On February 7, 2004 the 'Red Rabbit Racing' thoroughbred racing partnership was formed. This is a family partnership with initial investors being Pop, Aunt Peggy, cousin Jeff, sister Jean and Rick. The name Red Rabbit Racing comes from the nickname of the late Russell Johnson who was father to Peggy & Pop, as well as Grandfather to Jean, Jeff & Rick. Our goal is to have fun as a family and take as long as possible before all our damn money is gone.
We engaged famed race horse trainer Chris Block as our trainer and under his direction set out to claim a horse. We will be racing year round in Illinois - primarily at Arlington Park and then at Hawthorne Race Track when Arlington is dark. To the left is our partnership history followed by a listing of the horse(s) racing under our colors - hopefully many of then over the next few years. Click on the name(s) for all the details.
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Our Racing Silks were designed by the ownership team and feature a red, white & blue color scheme. The left sleeve features a tribute to Pop who sadly passed away in 2004. He is Dad to Jean and Rick, but affectionately called 'Sam' by many others. The right sleeve features the Rolling Stones 'Tumbling Dice' that we are surely rolling with this adventure.
Shown below is the crest of our Red Rabbit Racing Stable. The crest features an American flag, the names of each horses that will make up our stable, the red & blue diamonds of our racing silks, and 'Love Of Family' spelled out in Latin with the first name initials of each of the original partners.
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And finally in the words of that famed race calling legend Phil Georgeff....