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The Courier Journal is excited for its 6th annual Color the Jockey Silks contest. Enter to win $100 by designing and decorating Kentucky Derby silks!
Here are the silks jockeys will wear for Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs. The colors and patterns have special meaning for horse owners.
English: The en:racing silks of Susan Magnier, as worn by the jockey of Galileo to victory in the en:2001 Epsom Derby. Date January 8 (Uploaded on Commons at 2012-01-31 03:58:50 (UTC)/Originally uploaded at 2008-02-01 20:14:35)
Jockey International, Inc. is an American manufacturer and retailer of underwear, sleepwear, and sportswear for men, women, and children. The company is based in Kenosha, Wisconsin . Jockey invented the first men's Y-Front brief in 1934 and it is a recognized trademark in 120 countries.
The early pre-Philippines clothing of the indigenous groups such as the Tagalogs and Visayans included both the baro and saya made from silk in matching colours. This style was exclusively worn by the women from the upper caste, while those of lower castes wore baro made from pounded white bark fiber, and a floor-length wrap-around skirt.
The silks of famous jockeys, horses and owners can fetch high prices at auction, suggesting the esteem in which history and tradition are held in horse racing. Although Racing Australia requires that all jockeys wear approved helmets and safety vests, racegoers are unaware of this latter safety equipment as it is worn beneath the silks.
Racing colours of Viscount Portman, as his coat of arms Or, a fleur-de-lys azure. Designs in racing colours may be compared to simple heraldic designs incorporating "heraldic ordinaries", for example the bend, chevron, fess, etc., which appear in racing colours in the form of stripes, braces, hoops, etc. [3] Other heraldic designs are reflected in racing colours as follows: bend sinister (sash ...