US Jockey Club Orders Racehorse Austrian Painter to Be Renamed Due to Hitler Reference
Hitler was an artist in Vienna before the first world war.
TL;DR
- The US Jockey Club ordered the racehorse Austrian Painter to be renamed.
- The name was deemed an offensive reference to Adolf Hitler, who was born in Austria and was a painter.
- The term 'Austrian Painter' is reportedly used online to refer to Hitler without moderation.
- The horse's full sister, New Order, must also be renamed.
- New Order can also refer to Nazi Germany's plan for occupied Europe.
- The Jockey Club cited a rule prohibiting names that are offensive based on various factors including national origin.
- Austrian Painter will now be known as Merrylegs.
- The Jockey Club has previously ordered horse renamings for racist references.