The horse girls inUmamusume: Pretty Derbyall have unique goals to achieve in their racing careers, and as their trainer, it’s your job to make those dreams come true. It will take plenty of time and discipline, but with a bit of practice, you’ll have no trouble winning races.

While each umamusume is different, the general rules apply to them all. With a bit of individual tweaking to which stats you improve, each of your racers can be optimized and reach A-Rank. We’ll help you get there, one runner at a time. Here’s everything you need to know to get started on your A-Rank journey!

Umamusume Pretty Derby Haru Urara singing about her debut in the dressing room.

How To Get A-Rank Attributes

The only way toincrease attributes is to train them, though you canget additional points from eventsin the career mode. However, it willtake lots of patience to reach the A-Rank (around 900 points)with one stat, let alone two.

ensure tokeep energy up and maintain a positive moodto get the most out of your training sessions. Failing a session can result ininjuries that will decrease your statsinstead of increase them.

Umamusume Pretty Derby Maruzensky winning first place in a race.

The stats are important for more than just your performance in races, and theycontribute to your overall rankat the end of the umamusume’s career.

How To Get A-Rank Career Runs

The best way toget an A-Rank umamusumeis to carefullyselect every detailof their life. This will takefive to seven runs at best, with more likely tocreate the ideal runner.

Legacy parents need tohave great stats and a high rankas well, which is gained from experience and training. Focusing onmaxing out one skillwill award you more points at the end than if you have two or three across the board.

Umamusume Pretty Derby Biwa reflecting on a race under the track.

Winning races and getting more fans doesn’t count towards your end rating, so don’t focus too heavily on that.

Get enough fans to enter the big races, then stop.

You’ll also want topick the right support cardsfor your umamusume. Cards thatincrease stats, add vital skills, and grant a boost in moodcan be a game-changer.

There’s not much you’re able to do with the random mood drops in a campaign, sofocus on trainingand the rest will fall into place. Additional events fromSSR support cards will give you more opportunitiesto grow, so prioritize those chances to supplement your training.

Sometimes you’ll want topick a specific dialogue optionbased on which usamusume you have, butfocus on the wordingto discern what the benefits are.

If your umamusume’s mood drops,take them on an outingto fix things quickly. Theirmood greatly impacts how much they get out of their training sessions, so ideally, you’ll want them to be in great condition.

Prepare ahead of time for thesummer camp training sessionsso you can get the most out of it as well. It only lasts for a handful of turns, and there areunique chances to trainwith friends. Take these opportunities!

How To Reach A-Rank With Your Team

Your PVP team ismade up of the legacy runnersyou’ve created through rigorous training regimens. Each umamusume added to the team will increase the rank, so long astheir individual rank is higherthan the umamusume they’re replacing.

You’ll have todo several runs to build the perfect team, as more options are unlocked as your rank increases. To reach your goals and take the PVP world by storm, you’ll need tofully optimize your team with skills, stats, and support cards.