The Jockey Club

Jockey Jose L. Ortiz and owner Juddmonte Farms Inc. finished the year as the leading rider and owner, respectively, by earnings for the first time while Chad Brown repeated as the top earner for trainers.

The Jockey Club published a list of more than 42,000 names released from active use.

Experimental Free Handicap to be renamed “The Jockey Club’s Annual Top 2-Year-Old Rankings.”

Shannon Luce, who has served as The Jockey Club’s communications manager since January 2012, has been named director of communications.

Since its inception more than a decade ago, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) has worked to develop and promote uniform rules and testing standards at the national level, which culminated in the creation of the National Uniform Medication Program (NUMP) in 2012.

The second International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR) will be held in conjunction with the 37 Asian Racing Conference (ARC) from May 13-18, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea

The Jockey Club announced the election of five new members: Chester Broman, Louis Cella, Kenny Troutt, Vinnie Viola, and Kevin Warsh.

Everett R. Dobson and John W. Phillips have been elected to the board of stewards of The Jockey Club, filling the expired positions of John C. Harris and Dr. Hiram C. Polk Jr.

Official transcripts, a video replay, and the slide presentation from Sunday’s 65th annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing are now available at jockeyclub.com.

Thoroughbred owner Barbara Banke, Victoria Racing Club Chairman Amanda Elliott, former National Basketball Association senior executive Rachel Jacobson, and McKinsey & Company’s Ben Vonwiller will be featured speakers at this year's Round Table Conference.

Information available from the IFAR conference, held May 18 and 19, 2017, coincided with the Pan Am Conference, which was held May 17 – 20 in Washington, D.C., and concluded with a trip to the 142 Preakness Stakes.

The Jockey Club announced today that one trainer has been denied all privileges of The American Stud Book for 10 years and that three other trainers have been denied the same privileges for one or two years. All actions became effective January 1, 2017.

Earle Mack, who has been actively involved in Thoroughbred breeding and racing for more than 50 years, will announce the creation of an annual award named in honor of his friend, the late Ogden Mills Phipps.

Panels focusing on televised coverage of horse racing, the South American breeding and racing industry, and international integrity efforts will highlight the business sessions at the second Pan American Conference...

OwnerView announced today that registration is now open for the fourth edition of the Thoroughbred Owner Conference, which is scheduled to take place in Del Mar, Calif., October 30 – November 1, 2017, immediately preceding the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.