Horse racing: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned jockey wearing a helmet and racing silks, hunched forward on a galloping horse. This emoji captures the high-speed intensity of competitive equestrian sports.

Usage Context

Used to discuss professional horse racing, betting, or the Kentucky Derby. It is frequently sent as a shorthand for 'heading out' or 'rushing' to an event, and is often paired with the 🏇 standard version or the 🏁 checkered flag to indicate a finish line.

History

The horse racing emoji was part of the initial Unicode 6.0 rollout in 2010. The modifier for dark skin tones was introduced in 2015 as part of the Unicode 8.0 update, which aimed to increase human representation by applying the Fitzpatrick scale to existing character figures.

Details

Glyph

🏇🏿

Unicode

U+1F3C7 U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3c7_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFC7;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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