If there's one good thing to come out of this year, it's the huge influx of horse-brained sickos (hello) who are now well and truly engrossed in the welfare of retired racehorses thanks to gacha game and anime series Umamusume.
Since Pretty Derby ended its four-year Japan-exclusive stint earlier this year, stables and owners of the real-life counterparts behind Umamusume's colourful cast of characters have been inundated with everything from an uptick in tourist visits to mountains of donated grass for the retired critters to feast upon.
