Aliases
Kemono Friends x JRA Collaboration, Kemono Friends Episode 12.2, Race Course Special, Uma no Friends, Horse Friends, ウマのフレンズ
S1SUMMER 2017ONA
Part of this franchise
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
CourScore
13.5
CourScore measures renewal signals out of 100. It is not a calibrated probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 7 hours ago
Top reasons
- Titles like this rarely return - 9 years with no new entry: of OVAs and specials (first entries) in that position, under 1% got a new season or film within 10 years
- Time since finale - ~111 months since estimated air window ended
- Favourite base strength - 4 cross-platform favourites
Runway
Unknown
Source runway is unclear, so feasibility is treated as unknown.
Financial & Commercial28
Production Feasibility24
Audience Reception42
Strategic Priors32
Fandom Engagement46
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 06:25 AM
Next scheduledin 17 hours
Renewal FAQ
Horse Friends renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is Horse Friends getting a new season?
- According to Courcast's latest analysis, Horse Friends has a 14/100 renewal signal score. This score is updated daily and blends fandom momentum, streaming signals, source-material runway, and franchise history. Check back regularly for the latest forecast.
- Will Horse Friends be renewed?
- Horse Friends currently scores 14 out of 100 on Courcast. Signals driving this estimate include online discussion volume, sequel history within the franchise, and platform engagement data - all recalculated daily. Scores from 70 indicate strong renewal signals; scores from 85 are labelled very likely.
- What is Horse Friends's renewal probability?
- Horse Friends's CourScore is 14 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single daily signal score out of 100.
Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 58 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 4 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 1,597 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 13 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 2,581 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 71,103 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 61 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| justwatch | jp platform count | JP | 1 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 473 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 9,371 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 64.88 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 35 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 2,691 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 4,518 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 1,436 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 8.07 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 51,924 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 5 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 207 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 392 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 214 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 37,119 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 74 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 13 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.47 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 1,046 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 61.8 | Oct 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 60 | Oct 9, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 4.03 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 3 | Jun 23, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 14 | Jun 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 260,870 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 1,290 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 25 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 13,579 | Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 AM |