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Swimming Upstream by refractionspren
Fandoms: ウマ娘 | Uma Musume - All Media Types, ウマ娘 シンデレラグレイ | Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray (Anime), ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game)
23 Jun 2026
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Soon after Oguri Cap's triumphant first G1 victory in the Arima Kinen, Fujimasa March finally finds her way into the national racing circuit, hoping to stand by her first rival's side once more. But her first two national races turn out to be devastating losses, and furthermore, she has to come to terms with the fact that Oguri has found someone else to call her rival, goal... and lover.
Given how accustomed March is to pinning her entire worth on her races and rivalries, her trajectory at Tokyo Tracen threatens to crush her spirit. With the help of new and old friends, how will she pick herself back up and grow?
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- Part 1 of Swimming Upstream & Other Stories
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Ashen Trails by refractionspren
Fandoms: ウマ娘 | Uma Musume - All Media Types, ウマ娘 シンデレラグレイ | Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray (Anime)
05 Apr 2026
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Side story taking place toward the end of Swimming Upstream.
March celebrates her birthday with her friends at Tracen. She glimpses a retired racer that she admired as a child. It's up to her to seize the chance for a new connection.
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- Part 2 of Swimming Upstream & Other Stories
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To Keep Up, and Be Kept by refractionspren
Fandoms: ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game), ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Anime), ウマ娘 | Uma Musume - All Media Types
02 Jan 2026
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Special Week has gradually been adjusting to life in the big city with her friends and girlfriend, but there's always more to learn. Especially when it comes to relationship expectations that nobody back in the country ever really explained to her. Tired of being dismissed as innocent for her upbringing, she tries to take matters into her own hands and make the first move --- even as she's realizing that she might not want this move to be made at all.
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Derby Dreamin' by refractionspren
Fandoms: ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game), ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Anime), ウマ娘 | Uma Musume - All Media Types
15 Dec 2025
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Now semi-retired, Air Groove meets with the up-and-coming Vodka and learns of the latter's intent to run in the Japanese Derby. There's an extra, unspoken aspect of joining the Derby that Vodka will uniquely experience - the pressure of being the only filly on the field. Groove can speak to that feeling.
Recent series
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Swimming Upstream & Other Stories by refractionspren
Fandom ウマ娘 | Uma Musume - All Media Types, ウマ娘 シンデレラグレイ | Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray (Anime), ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game)
24 Jun 2026
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Recent bookmarks
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Produce Lost by ImperatorSmugleaf
Fandoms: ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game), ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Anime)
16 Apr 2026
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With Special Week on a different continent, Silence Suzuka dedicates herself to finding new and delicious ways to eat the carrots she gets from her fiancée's mother, but disaster strikes when a shipment never arrives, leaving her without anything to distract herself from the loneliness. Rapidly unraveling, Suzuka grapples with her own insecurities, trying to work out the best way to explain the embarrassing situation. Still, such a disruption could just be the push the girls need in order to take their happiness into their own hands.
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- Part 2 of Their Horizon
Bookmarked by refractionspren
29 Jun 2026
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The Road Down the Mountain by ReLessThan1
Fandoms: ウマ娘 シンデレラグレイ | Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray (Anime)
28 Mar 2026
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Now that their racing careers are over, Oguri Cap and Tamamo Cross learn to navigate life together as celebrity athletes.
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- Part 2 of Gravity
Bookmarked by refractionspren
21 Jun 2026
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Heavy is the Tiara by Spiky_Criminal
Fandoms: ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Anime), ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game)
13 May 2026
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The current era of horsegirl racing is one dominated by stallions, with mares relegated to being seen as second rate. As she enters her junior year, finally able to debut in the Twinkle Series, mare Air Groove gets the opportunity to join the Tracen Academy Student Council.
Joining Narita Brian, who she already dislikes, and the enigmatic stallion Symboli Rudolf, Air Groove vows to inspire others like her and reach the peak of Uma Musume. But that is easier said than done, and she finds herself in an uphill battle both on and off the turf. Her confidence wavers, her emotions toyed with and ignored, but Air Groove must press on. Before the weight of her vow threatens to send her crashing down.
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An irl inspired telling of Air Groove's career from debut to retirement
Bookmarked by refractionspren
25 Dec 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Changed my brain chemistry and my entire conception of the council trio. Awesome Air Groove character study that made me love and appreciate her a lot more. The exploration of how patriarchal structures hurt people on all sides of them rings very true.
If you're spooked by the nsfw tags or the Groove/Trainer tag, as I might have been, the fic is like 99% sfw and:
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Groove and her trainer don't ever actually get together.
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Indelible by Lady_Lachesis
Fandoms: ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game), ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Anime)
16 Feb 2026
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Haru Urara and the indelible marks of the past.
Focuses on a what-if version of Haru Urara who has had the similar past experiences to her real-world counterpart.
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Norn Ace is trying, but trying isn't good enough.
Bookmarked by refractionspren
03 May 2026