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Jun 4 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
A gathering of jockeys of past and present all wearing The Queen’s silks.

The royal racing colours of purple, gold braid, scarlet sleeves, and black velvet cap with gold fringe were first registered to the Prince of Wales in 1877 #PlatinumJubilee
🐎 Racing colours in distinct patterns and vivid colours, are sometimes known as the ‘heraldry of horseracing’

Since 1970 their designs have been restricted to a palette of 18 colours.

theheraldrysociety.com/articles/the-h… a jockey in a horse in purple and scarlet royal racing colou
imagine if universities had their own racing colours 🥹
A gathering of jockeys in The Queen’s Racing Colours jockeys in purple and scarlet tidings silks

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