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The Jockey Club is the registry for all Thoroughbred horses in the United States and Canada, and maintains offices in New York City and Lexington, Kentucky. The Registry maintained by The Jockey Club, called the American Stud Book , dates back to the club's founding and contains the descendants of those horses listed, as well as horses imported ...
The American Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) based in Lexington, Kentucky is a trade organization for Thoroughbred racehorse owners and breeders.Founded in 1961, the TOBA's stated mission is to "improve the economics, integrity and pleasure of the sport on behalf of Thoroughbred owners and breeders."
In a matter of weeks after the live meet ended, the River Downs Clubhouse became the country's most modern simulcasting center – the River Downs RaceBook. Thoroughbred and harness racing from across the nation is broadcast over a 500 set semi-state-of-the-art television system that features over one hundred 40-inch, high-resolution direct ...
John C. Mabee (August 21, 1921 – April 24, 2002) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder whom About.com called "a California racing icon.". A native of Seymour, Iowa, as a young man of twenty, John Mabee moved to San Diego, California, where the climate more suited his health, having had pneumonia and bronchitis.
Keeneland Race Course will offer a track record $9.6 million for 22 stakes races during 17 days of 2024 Fall Meet horse racing from Oct. 4-26 in Lexington.. The record purse total is the result of ...
In 1983 the event was renamed to the current Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes. [2] From 1981 through 1985 the event was restricted to horses whose owner was a member of the club. [3] Dropping that restriction allowed the race to qualify for Graded stakes consideration which it achieved in 1988. [2]
The new membership levels feature Clover ($15,000 initiation fee), Camellia ($25,000) and Ambassador ($75,000). The Clover level offers golf only on the new 9-hole course, which won't require tee ...
The event was created as a year-end championship for North American Thoroughbred racing, and also attracts top horses from other parts of the world, especially Europe. The idea for the Breeders' Cup was proposed at the 1982 awards luncheon for the Kentucky Derby Festival by pet food heir John R. Gaines (1928–2005), [ 9 ] a leading ...