Starman won the Duke of York S. | racingfotos.com
Following sexual assault allegations against Prince Andrew, Duke Of York Racecourse, York will change the name of G2 Duke Of York S. The race was originally named in honor of a Duke of York Prince George, who later became King George V and York, is in the process of having the race renamed Duke Of York S.
James Brennan, York’s head of marketing and sponsorships, said, “In the current news cycle, it’s distracting from the name. At the present time, what we want to do is emphasize its history and it is in honor of the Duke of York, who has been King George V since 1898. So any connection. with Prince Andrew both adopt the title and it is unnamed. whatever shape or form it takes for him – it has been running like a patterned race since 1971 and he didn’t become the Duke of York until 1986.”
Duke Of York S. has been run on six races since 1968 and a Group 2 race since 2003. It was won last year by Starman (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), who won. won the title of champion sprinter .
“It’s something we’ve been going around the houses for a little bit, because it’s a recognized name and the common point of races is that the name can be traced down generations of horses by special characteristics. bloodline service, trainer, racecar driver, etc,” Brennan said. “You change the template name with caution. But what we want to do, so the race can be left as ‘race’ and so we can talk about the next generation of Starmans and those kinds of things, instead of obsessing about the title in current environment, is a proposal to the Patterns Commission to clarify its history and the man it honors by inserting only a ‘1895’ prefix. The application will be for the Duke of York S. 1895 and I don’t want the European Commission to guess too late, but that seems like a pretty simple request, you’d hope. ”
Prince Andrew is being sued by Virginia Giuffre for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was 17. Giuffre claims she was trafficked by convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with Prince Andrew. Prince Andrew has denied the charges and is fighting them as a private citizen after being stripped of his rank by the Queen. He also stopped using his title ‘HRH’.
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