I can’t understand why an owner wouldn’t bother to have their horses’ blinkers match the silks (are they that expensive?) I’ll insist on on it when I scrimp together the money to buy a racer.
In New Mexico its actually more common to see house colors or trainers colors on a horse than the owners lol. One set of silks in NM has a picture of the virgin Mary on the back. Theres a guy I used to pony for that had SILK silks in bright orange on black with white trim, matching bridle, blinkers and wraps and wow did that ever look sharp, especially on his black colt. Even the jockeys commented on how much they liked wearing those silks.
My design, if I ever get the chance to use them, is black with gold stars on the sleeves and a large white star on the body 
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If you want to have a bit of fun designing your own silks.
http://www.horsehats.com/jockey-silks.html[/QUOTE]
Fun!
Mr & Mrs. Taylor seemed to have slightly altered their silks for Slew o’ Gold. Same pattern as with Seattle Slew and their more recent horses but silver/gray/white/putty/huh? yoke-and-armbands for SoG instead of gold.
Here’s one photo.
And here’s another.
I was just wondering if silks can be in colors that are a bit less main stream - for example, olive, teal, chartreuse, etc. I don’t know if I’ve seen any in those colors. (Sometimes I see something like chartreuse, but I’m wondering if that is just a faded lime green.)
Or do they only let you register the more core colors?
Tx.
Mine are royal blue with glow in the dark yellow for the collar, cuffs and designs on the front and back. I wanted black for my designs but the lady that made my silks said you wouldn’t be able to pick your horse our on the back side…she was so right! Any mine are the traditional cut fake silk material.
When I got my silks I was told that the only state you need to register silks in (at least on the east coast) is NY. And, in NY you are only allowed 2 colors.
So many people have 2 sets of silks: Their “designer silks” which look just like they want them to look and often have 3, or even 4, colors. And their NY silks (which must be used every time a horse runs in NY) which are registered and can only have 2 colors.
Since I have never run a horse in NY, my silks have 3 colors – gray background with green chevron and bands on sleeves and burgundy trim.
I wanted to go 100% “old school” with mine and I know I succeeded because the owner of the silk company (the oldest on in Lexington - forget the name) saw my silks on the hanger when they were ready for me to pick up, and asked her sales lady whose silks those were. She thought she should know because they looked like they had been around forever, but she couldn’t place the owner.
Lord Helpus: Wow, you are a talented horseman in many different areas !
Do you have a photo of your silks? Sounds neat; I love things that are a bit retro (and very retro).
Anyone up for this question, though:
I was just wondering if silks can be in colors that are a bit less main stream - for example, olive, teal, chartreuse, etc. I don’t know if I’ve seen any in those colors. (Sometimes I see something like chartreuse, but I’m wondering if that is just a faded lime green.)
Or do they only let you register the more core colors?
Tx.
Our original silks are emerald green with bright red bleeding hearts on the back… I still have a set made of the old “silky” material. Maybe 50 years old or so.
My mom’s silks are light blue, dark blue arms and a big dark blue shamrock with silver edging around it and her farm name in the center. I have a set here made of the polyester type material that I had intended to frame for barn decor… but haven’t got around to it
2 colors on the jacket and 2 on the sleeves for a max of 4.
The lamest silk I ever saw was at Laurel a few years back. Green with a yellow squiggle which the track program told me was a rabbit.
Thanks, I didn’t know that.
For those who never wanted to know this much about jockey silks, this is the link to the Jockey Club’s site on registering farm names and silks.
http://www.jockeyclub.com/silks.asp
Does that include pinstripes?
Mine are light purple , white diamonds on sleeves, whit collar and cuffs. The white is sorta pink now, after years of being laundered in the various jocks room laundry.
Sadly, I don’t have a picture of my silks. Winners circle pictures of horses I have owned were either at Mountaineer (where all horses wear “house silks” which are solid colors corresponding to the number of the saddle cloth – i.e. Number 1, 2, and 3 are ALWAYS Red, Whie and Blue at every track), or at Gulfstream and Calder where I raced horses which I inherited from my mother, but the racing office had a hard time changing ownership, so the horses raced in mother’s silks as long as they were running in her name [even though she was dead. :rolleyes: ]
Right now my silks are out being used as a prop for a charity event whose theme is “at the track”. When they come home I will put them away; I am out of the racing game.
In answer to your other question – any color that can be thought up, can be used on silks. Often the color will be listed as “light green” or “orange” or “pink” instead of the wilder color it really is. I have seen some silks which are right off the top of the barf-o-meter.
Thanks LH.
So your Mom was a great horseman, too. Kewl.
In answer to your other question – any color that can be thought up, can be used on silks. Often the color will be listed as “light green” or “orange” or “pink” instead of the wilder color it really is.
I was still waiting/looking for the answer for this, so than you for answering that.
The most outrageous colors I’ve seen listed in the program are fuchsia, chartreuse, “flame orange,” teal, “french blue,” and “rainbow.” 
Why so dejected? Cheer up!
