jockey club

noun

: an association for the promotion and regulation of horse racing

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All three horses were cleared to compete, the jockey club said. — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 15 May 2021 Mainlanders keen for a flutter must travel to Macau’s extravagant casinos or to Hong Kong’s jockey clubs. — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019 The jockey club said horses in the barn will train separately from the general population while other barns continue regular racing and training activities. — Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2024 Like much of Hong Kong, the jockey club learned from the city’s experience with the SARS epidemic in 2003. — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of jockey club was in 1775

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