This weekend was supposed to be the first official Umamusume concert in America. That was until a week ago, when publisher Cygames suddenly broke the bad news that they were unable to secure the necessary documentation to hold the event . For fans, it was a load of horse apples. But for the Pretty Derby die-hards, it presented an opportunity to form a new posse, organizing a day out to Knott’s Berry Farm’s ye olde west town and giving their blacksmith the best day of his life.

“I was told that the horseshoe blacksmith at knott’s today had the most business he ever had,” posted one Umamusume in attendance , “his queue for the day completely filled.”

It's genuinely crazy to be getting FOMO for an LA umamusume event that literally got cancelled but all the pictures of the fan meetups happening across the weekend show such an amazing sense of community. You can't help but be a little wistful you don't get to experience that fan solidarity

— It's CyGO!!!!!…