He responded, “I don’t know.” He shrugged his shoulders, “It has always been like that, been like that for a hundred years.” I kept asking around. I said, “Why are they wearing baggy clothes? It is a speed sport.” In every other speed sport in the world, they are all trying to be as aerodynamically efficient as possible - speed skaters and cyclists, even runners, even speed sports in the water, swimming, bobsledding, everything. He was an oldtimer he knew everything about the business.īy the time the second race was over that first day, I asked him, “Why are the jockeys wearing baggy uniforms?” He almost did not even understand the question I was asking, which gives you a pretty good idea of the mentality I am trying to overcome with this product. He had been in horse racing his whole life. I had been there for maybe a month when they sent me to my first race with a coworker. Part of my job included going to horse races all over the country. I was a broadcaster, newscaster and a sportscaster prior to, so they thought I would be a good fit - you have to communicate with sports media all the time.
At the time, I did not know anything about horses I did not know anything about horse racing, but I had been involved in sports media for a good chunk of my career. Ninety-nine percent of the work I did was on the behalf of the racing department there.
Matthew Darby: In 2006, I accepted a position in the marketing department at the American Quarter Horse Association, right here in Amarillo. What was the origin of the idea that became Speed Silks? Speed Silks uniforms have been worn by Kentucky Derby jockeys since its founding in 2014, including the jockey of Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist in 2016. and Puerto Rico to England and France to Singapore and Australia. The fabric in which Speed Sillks' uniforms are made, Aero Dimplex ®, is used by competitive cyclists, speed skaters and jockeys all over the globe, from the U.S. These revolutionary, lightweight equine jockey uniforms. When I look back now, at the last five or six years, I am flabbergasted, but only if I step back and take a look.” Matt Darby, Speed Silks founder You have to step off of the mountain and look, ‘oh look, there is a mountain.’ You do not see everything you have been through, when you are still experiencing it because you are too distracted. “It is like the old saying, ‘you can’t see the mountain if you are standing on top of the mountain.
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