The Jockey Club, the leading sanctioning body in what’s left of the sport of horse racing in the U.S., sent out a clear message Wednesday to anybody thinking of naming their horse after Hitler: Don’t name your horse after Hitler.
The two-year-old colt Austrian Painter made his racing debut Monday with a win in the third race at Horseshoe Indianapolis Racecourse. Obligatory: He covered the 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:04.97, and paid $9.00. Afterward, the Jockey Club received objections about the victorious newcomer, but these weren’t the standard post-race protests about a jockey’s obstructing or dangerous ride or a horse’s drug abuse. No, these complaints were about the horse’s name. Because, as reported by ESPN in its Austrian Painter story, “Hitler was born in Austria and was an artist.”
You know when there’s a guy who won’t quit talking about how much of a Nazi he is a good solution is for everyone to just beat the living shit out of him. Have they tried that?
Registered horse names are so fucking stupid aside from the one racehorse I know named Five. That’s his whole registered name which is so short and honestly hilarious. Oh! Potoooooooo is also great.
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How is this dude not fully banned from everything ever
It’s a pattern for Herbertson. He had submitted other names to the Jockey Club for Austrian Painter, including “My Struggle” and “Braunau Star.” The former is the English translation for Hitler’s manifesto Mein Kampf, which he wrote while in prison; the latter seems to be a reference to Hitler’s birthplace Braunau am Inn, although Herbertson claimed it was referencing the birthplace of his wife’s grandfather. He also said “Austrian Painter” was a reference to Gustav Klimt.
Are one of his wife’s parents from Argentina?
This article says that the owner claims that his wife’s grandfather was coincidentally from the same town as Hitler.
