Manga like Derby Queen

Hoshi Furu Makiba!

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Mozu Sousuke is fired from his job as an model and half-forced to move to a farm in Hokkaido. As someone who's always lived in the city, the shift in schedules, the heavy labour, the lack of contact with the outside world, the cold, the temperamental livestock, and the rather fierce little sister are quite the ordeal.

Note: Includes the one-shot "Kimi to Meguru Sekai" (キミとめぐる世界).

Tags: Male Protagonist , Rural , Shoujo

Guess, Kijou Mae

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

In the world of horse racing, a horse's strength is everything. A low level jockey, Seiichi Maki, will do anything to get a good horse and succeed.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Animals , Seinen

Midori no Makibao

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Midori Makibao is a small white racehorse. Compared to other thoroughbred horses, he looks more like a donkey with wide nostrils. However, with his guts and speed as his weapon, Makibao wins in every big race. In the beginning of his career, Makibao had a trouble making his debut as a racehorse, because of his appearance and various disadvantages he had. But Makibao had reasons to overcome his difficulties; there was a lifelong rival horse called Superhorse Cascade, that Makibao needed to defeat. Plus, he was determined to win back his mother, a horse that had been taken away for pay back the debt on the farm. There are many hardships that Makibao has to overcome, but he thrives in the series of races to become a great racehorse.

Midori no Makibao won the Sogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 1997.

Tags: Animals , Shounen

Yubikiri

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

1st Story: Pinky Promise

Asako lives her life day-to-day acutely aware of how lonely she is. That all starts to change when she meets Hongo, a boy who thought she was trying to commit suicide and tried to stop her. They form a bond and find how much fun life really is. Until Asako finds out about Hongo's past.

2nd Story: Cuckoo Child (Cuckoo No Musume)

3rd Story: 60 Days

Note: Wasilah Kita is the Malaysian edition of the manga; the original manga title is Yubikiri.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Age Gap , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Suicide

Starting Gate!: Uma Musume Pretty Derby

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

A manga part of the Uma Musume Project by Cygames, a game and an anime. It follows Special Week, an aspiring horsegirl athlete-idol, as she transfers in to the Traincent Academy to follow her dreams. But will she be able to withstand the competitive environment that awaits her there?

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , School , Kemonomimi