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 runs various gambling activities and is the city’s major donor of many charity works.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2024
Its jockey club had accumulated operating losses of over $311 million, the Macau News Agency earlier reported.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2024
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
He's the animal to walk into a foreign jockey club.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
Bruno returned to the capital, and the first time that he left his house was to visit the jockey club, which was now in session.
From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
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