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going to the expense of purchasing a set of silks and registering with the Jockey Club.
• Colors and designs are selected for a variety of reasons. Foremost, an owner wishes to be able to “see” his horse within a group of running horses. Therefore, red and orange are popular, as is bright blue and electric yellow. Green, for turf horses especially, can get lost. Brown, obviously, would be a poor choice for a horse that predominantly runs on the dirt.
• An endless array of design are available to prospective owners. Stripes, blocks, sashes, hoops, yokes, chevrons, dots, circles, cuffs and a wide variety of personalized emblems can set off an owner’s silks with panache.
• The cap cover is usually the same color as the main body of the silks; however, some of the very old registered silks are a single color on the body and a complimentary color for the cap.
• Though racing silks were originally made of, well, silk, they are now made of nylon or a similar light, synthetic blend. This is for washability and affordability. No more worms.
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