With a long GI racing career and often placing third, Nice Nature gained popularity as the "Bronze Collector".
[4] Nice Nature was retired from racing in late 1996 in spite of initial plans to have the horse run in that year's Arima Kinen due to problems on his right forearm.
[5] Alongside standing at stud, Nice Nature also became the poster character announcing the introduction of Quinella Place betting in JRA races in 1999.
[9] Consequently, players of Uma Musume have raised tens of millions of yen each year in celebration for Nice Nature's birthday donation.
: F20-c Inbreeding within 5 generations: None Retrieved from Nice Nature's profile on JBIS (Japan Bloodstock Information Database) Nice Nature's dam Urakawa Miyuki died on June 2, 2017, at the age of 36, making her the longest lived female thoroughbred in Japan to have been properly documented.