When failure is not an option...CLOCK UP!

I assume this is a reference to the anime running joke of Mayano sleeping all the time, as mentioned in comment #2164802?

Unbreakable said:

I assume this is a reference to the anime running joke of Mayano sleeping all the time, as mentioned in comment #2164802?

I'm assuming it's a savescumming reference. The alarm clock item basically allows you to do that in the game.

Unbreakable said:

I assume this is a reference to the anime running joke of Mayano sleeping all the time, as mentioned in comment #2164802?

There is an Alarm Clock item in the Umamusume game, that allows the player to retry a race they lost.
You may use up to three clocks per campaign.

Sometimes retrying a race is all you need to achieve victory.

I didn't even know the game had a save function, though the context seems a bit ambiguous.

Unbreakable said:

I didn't even know the game had a save function, though the context seems a bit ambiguous.

It's a retry function, if you failed a mandatory race goal, you can use the clock up to 3 times per training session, the first time using it of the day is free ie doesn't consume the clock. In the story, the Trainer will suddenly be woken up by an alarm clock and realize he/she had a nightmare about their uma losing the day before the race.

The reason why using the retry works is that the race has a lot of RNG-based factors, there are chances some skills failed to trigger or your uma get boxed in, both cases putting them at a disadvantage. Retry the race might give you a more favourable RNG and wining it. Of course, if their stats are too low, they are still more likely to lose anyway.

laisy said:

It's a retry function, if you failed a mandatory race goal, you can use the clock up to 3 times per training session, the first time using it of the day is free ie doesn't consume the clock. In the story, the Trainer will suddenly be woken up by an alarm clock and realize he/she had a nightmare about their uma losing the day before the race.

The reason why using the retry works is that the race has a lot of RNG-based factors, there are chances some skills failed to trigger or your uma get boxed in, both cases putting them at a disadvantage. Retry the race might give you a more favorable RNG and wining it. Of course, if their stats are too low, they are still more likely to lose anyway.

Hence the joke that the player trainer is stated to be powerful for having "clock up" skill as they retry the match.

Still RNG even with everything favorable to your uma, might still screw you up though.