorrow — Epiphaneia, the legendary Japanese turf champion, becomes a trainable horse girl from 24 August 2026 at 12:00 JST (11:00 AM Singapore time). The announcement came during Cygames’ ぱかライブTV’ #6 5.5th Anniversary Special (Japanese) broadcast on 22 August.
As we covered when the 5.5th anniversary campaign kicked off in June with the SPYAIR collab and Title Holder’s reveal, Cygames has been rolling out the celebration in waves. Epiphaneia’s gacha implementation is the wave Singapore players have been waiting for.
Who Is Uma Musume Epiphaneia?
She arrives as a ★★★ [Fate’s Chosen Star] Epiphaneia. Her real-world namesake is one of the most celebrated Japanese thoroughbreds of the 2010s: the actual Epiphaneia won the 2013 Kikka-shō (Japanese St. Leger) and clocked a track-record time at the 2014 Japan Cup, cementing her legend on Japan’s biggest turf stage. After retiring from racing, the stallion became a hugely successful sire — and his most famous offspring is Efforia, who swept the 2021 Satsuki Shō and Tennōshō Autumn.
Which makes the 24 August banner genuinely charming: Efforia arrives at the exact same time, as a new SSR Support Card. Sire and child, reunited in gacha form.
Epiphaneia’s In-Game Stats and Running Style
Her base numbers: Speed 92 / Stamina 90 / Power 94 / Guts 93 / Wisdom 81. She’s a Turf-only specialist (Turf A, Dirt G) who shines at mid-distance and long-distance (both A), with Front-runner (先行 A) as her ideal race tactic — true to how the real horse raced. For trainers building a long-distance front-runner stable, she slots in naturally alongside existing aces.
Awakening and Evolution Skills
Her awakening skill fires when the field tightens in the final straight, giving a surge to both her pace and the pace of horses ahead — a nod to the real Epiphaneia’s explosive finishing charges. On evolution, the skill upgrades to a stronger trigger for races of 2000m or more when she’s sitting in the leading group.
Also Coming 24 August: Mr. C.B., New Features
Two new SSR Support Cards drop alongside Epiphaneia: Efforia (her real-life offspring, as noted above) and Mister C.B. (ミスターシービー), the 1983 Japanese Triple Crown winner who remains one of the sport’s most storied names. Both should make excellent additions to long-distance training decks.
The broadcast also confirmed a trio of quality-of-life updates shipping with the 24 August patch:
- Trainer Ability (トレーナーアビリティ) — equippable passive bonuses that improve your training runs
- Skill Set (スキルセット) — save and hot-swap skill configurations to cut down on repetition between sessions
- Training Plan Sheet (育成プランシート) — export and share your training blueprints with other players
Singapore Uma Musume players can pull on the 5.5th Anniversary Select Gacha on the global app now. The Epiphaneia banner opens tomorrow at 11:00 AM SGT — check the latest game news here for further coverage as the update lands.