The SIM Silks Tournament!

[Nena Olson]

I nominate Nikki Cozart!

[Stormy Peak]

I posted 6 in my first reply... would like to add 4 more. These are players who I think have great looking silks but haven't seen on the lists yet.

Jon Xett
Dan Gordon.
Mandy Saunders
John Slotmon

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Stormy

[Laura Smith]

You know, I've never looked through all the silks before. Some people make their jockeys wear some pretty crazy stuff. I love it.

Abe Froman
Adela Nowak
Ali Hedgestone
Bryan Doolittle
Danny Derby
Jamie Bates
Jeffrey Clauser
Lauren Haggerty
Leonard Beagle
Scott Eiland
Stormy Peak
Susie Rydell

(and an honourable mention, because she doesn't need to make any more money, but... AJ!)

[Nick Gilmore]

It seems to me it wasn't that long ago that I recognized most of the silks, so I am amazed at the many I've never seen! This is good, because we have so many newer players that are willing to help support the game by buying silks. Great idea Dan and best of luck to all nominees!

My nominations

Friedrich Barbarossa
Leo Beagle
Danny Derby
Bryan Doolittle
Mar Geukens
David Gray
Ali Hedgestone
LaDonna King
Anna Leroux
Sarra Ullman

[Ash Tarasin]

Some of my favourites that I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Brandon McNulty
Lori Hamill
Ken Lind
Laura Ferguson
Kyasuriin Matsumoto
Xander Zone
Laura Cameron
Johanna Stk

[Dan Kauffman]

We're up over 100 nominees! Current plan is to do a 128-silks bracket with eight "regions" of 16 silks. If we don't get a full 128, there will be a handful of first-round byes which is no big deal. Obviously more than two whole days left before nominations close.

Don't be afraid to nominate silks already on the list, it helps with seedings!

SILKS NOMINATIONS
Rick Ack
Emma Adanac
Randall Allen
Fanta Arcadia 4
Champ Bailey
Friedrich Barbarossa 4
Jamie Bates 2
Louise Bayou 2
Leonard Beagle 3
Jennifer Blake
Jason Bourne
James Burns
Laura Cameron
Rob Canterbury
Rebecca Cass 2
Royal Celestine
Dan Chartier
Jeffrey Clauser 2
Thomas Collins
Nikki Cozart
Sherry Crow
Joseph DePaulo 2
Danny Derby 4
Bryan Doolittle 4
Te Akau Downs
Reggie Dunlop
Lane Eddy
Scott Eiland 3
Glenn Escobar 2
Laura Ferguson
Abe Froman 3
Sean Furney
Troy Gallant 2
Mark Geukens 2
Madeline Gilbert 2
Kasie Gillespie
Gigi Gofaster
Dan Gordon
Susan Gorse
Megan Grant
David Gray
Lauren Haggerty
Lori Hamill
Ali Hedgestone 6
Rob Hill
Scott Hortness
Ashley Hunt 2
Talia Ichinari 2
Lynn Jackson
Samantha James
Mats Jonsson
Awesome Karl
Dan Kauffman 4
LaDonna King 2
Kris Krueger 2
Brian Leavitt
Anna Leroux 5
Ken Lind
Emma Lochran 2
Steph Lonhro
Todd Lucas
Pam Maier
Kyasuriin Matsumoto
Belinda Mccollum
Hamish Mcgonaghal
Brandon McNulty
Rachael Menke
Cathie Morris 2
Adela Nowak
Nena Olson 2
Patrick OMalley
Bill Outsilver 2
T.D. Palm
Pedro Pastinia
Cleo Patra
Stormy Peak 2
Jake Peters
Alysse Peverell
Mark Plouffe
Amy Pond
Bryan Price
Bob Probert
Alex Puderbaugh
Izzy Rafferty
Kris Rain
Susie Rydell
Stephen Saratoga
Mandy Saunders
Charlie Scene
Brad Searcy
John Slotman
Laura Smith
Amy Springsteen 2
Tammy Stawicki
Johanna Stk
Lisa Strummer
Ash Tarasin
Three Crowns Racing
Sarra Ullman 2
Art Vandelay
Steph Wilder
Jon Xett
Xander Zone

[Ali Hedgestone]

You know, I've never looked through all the silks before. Some people make their jockeys wear some pretty crazy stuff. I love it.

Says the person with a Chef's Knife on her silks!! (You should add a baguette on the sleeves!)

How do I have 6 noms? Eep!

[Dan Gordon]

Additions (not mentioned):
Meagan D'Armoure
Fred Vieane
April Eddy

[Stormy Peak]

You know, I've never looked through all the silks before. Some people make their jockeys wear some pretty crazy stuff. I love it.

Says the person with a Chef's Knife on her silks!! (You should add a baguette on the sleeves!)

How do I have 6 noms? Eep!

Ali, I've admired your silks for a long time. I started this thread back in 2012 and had your silks listed as some of my favorites even back then. They are pretty silks, and for me also make me think of the love story part of Braveheart, where he held onto his wive's bit of cloth with the thistle design to the very end.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25073&p=255288&hilit=silks#p255288

Sadly, some of the players listed are no long in the game. Still, I found it interesting going back and re-reading how some players came by their silks designs.

I'm also a little sad that I forgot to add Kenzie Larkin onto my list of 10. Her silks on the thumbnail... I somehow passed by it when looking at all the silks on the owners list....but in a larger view, her silks are very pretty... a horse fading off into flame. I hope someone with votes left will find her silks worth of a vote. I already used up all my votes and see she's not on the list on nominees. There are a lot more silks out there too, since 2012 and so that made choosing 10 pretty hard too.

Stormy

[Rebecca Cass]

I'll nominate Kenzie Larkin then, I'm a bit bias towards purple & black silks and her's are way better than mine!

[Steve Leavitt]

One of my faves was Sarra Ullman's silks. It doesn't look like that much at first until you click on the larger version and see that it is a stylized fox and THEN it really caught my eye!

[Heather Left]

Brandon McNulty
Danny Derby
Pam Maier
Fanta Arcadia
Friedrich Barbarossa
Susan Gorse
Rebecca Rose Hepburn
Anna Leroux

[Dan Gordon]

Hmm. I think that Danny Derby has the worst silks in the SIM. I don't mean that in a bad way - kinda like we have Ugly Tie Friday in my office here - you want to win!

Now could I be saying this subconsciously because Danny beats me in every big race (Be Prepared, Broadchurch and others)? Nah. Well, you'd have to drill into my brain to be sure........mutters, I'd like to to wipe that smile right off his silks........

[Gwayne's World]

I nominate,

Mary Whalen
Anne Conradt

[Jon Xett]

Son of a heraldic artist means my silks had to be traditional: http://www.theheraldrysociety.com/artic ... olours.htm


My selections based on heraldry and the article:
Michelle Calderoni
Glen Culver
Aloretta Dethly
Robbie Dee
Scott Durham
Francis Filart
Eric Jonson
Jeremy Janitz
Colin Michael
Luis Polar
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