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Learn whether you should spend Carats on pulling for Smart Falcon in Umamusume: Pretty Derby by learning her place in the meta.
The Smart Falcon Banner releases on August 11, 2025, and provides higher pull rates for the featured character. Smart Falcon is a petite umamusume who prides herself on winning while remaining endearing to her fans. Although she is a proficient dirt racer, she hopes that her image isn’t associated with dirt and has a slight complex about it. Find out whether you should spend Carats on trying to get Smart Falcon by learning her place in the current meta.
Should You Pull for Smart Falcon in Umamusume: Pretty Derby?
You should pull for Smart Falcon during her banner event, as she is a top-tier Dirt Front Runner and hard to replace in the current meta. The Smart Falcon Banner offers the rare opportunity to pull for one of the best Dirt racing umas in the game, and it shouldn’t be ignored if you have the Carats to spare.
There will not be any better Dirt racing character banners to outclass Smart Falcon for several years, making this banner a valuable limited opportunity. Securing Smart Falcon will not only improve your Dirt Team Trials performance, but also ensure that you have access to a meta-defining character in the upcoming Dirt Champions Meet.
Smart Falcon Stats and Skills
Surface Aptitude
- Turf: E
- Dirt: A
Distance
| Sprint | Mile | Medium | Long |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | A | A | E |
Running Style
- Front Runner: A
- Pace Chaser: D
Training Bonus
- Speed 20%
- Power 10%
Unique Skill
- Sparkly Stardom
- Increases velocity and acceleration when about to be overtaken on a straight in the mid-race.
Innate Skills
- Prudent Positioning
- Front Runner Savvy
- Top Pick
- Leader’s Pride
- Kawasaki Racetrack
- Promising Omen
- Wet Conditions (Potential Level 2)
- Center Stage (Potential Level 3)
- Oi Racecourse (Potential Level 4)
- Trending in the Charts! (Potential Level 5)
Smart Falcon is relatively easy to train during her career, consisting of Mile and Medium distance races. Her Medium distance aptitude allows Falcon to participate in prominent G1 races and easily earn a high fan count. For PvP, Smart Falcon has access to several powerful Dirt-exclusive skills. The ‘Trending in the Charts!’ rare Speed skill has similar activation conditions as her unique skill. This can lead to both skills triggering at the same time, giving Smart Falcon a dramatic speed advantage while heading into the late-race phase.
Currently, there are no great Dirt Front Runners, which makes Smart Falcon even more valuable. In the pre-Falcon meta, players use Sparks to raise Maruzensky or Taiki Shuttle’s Dirt aptitude to field a Dirt Front Runner. However, Taiki Shuttle is better suited to the Pace Chaser running style because of her unique skill conditions, and Maruzensky is better suited to running Turf Mile.
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