The Jockey Membership introduced July 24 the audio system for its 72nd Annual Spherical Desk Convention on Issues Pertaining to Racing to be held Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. ET on the Excelsior Springs Occasion Middle in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. It’ll even be livestreamed on The Jockey Membership’s web site jockeyclub.com. Stuart Janney III, chairman of The Jockey Membership, will preside over the convention.
This yr’s keynote speaker is Todd Gralla, principal at Populous, a worldwide design agency that focuses on sports activities and leisure, from stadiums and arenas to occasion areas and concrete environments. Gralla will talk about cutting-edge racetrack tasks across the globe. He can even present a glance into the redesign of Belmont Park, which integrates right this moment’s know-how into racetrack operations whereas retaining the traditions of Thoroughbred racing.
Joe Asher, the chair of the board of the Wilson Middle and the previous CEO of William Hill U.S. and president of IGT’s PlaySports enterprise, will current on the intersection of horse racing and sports activities betting, and Meghan Rodgers, senior vp of public affairs, Nationwide Thoroughbred Racing Affiliation, will give an summary of the NTRA’s Security Runs First marketing campaign.
As well as, to supply an summary of horse racing in California, Gary Fenton — managing associate of Little Pink Feather Racing, chair of the Thoroughbred Ownes of California, and a member of The Jockey Membership — will cowl the current and way forward for California racing and Dr. Dionne Benson, chief veterinary officer for 1/ST Racing, will share how California has improved the protection of its athletes, together with by utilizing cutting-edge know-how on the observe.
The shows will start with an replace on The Jockey Membership and its corporations by its president and COO, Jim Gagliano.
The total agenda and bios of audio system will probably be posted on jockeyclub.com upfront of the convention.
The Jockey Membership Spherical Desk Convention was first held on July 1, 1953, in The Jockey Membership workplace in New York Metropolis. The next yr, it was moved to Saratoga Springs. Annually, the convention options discussions on crucial trade subjects, together with aftercare, equine security, advertising and marketing, and nationwide uniformity, in addition to worldwide views and viewpoints from outdoors the Thoroughbred trade.
