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Mollie Taylor

'The shining star of losers everywhere' who inspired one of Umamusume's most popular horse girls has passed away

Haru Urara in Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

It's a sad day for horse girl enjoyers everywhere. Japaneses racehorse Haru Urara—dubbed "the shining star of losers everywhere" and whose personality and storyline was transformed into an anime horse waifu in Umamusume: Pretty Derby—has passed away at the age of 29.

The news was broken by Japanese outlet Friday Digital, with a representative for Matha Farm confirming that the mare had passed due to colic, a pretty common cause of death in horses. Her age was the equivalent of almost 90 in human years, and on the upper end of a horse's average lifespan.

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