Trainer Eric Guillot banned for giving horse a racist name

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<time class="" datetime="2021-01-10T15:52:26.000Z" style="color: rgb(130, 140, 147); font-family: "Yahoo Sans", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Sun, January 10, 2021, 10:52 AM EST</time>[FONT=&quot]·[/FONT][FONT=&quot]4 min read [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Horse trainer Eric Guillot has been [/FONT]banned by the New York Racing Association[FONT=&quot] and 1/ST Racing for changing the name of one of his horses to a racial slur, which was directed at a Black TVG analyst.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Guillot, who has made $13 million over his career from horses he trained, tweeted on Jan. 1 that the three-year-old colt he was running at Aqueduct Racetrack was being given a new name “in honor of a TVG analyst,” and followed that with a Black fist emoji. He revealed in a follow-up tweet that the name of the horse was “Grape Soda,” which can be a racist term directed at Black people.[/FONT]
[h=2]Widespread outcry to Guillot’s name change[/h][FONT=&quot]According to the Paulick Report, Guillot later admitted that the tweet was “in honor of” Ken Rudolph, a Black analyst for the horse racing network TVG. When the horse came in No. 1 at Aqueduct on Friday, Rudulph tweeted a response to not just the name Guillot chose for the horse, but to the racism he sees all over the racing industry[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Horse trainer Eric Guillot has been banned by the New York Racing Association and 1/ST Racing for changing the name of one of his horses to a racial slur, which was directed at a Black TVG analyst.
Guillot, who has made $13 million over his career from horses he trained, tweeted on Jan. 1 that the three-year-old colt he was running at Aqueduct Racetrack was being given a new name “in honor of a TVG analyst,” and followed that with a Black fist emoji. He revealed in a follow-up tweet that the name of the horse was “Grape Soda,” which can be a racist term directed at Black people.
[h=2]Widespread outcry to Guillot’s name change[/h]According to the Paulick Report, Guillot later admitted that the tweet was “in honor of” Ken Rudolph, a Black analyst for the horse racing network TVG. When the horse came in No. 1 at Aqueduct on Friday, Rudulph tweeted a response to not just the name Guillot chose for the horse, but to the racism he sees all over the racing industry.
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In response to the revelations about the horse’s name, numerous racing organizations banned Guillot. David O’Rourke of the the New York Racing association released this statement.
“Racism is completely unacceptable in all forms. NYRA rejects Eric Guillot's toxic words and divisive behavior in the strongest terms. At this time, he will no longer be permitted to enter horses at any NYRA track nor will he be allocated stalls on NYRA grounds. In addition, we will review what further steps may be available to us. Our racing community is diverse, and we stand for inclusion.”
1/ST Racing, which owns several race tracks, also released a statement condemning Guillot and banning him from racing or training at their facilities.
"1/ST Racing stands firmly against the inexcusable actions of trainer Eric Guillot. There is no place in the sport of Thoroughbred racing for racism in any form. Our company will not tolerate the use of hateful and divisive language or behavior.
"1/ST Racing agrees fully with the New York Racing Association's move to ban Mr. Guillot from racing and will take the same action. Mr. Guillot is no longer welcomed at any 1/ST Racing track."
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What context would it be racist
It is a bit of a stereotype but nothing really negative
Fucking stupidity
 

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If he would’ve called him Fanta Grape Soda, he’d be a Nazi! Oh wait...
 

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Lemme get some of that Grape Drank, ummkay?!?!

Dat's Purple Drank, foo.

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So if you name a horse New York Egg Cream it will be be considered an ethnic slur because it was a popular drink among Jewish people in New York City.
 

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I could possibly see if it was called Watermelon. Lol

You ever notice the drink choices in ghetto gas stations? Fanta, grape drinks, all kinds of weird shit?
 

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I could possibly see if it was called Watermelon. Lol

You ever notice the drink choices in ghetto gas stations? Fanta, grape drinks, all kinds of weird shit藍


they have Watermelon Mt Dew now :ohno:
 

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Yep, a real winner. Go ahead and glorify him.

https://www.paulickreport.com/news/...uillot-banned-by-nyra-1-st-racing-racetracks/

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Guillot has posted bigoted or racially tinged comments in the past, including a Tweet in August 2020 saying he had given another horse the name “Uncle Ken's Cabin,” an obvious reference to the Harriet Beecher Stowe novel about slavery.

Sounds like he's got a little history with this stuff.
 
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Why are black people so sensitive?

Why are they offended every chance they can dig up?

That trainer could have offended 50 other people of different ethnicities along the way and nobody would give a shit.

But black people? Drop the damned sledgehammer. Why?
 

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Why are black people so sensitive?

In my personal experiences, they are no more sensitive than any other race.

In many of these types of things that get headlines, its white libtards being sensitive on behalf of blacks.
 

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Why are black people so sensitive?

Why are they offended every chance they can dig up?

That trainer could have offended 50 other people of different ethnicities along the way and nobody would give a shit.

But black people? Drop the damned sledgehammer. Why?

Nice stereotype. And of course, disregard that this guy appears to be a scumbag.
 
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Stereotype?

Where? What?

Scumbag is your opinion. He doesn't mean shit to me. I could care less who he names his horses after.

Would he have been de-tracked had he named his horse Trump when everyone knows he hates Trump?
 

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