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The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA), founded in 1937, is a non-profit organization committed to the advancement of thoroughbred breeding and racing in California. It is governed by a board of 16 directors elected by the association's general membership. [1] The current president of the CTBA is Doug Burge. [2]
The Jockey Club is the breed registry for Thoroughbred horses in the United States and Canada. It is dedicated to the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing and fulfills that mandate by serving many segments of the industry through its subsidiary companies and by supporting numerous industry initiatives.
On February 4, 1909 the California State Legislature passed an anti-racetrack gambling bill known as the Walker–Otis Law. [3] Similar in its goal to New York State's 1908 Hart–Agnew Law, [4] the California law resulted in the permanent closing of the Baldwin racetrack. In 1912 the racing facility burned to the ground.
The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) is an independent agency of the State of California, United States. Established in 1933, The CHRB has authority over the regulation of horse racing and parimutuel betting at licensed California race tracks. The function of the CHRB is to watch over authorized California horse races to protect the public ...
Riding crops must meet the following specifications to be used during Thoroughbred racing, including training, the Churchill Downs website says: Maximum weight: 8 ounces; Maximum length, including ...
The start of the 2014 Preakness Stakes, an American Thoroughbred horse race. Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in the UK and steeplechasing ...
The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Prince Ahmed bin Salman of the Saudi Arabian royal family. It was based at an 18-acre (73,000 m 2 ) facility at Bradbury Estates, in Bradbury, California .
Los Alamitos Race Course is a horse racing track in Cypress, California. [1] The track hosts both thoroughbred and quarter horse racing.The track has the distinction of holding four quarter horse stakes races with purses over $1 million, more than any other track in the United States. [2]