“The world is going mad,” Hayes told the Herald Sun. “She is named after Charles Blackman and she is by Excellent Art, I thought it was a clever name, anything but racist. It is the most ridiculous thing, the biggest over-reaction I have ever seen.”
Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes
Black Caviar is fine, so, too, is Black And Bent. But don’t dare name your horse Blackman.
Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes was left stunned during the week after receiving notification that a filly in his stable called Blackman would require a name change following a public complaint.
Racing Information Services Australia (Risa), which control the registration and naming of horses, sent Hayes’ Lindsay Park notice that the 2-year-old, who won on debut on July 10, could no longer keep her original name.
Hayes said there was no racial undertone in the name, which is in honour of the famous Australian artist Charles Blackman.
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