She was the best at the beginning, and very happy with her positions all throughout. It’s fair to say she competed because she loved flying and/or racing, but something outside of her control took part of it away. She also, clearly, hasn’t followed the same professional path the rest of the podium ponies have, or at least most of them. That could’ve been her choice, or it could’ve become impossible.
There is a story here that’s not said outloud, and some of it is cloudy, but enough important pieces are showed to make it a bittersweet one.
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Dash and the others were junior class. This shows that Derpy, Lightning Dust, Spitfire and the others are actually all older than Dash by varying ranges.
Derpy was Consistently still on the podium despite worsening eye sight. while the bullies, flitter and chaser. had been on the bottom rung of the competition.