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Jockey Club

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Jockey Club

Governing body of English horse racing until 1993, when the British Horseracing Board was formed. The Jockey Club still oversees licensing and regulation. It was founded in about 1752 at the Star and Garter, Pall Mall, London.



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Turned out of the Jockey Club, turned out of Tattersalls', turned out of the betting-ring; in short, posted publicly as a defaulter before the noblest institution in England, the Turf--and all for want of five hundred pounds to stop the mouth of the greatest brute I know of, Alfred Hardyman
My Lady's Money by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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