Jockey Club Round Table Conference Aug. 12

Strategies for improving Thoroughbred racing will be the theme when The Jockey Club hosts its 66th Annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing Sunday, Aug. 12, at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

The Jockey Club Chairman Stuart S. Janney III will preside over the conference, which will begin at 10 a.m. EDT. For the second year, the conference will be aired on TVG2 and tvg.com in addition to being live streamed at jockeyclub.com.

Dan Singer and Mike Salvaris will discuss findings from their 2018 analysis of the racing industry. In 2011, McKinsey presented their seminal study, “Driving Sustainable Growth for Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding.”

The Round Table will also include a presentation from Simon Bazalgette, the group chief executive of The Jockey Club (U.K.). Bazalgette will cover a brief history of the world's oldest turf club, which was founded in 1750 and is today British horseracing's largest commercial group.

Singer leads McKinsey's global Sports and Gaming practice, based in New York. He is a strategic advisor to seven of the 10 largest sports leagues in the world as well as numerous sports teams, conferences, and governing bodies.

Salvaris is an expert in consumer insights and digital strategy. He joined McKinsey & Company in 2007 and now serves as an external advisor to the Sports and Gaming practice.

James L. Gagliano, president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club, and Ian D. Highet, The Jockey Club's secretary-treasurer, will preview McKinsey's report with a situational analysis of the Thoroughbred racing and breeding industries.

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