Jockey Club of America

The ninth panel of the OwnerView Virtual Thoroughbred Owner Conference was held Tuesday, Nov. 7 and featured videos of farrier work and equine dentistry, said The Jockey Club who hosted the event along with the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. Discussions included perspectives from Dr. Scott Morrison and Dr. Brad Tanner, both of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, and OwnerView's project manager, Gary Falter. The conference is sponsored by Bessemer Trust, Stoll Keenon Ogden and The Green Group. This panel was sponsored by Equilume. Attendees were able to ask questions...

The Jockey Club's Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) named the recipients of its two non-competition awards, which included the Thoroughbred of the Year Award and the T.I.P. Young Rider of the Year Award, the organization said in a release Wednesday. The Thoroughbred of the Year Award recognizes a Thoroughbred that has excelled in a non-competitive career, such as equine-assisted therapy or police work, and includes a $5,000 grant to the non-profit organization associated with the horse or, if no organization is associated with the horse, to a horse-related charity chosen by...

Twelve hundred forty eight stallions covered 28,548 mares in North America during 2022 with breedings resulting in 18,143 live foals for 2023, according to statistics compiled through Oct. 8 in the Jockey Club's Live Foal Report, the organization said in a release Wednesday morning. In terms of individual stallions, Gun Runner, standing at Three Chimneys, was tops among all stallions when it came to mares bred. He was bred to 256 mares in 2022. He was followed by Yaupon (Spendthrift), 242; Mendelssohn (Coolmore), 232; Practical Joke (Coolmore), 230; and Not...

Just over 100 years ago, the Jockey Club's resident New York handicapper, William Vosburgh, knew the value of history and understood how it could be applied when he penned his magnum opus, Racing In America, 1866-1921. The turf wordsmith revealed his intent in the Preface when he said, "I shall show that, owing to want of popular support, racing had fallen so low, and so infrequent, as to excite little or no interest." What he was talking about was a sport in crisis, as progressive forces in America drove racing...

Seven new members were elected to the Jockey Club of America, which include Gary Fenton, Eric Gustavson, Bret Jones, Jane Lyon, Michael Mulvihill, David O'Rourke and Mandy Pope, the organization said in a release early Thursday morning. Fenton has been the managing partner of Little Red Feather Racing, a racing syndicate based in California, since 2005, and he is on the board of the Thoroughbred Owners of California and has been chairman since 2021. Over the last 17 years, Gustavson has overseen Spendthrift's growth as it acquired, raced and launched...

The Jockey Club Registry Aug. 8 issued its 100,000th digital certificate of foal registration to a gray colt by Tacitus (Tapit), out of Jibboom by Mizzen Mast, the organization said in a release Thursday. The foal, born on Feb. 10, was bred and is owned by Juddmonte, which is also the original certificate manager. "We are pleased that digital certificates have been so well-received," said Rick Bailey, registrar for The Jockey Club. "Digital certificates have streamlined the registration process and transfer of certificates, certificates can no longer be damaged or...

The Jockey Club of America's 2023 edition of the Fact Book is available in the Resources section of their website, the organization said in a release Thursday. A statistical and informational guide to Thoroughbred breeding, racing and auction sales in North America which is updated quarterly, the Fact Book also features a directory of Canadian, international, national and state organizations. Links to the Breeding Statistics report that is released by The Jockey Club each September and the Report of Mares Bred information that is published each October can be found...