Confederate silks draw CHRB complaint

I gotta say, I've never heard of anything like this happening.

I'm no fan of TVG's Ken Rudulph, but you've got to have some personal issues if you name one of your horses "Mute Rudulph" and then change your silks to the Confederate Flag just for one race. But that's just me.

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Hear, Hear....

I dislike Rudulph a little bit too…he oozes “pompous” and always seems like he is trying to emulate Denzel-cool….which he can’t quite pull off. But, who the eff would do such a thing as name a horse that and go with battle flag silks? Got to be an idiot supremacist…

…I am glad the silks drew a complaint….I live in an area that describes itself as southern…and it is probably a much broader discussion than we should get into here, but people who wear them proudly, I think, have always missed some bigger points…as in, they represent a lengthy era of oppression to a larger percentage of our population. When southerners get riled that people don’t like that flag, I always ask them: “how do you think the Jews feel about the Nazi flag?” ….because it is a similar situation….

What do you think the response would be if someone named a horse: “Adolph Forever” and dressed the jock in red silks with a swastika?

I just don’t think anyone that has those silks has a leg to stand on, and I know one thing….I will actively root against them.

Now is the time boys to make a big noise.
No matter what the people say,
For there is naught to fear, the gang's all here,
So hail West Virginia, hail.

by JP Fanshawe on Jul 24, 2010 9:57 PM EDT reply actions

One of the strangest horse racing stories I've ever heard of.

Here’s something I though of today while watching the replay of that race on CalRacing.com: I bet the owners didn’t even think the horse was going to win that race (he was 11/1 at post time). They probably thought they could use the silks, run around the track, lose, go back to the barn, and then have a great laugh after the fact. When the horse won, and then had to go get his picture taken in the winner’s circle, I bet that’s when whomever filed the complaint figured out what was going on. It’s not easy to make out the silks when they are running around the track but it’s real easy when they are standing in the winner’s circles posing for a photo.

I’m sure the owners, whenever they decide to make a statement, will say something like “it was just a joke” or “we have the right to race in any colors we want”. But that begs the question: if it was just a joke, why did you have to (allegedly) bribe the track colors man to get it done? If there is nothing wrong with what you did, why did you do it in secret (the color change was never reported)?

Horse racing has enough problems to deal with, the last thing it needs are idiot owners making political and social statements with the colors of their silks. And like I said before, even if you don’t like Ken Rudulph, do you really need to resort to actions like this to voice your displeasure?… I mean, come on, get a life.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Jul 25, 2010 2:36 AM EDT up reply actions

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