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Jockey Club: Marketing Relies on Integrity

The Jockey Club intends to continue with its efforts to market Thoroughbred racing and develop new patrons, but the organization's leader said Aug. 12 those efforts must go hand in hand with medication and penalty reforms.

 Sunday, August 12, 2012
Revised Drug Rules Have Provision for Salix

Revised Drug Rules Have Provision for Salix

In a change designed to win support of its Reformed Racing Medication Rules, The Jockey Club has added a provision governing regulatory administration of furosemide on race day.

 Sunday, August 12, 2012

Jockey Club: Progress on McKinsey Report

The Jockey Club has released an update on action it is taking based on recommendations from the McKinsey and Company report unveiled at the Round Table conference in August 2011.

 Friday, February 03, 2012

Officials Cite Progress Made in Drug Testing

Laboratories that test samples for the presence of drugs in California, Delaware, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and other states have signed letters of intent to submit to accreditation.

 Sunday, August 22, 2010

Round Table Sounds Optimism, Cooperation

Participants in The Jockey Club Round Table Aug. 22 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., sought to convey optimism and opportunity in the face of declines in many facets of the Thoroughbred industry.

 Sunday, August 22, 2010
Commentary:  Battle Lines

Commentary: Battle Lines

By Evan I. Hammonds - Advance deposit wagering, which most sources agree accounts for about 10% of handle on Thoroughbred racing, is the sport's latest battleground.

 Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Agenda Set for Jockey Club Round Table

Agenda Set for Jockey Club Round Table

Medication, equine health, and the impact advance deposit wagering has on the economics of racing will share the spotlight when The Jockey Club hosts its 55th annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing Aug. 19 at the Gideon Putnam Resort and Spa in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

 Tuesday, July 10, 2007

NYRA: Non-Profit Model is Best Option for Racing

The year's Jockey Club Round Table conference had a decidedly New York theme, with the New York Racing Association espousing its progress and commitment to Thoroughbred racing and breeding in the state, and a representative of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of Racing in New York saying the panel is carrying out its mandate.

 Sunday, August 20, 2006

Equine Drug Testing in Line for Major Upgrade

The horse racing industry is in the midst of creating a major research and development laboratory that will be responsible for improving testing capabilities and developing tests for designer and other hard-to-detect drugs used in racehorses, officials announced during The Jockey Club Round Table Conference Sunday in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

 Sunday, August 21, 2005

Horse Racing 2025

By Dan Liebman -- There are so many interest groups involved that this is probably not even a realistic vision. Sure, at such events as the Jockey Club Round Table and Arizona Symposium, many of racing's leaders do assemble. But after a few meetings, they return to their own little worlds.

 Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Round Table: Cooperation, Aggregation Still Needed

Thoroughbred racing continues to take steps on its way to becoming a true league sport, but officials at the Aug. 15 Jockey Club Round Table again beat the drum for cooperation and aggregation in what some still believe is a largely fragmented industry.

 Sunday, August 15, 2004

Giuliani to Round Table: 'Way to Expand Sport is to Improve Business'

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told The Jockey Club Round Table Sunday that the "way in which to preserve and expand horse racing as a sport is to improve its business."

 Sunday, August 17, 2003

Jockey Club to Address Wagering Integrity and Technology at Round Table

The vital areas of wagering integrity, technology, and medication will be spotlighted at The Jockey Club's Round Table Conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Aug. 17.

 Wednesday, August 06, 2003

Reforms for Pari-Mutuel Wagering Security Outlined

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will recommend a series of reforms to the racing industry in the aftermath of the Breeders' Cup Ultra Pick 6 wagering fraud, including creation of a central, nationwide authority to help oversee security issues.

 Tuesday, August 05, 2003

Round Table Call: More Horse Owners, Less Medication

As the Thoroughbred industry embarks on a national campaign to encourage more investment in racehorses, the chairman of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association has issued a plea for uniformity in medication to help the sport in a number of areas.

 Sunday, August 18, 2002

The Greatest Game Undertakes Ad Blitz to Attract New Owners

The Greatest Game, Thoroughbred racing's owner-recruitment program, began running advertisements on three cable television networks Thursday.

 Friday, August 16, 2002

Rounded Off: Jockey Club Round Table Turns 50

As it is renewed for the 50th year, the annual Jockey Club Round Table has changed from an exchange of ideas to 'Turf congress' of prepared remarks.

 Tuesday, August 13, 2002

Here and There

Jockey Club Round Table transcript available...Keeneland's Jerry Neff to retire...Meadowlands announces fall schedule...Volk named to Nebraska commission...Equine Advocates host annual event...Rood & Riddle Grand Prix approaches.

 Wednesday, August 07, 2002

Therapeutic Medications Next on 'Super-Test' List

Therapeutic medications will be the focus of the next round of "Super-Testing," the results of which should be available the first week of December during the University of Arizona Symposium on Racing. More than 500 blind samples remain to be tested for Class 4 medications.

 Tuesday, August 28, 2001

Industry Targets Drug Testing, Tax Reductions

The watchword at this year's Jockey Club Round Table was "focus," and perhaps not by coincidence, the event, held Sunday in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., ended about 25 minutes early. The initiatives planned by the Thoroughbred industry, however, could take some time to accomplish.

 Sunday, August 19, 2001

Marketing and Integrity Focus of Jockey Club Round Table

Marketing, integrity, and the freedom to compete will be key issues addressed Aug. 19 during "The Jockey Club Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing" at Saratoga Springs.

 Friday, August 03, 2001

Round Table to be Held Week Later This Year

The Jockey Club's annual Round Table Conference will be held Aug. 19, a week later than usual. It remains to be seen if other organizations that schedule their meetings the week of the Round Table will follow suit.

 Thursday, February 15, 2001

Round Table: Medication, Technology Among Topics

Perhaps it's a good sign that the medication of racehorses again was a prominent topic at the annual Jockey Club Round Table held Sunday in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

 Monday, August 14, 2000

Jockey Club Round Table 1999; Substance on the Table

First, it was an investment that amounts to more than $100 million by media giant TV Guide Inc. Now, it's a partnership with IBM Global Services, dubbed the world's leading provider of information technology solutions.

 Tuesday, August 08, 2000