Horse renamed after Hitler exposed secret in racing
A horse named Austrian Painter won a race in Indiana on Monday. By Wednesday, the internet had figured out the name was a Hitler reference and the horse got renamed.
Racing industry's response: call it a "big stain on the industry" and move on. That's how you know it happens all the time.
On Monday, a horse named Austrian Painter won a race in Indiana. By Wednesday, the horse had been renamed after the Internet figured out it was a reference to Adolf Hitler. “It’s a big stain on the industry” For @yahoosports https://sports.yahoo.com/horse-racing/article/austrian-painter-horse-disturbing-backstory-exposed-glaring-problem-in-horse-racing-175332537.html
Horse racing's casual Nazi references reveal how normalized extremist dog-whistles are in the sport.
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