Horse racing: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A jockey with light-to-medium skin wearing a helmet and silks, crouched forward on a galloping horse mid-stride. The rider is captured in a classic racing posture, leaning into the horse's neck to maintain balance and speed.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to choice for discussing professional horse racing, betting, or the Kentucky Derby. It is also used to express a sense of urgency or 'racing' toward a deadline. It pairs naturally with 🏆 when celebrating a win or 🏇 for generic equestrian discussions.

History

Horse racing has been a staple of human competition for centuries, and this emoji was added to the Unicode standard to capture the excitement of traditional spectator sports. The skin-tone modifier was introduced in 2015 as part of an effort to provide greater representation across the vast array of emojis depicting human figures.

Details

Glyph

🏇🏼

Unicode

U+1F3C7 U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3c7_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFC7;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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