Company type | Private (incorporated by Royal Charter) |
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Industry | Horse racing, leisure |
Founded | 1750 |
Headquarters | |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Dido Harding (Senior Steward), Nevin Truesdale (CEO)[1] |
Revenue | £216.5 million (2019) |
Number of employees | circa 600 FTE |
Divisions | Jockey Club Racecourses, Jockey Club Estates, The National Stud, Racing Welfare, Jockey Club Catering, Jockey Club Live, Jockey Club Services |
Website | thejockeyclub |
The Jockey Club is the largest commercial horse racing organisation in the United Kingdom. It owns 15 of Britain's famous racecourses, including Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs and both the Rowley Mile and July Course in Newmarket, amongst other horse racing assets such as the National Stud, and the property and land management company, Jockey Club Estates. The registered charity Racing Welfare is also a company limited by guarantee with the Jockey Club being the sole member. As it is governed by Royal Charter, all profits it makes are reinvested back into the sport.
Formerly the regulator for the sport ("Newmarket Rules"), the Jockey Club's responsibilities were transferred to the Horseracing Regulatory Authority (now the British Horseracing Authority) in 2006.