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A named pattern on a jacket.
Also known as: Jockey silks, Owner's colours
The registered pattern of a horse racing owner's jacket and cap.
Identify the owner of a horse during a race.
Contexts: Public information
Registered and exclusive within a jurisdiction, so racing colours function as a heraldic system with a registry — one of very few living systems of personal device outside heraldry proper.
Contexts: Public information
Designed to be told apart at distance and speed by a commentator and a crowd, which constrains the vocabulary to a small set of high-contrast devices.
Contexts: Public information
A jacket and cap in a registered combination of ground colour and a named device — hoops, stripes, a diagonal sash, spots or a cross — with the cap sometimes carrying a different figure.