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The Jockey Club governed the sport from 1752 until its governance role was handed to the British Horseracing Board, ( formed in June 1993 ) and while the BHB became responsible for strategic planning, finance, politics, race planning, training and marketing, the Jockey Club continued to regulate the sport.
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`` A swell party, send an invite to ever'body but them -- those folks you met at the Galt House, the ones I've got to know in this new Jockey Club affair, the whole dang neighborhood.
In 2002, Alumni won its first Nacional title, defeating Jockey Club de Rosario 23-21 in the final.
For example, all Jockey Club Thoroughbred registries require that a registered Thoroughbred be a product of a natural mating, so called " live cover ".
From there, Clark went on to Paris, France, where in 1863, a group of racing enthusiasts had formed the French Jockey Club and had organized the Grand Prix de Paris, which at the time was the greatest race in France.
Returning home to Kentucky, Clark organized the Louisville Jockey Club for the purpose of raising money to build quality racing facilities just outside of the city.
Although the first race meet proved a success, the track ran into financial difficulties and in 1894 the New Louisville Jockey Club was incorporated with new capitalization and improved facilities.
The Jockey Club is not a club for jockeys ; but rather exists to regulate the sport of horseracing ; the Marylebone Cricket Club was until recently the regulatory body of cricket, and so on.
* " Suicide and the Media: Recommendations on Suicide Reporting for Media Professionals ( in Chinese )", The Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong
But instead of giving Secretariat the record, the Maryland Jockey Club decided to split the difference and make its official time that of Pimlico's clocker, who timed the race in 1: 54 2 / 5.
The first running of the Kentucky Oaks was on May 19, 1875 when Churchill Downs was known as the Louisville Jockey Club.
The Goose brothers are cousins of Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., the founder of the Louisville Jockey Club.
Meadow Stable's secretary, Elizabeth Ham, had submitted 5 names to the Jockey Club, all of which were denied for various reasons.
The Maryland Jockey Club, which managed the Pimlico racetrack and is responsible for maintaining Preakness records, discarded both the electronic and Daily Racing Form times and recognized 1: 54 as the official time.
According to legend the decision was made by the toss of a coin, but it is probable that Bunbury, the Steward of the Jockey Club, deferred to his host.
European variations include the Derby Italiano, the Deutsches Derby, the Irish Derby and the Prix du Jockey Club ( popularly known in the British Isles as the " French Derby ").
The Jockey Club in the UK has been released from its regulatory function but still performs various supporting roles.
Pedigree matters and the registration of racing colours, however, are the province of The Jockey Club, which maintains the American Stud Book and approves the names of all Thoroughbreds.
Regulation of horse racing in Canada is under the Jockey Club of Canada.
There are a few racing venues across Canada, but the major events are mainly in Ontario and managed by the Woodbine Entertainment Group, formerly Ontario Jockey Club.
* Caerleon-Three-Year-Old Champion Colt in France, won the Group One Prix du Jockey Club and International Stakes, Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland ( 1988, 1991 )
Both races were established by the Jockey Club under the direction of Sir Charles Bunbury, who had earlier co-founded the Derby at Epsom.
In the UK, it is known as flat racing and is governed by the Jockey Club in the United Kingdom.
In the USA, horse racing is governed by the Jockey Club of North America.
There were 314 tracks operating in the United States by 1890 ; and in 1894, the American Jockey Club was formed.
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He was voted the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award that honors a rider whose career and personal conduct exemplifies the very best example of participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing.
Although no longer responsible for the governance and regulation of the sport, it owns 14 of Britain's famous racecourses, including Aintree, Cheltenham and Newmarket, amongst other concerns such as the National Stud, and the property and land management company, Jockey Club Estates.
Formerly the regulator for the sport, The Jockey Club's responsibilities were transferred to the Horseracing Regulatory Authority ( now the British Horseracing Authority ) in 2006.
Some exchanges have signed agreements with governing bodies of sport including the Jockey Club, with whom they insist they will co-operate with fully if the latter suspects corruption to have taken place.
Many swimming pools or public sport facilities in Hong Kong are supported or founded by the funding of The Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Although never involved with the sport at the same level as his father, Nicholas Brady served for a time as chairman of The Jockey Club.
He was voted the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1952 that honors a rider whose career and personal conduct exemplify the very best example of participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing.
Caroline originated the Death Contract, and she has become " Queen " of those who Death Jockey for sport.
In 1984, Cauthen received the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, which honors a rider whose career and personal conduct exemplifies the very best example of participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing.
This was intended to help modernise the sport, as the Jockey Club is a private members ' club with a traditionally aristocratic membership, and was seen by some as being unaccountable and a relic of the tradition of amateurism in British sports administration.
The Jockey Club however retained responsibility for matters concerned with the regulation of the sport, such as integrity, discipline and equine health.
The BHB was merged with the Horseracing Regulatory Authority ( HRA ), the regulatory division of the Jockey Club, in 2007, creating a new organisation called the British Horseracing Authority which from 31 July 2007 governs and regulates the sport.
As a result, the Jockey Club has formally ended its link with the regulation of the sport.
That year he was voted the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award that honors a rider whose career and personal conduct exemplifies the very best example of participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing.
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* Prometheus ( the film includes " The Derelict " spacecraft and the " Space Jockey " designs from the first Alien film, as well as original extraterrestrial murals created exclusively for the new movie.
The album also spawned the 12 " single " Downtown Train / Tango Till They're Sore / Jockey Full of Bourbon ", with Jean Baptiste Mondino filming a promotional music video for " Downtown Train " ( which would later become a hit for Rod Stewart ), featuring a cameo from boxing legend Jake LaMotta.
Until the formation of the Arabian Horse Registry of America in 1908, Arabians were recorded with the Jockey Club in a separate subsection from Thoroughbreds.
Jockey Tony McCoy falls from a horse.
The Canadian distiller provided a solid foundation on which the race's revival could be built, firstly enabling the course to be bought from Davies and to be run and managed by the Jockey Club.
The Preakness Stakes, a race in the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, was named after a race horse from Wayne's Preakness Stables, who won the Dinner-Stakes race at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, sponsored by the Maryland Jockey Club on October 25, 1870.
The Anderson Jockey Lot is also a well known shopping area located on US 29 about 7. 5 miles from the heart of the city.
The founders of MTV got their idea from studying Merrill Aldighieri, the person to invent the job of Video Jockey and its term.
To make matters worse, Charles de Noailles was forced to withdraw his membership from the Jockey Club.
Jockey Richard Migliore said, " I'm more tired from trying to pull him up.
Connected to the Academic Building, it is accessible directly from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Atrium.
The Australian Jockey Club ( AJC ) held its meetings at Homebush from 1842 to 1859, before moving to Randwick in 1860.
The Victorian Racing Club ( VRC ) was formed from the amalgamation in 1864 of the Victoria Jockey Club and Victoria Turf Club.
* Jockey Scobie Breasley rode the winner of four consecutive Caulfield Cups from 1942 to 1945.
Surpluses from its operation are allocated to the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
On September 1, 2003, representatives from the Australian Racing Board, the Hong Kong Jockey Club, the Turf Authorities of India, the Japan Racing Association, the Korea Racing Association, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, the Singapore Turf Club and the Jockey Club of Turkey signed the multilateral agreement in Hong Kong on September 1, 2003.
He was president of the Ontario Jockey Club from 1953 to 1973 where he consolidated numerous money-losing tracks throughout the province into fewer, but viable businesses.
Archer was Champion Jockey for 13 consecutive years until 1886, riding 2, 748 winners from 8, 084 starts.
An interest in horses, inherited from his father, led to his appointment as Attorney for the Jockey Club from 1922.
With Bill Shoemaker in the saddle, he came from 22 lengths back to beat Triple Crown winners Seattle Slew and Affirmed in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
0.392 seconds.