Saddle up—this emoji is pure “we ride at dawn” energy. The horse racing: dark skin tone emoji shows a jockey with a deep brown complexion crouched low over a galloping horse, capturing that full-send, final-stretch vibe. It’s perfect for bragging about speed (“on my way fr fr”), hyping Derby-day fits, or joking that you’re sprinting to meet a deadline with approximately zero seconds to spare. People also use it ironically when they’re moving at turtle pace but want the drama of a photo finish.
On Apple devices, you’ll spot a chestnut-brown horse tearing left, ears pricked, legs mid-stride, reins pulled taut. The jockey rocks bright silks (often green), a matching helmet, and that unmistakable forward-leaning pose; you might even clock the riding crop and tiny saddle details if you squint. There’s no track in the background—just clean, focused motion—so the speed reads instantly in tiny text bubbles. The skin tone modifier grounds it in representation, making the rider feel more personal and expressive.
Culturally, it taps Kentucky Derby hats and mint juleps, Royal Ascot glamour, Melbourne Cup office sweepstakes, and the universal language of betting slips and “photo finish” gasp-athons. Online, it doubles as a shorthand for horsepower, hustle mode, and “zoomies” (for pets or people). Flirty or playful? Drop it with a “giddy up” and you’ve got cheeky momentum. Sarcastic? Pair with a yawning emoji to say, “Yep, speeding… eventually.”
The Horse Racing emoji combined with the Black flesh tone character. This gives the emoji the black skin color appearance. Yaay!
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 4078 of 2393 |
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| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Black Horse Racing |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🏇🏿 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🏇🏿 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🏇 🏿 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🏇 🏿 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f3c7, 1f3ff |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F3C7, U+1F3FF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127943, 127999 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0x87, 0xF0 0x9F 0x8F 0xBF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8F 87, F0 9F 8F BF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 217 207, 360 237 217 277 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDFC7, 0xD83C 0xDFFF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdfc7, d83cdfff |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57287, 55356 57343 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F3C7 0x0001F3FF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F3C7, 01F3FF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127943, 127999 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F3C7\U0001F3FF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8f\x87\xf0\x9f\x8f\xbf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDFC7\uD83C\uDFFF" |
