an association for the regulation and promotion of thoroughbred horse racing, usually composed of racing officials and thoroughbred owners at a specific racetrack or in a particular region.
a section at a racetrack reserved for members of such an association, containing box seats, a restaurant, and sometimes rooms for social gatherings.
First recorded in 1765–75
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Its jockey club had accumulated operating losses of over $311 million, the Macau News Agency earlier reported.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
Its jockey club runs various gambling activities and is the city’s major donor of many charity works.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
He won ovah thousand dollars in money, ’sides two plantations off Mistah Jackson, who nevah dared enter the jockey club aftah that day.
From The Bondwoman by Marah Ellis Ryan
Was Spring Gardens a young ladies academy as well as oysterhouse, tavern and jockey club?
From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Gay Montague Moore
Hilary’s father, a power alike on the turf and in the street, had built it, and controlled it absolutely—of course through the figment of an obedient jockey club.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 by Various
The Jockey Club, a thoroughbred registry and leading industry group, brought in consultants from McKinsey to help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Sir Thomas Pilkington:, external A successful owner, breeder and administrator, he was senior steward of the Jockey Club from 1994 to 1998 and also acted as chair of the British Horseracing Board.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
The Maryland Jockey Club announced Muth’s status change Wednesday morning, roughly 12 hours after the horse arrived at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
“All systems go,” McPeek told the Maryland Jockey Club.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2024
Invariably, hundreds of people fanned out around the track apron to watch the Triple Crown winner, who had come to Pimlico after crushing the field in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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