Kansas City Chiefs plan to keep nickname but retire mascot ‘Warpaint’ | CNN
One difference fans will notice at Arrowhead Stadium next season is the absence of Kansas City’s horse mascot Warpaint.
“A lot of reasons for that, but we just feel like it’s the right thing to do,” Donovan said.
Since 2009, the sorrel tobiano mare has been a fixture at Chiefs home games.
The Warpaint tradition was reintroduced as part of the team’s 50th anniversary season after a 20-year hiatus. In earlier iterations, Warpaint had been mounted by a rider dressed in traditional Native American headdress and garb.