The North American Racing Secretaries Association (NARSA) was formed in 2007 to generate feedback and group input from racetracks on product design for racing offices. NARSA also provides a consensus on issues and concerns facing track management.
As a founding trustee of the American Horse Council, The Jockey Club supports this multi-breed, multi-discipline organization representing the horse industry in federal matters including taxation, immigration, interstate transportation, and contagious diseases.
With continuing support from The Jockey Club since its inception, the Equine Disease Communication Center was organized and continues to be supported by The Jockey Club in its mission to provide a central clearing house of information for mobilizing official responses during contagious disease outbreaks.
Through dues, sponsorship, and board participation, The Jockey Club supports the National Thoroughbred Racing Association in its mission to increase the popularity, welfare, and integrity of Thoroughbred racing.
The Race Track Chaplaincy of America is an evangelical, interdenominational, 501(c)(3) Christian organization whose purpose is to minister to the spiritual, emotional, physical, social, and educational needs of the workers within the horse racing industry. The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation works with chaplaincies across the country to help them assist individuals.
The Racing Medication & Testing Consortium strives to develop and promote uniform rules, policies, and testing standards at the national level; coordinate research and educational programs that seek to ensure the integrity of racing and the health and welfare of racehorses and participants; and protect the interests of the racing public. The Jockey Club supports the efforts of the RMTC to bring national uniformity to the regulatory landscape through funding of suitable research projects.
The Racing Officials Accreditation Program (ROAP) was launched in 2006 by the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program and the University of Louisville Equine Industry Program to redefine and expand the former Stewards and Judges Accreditation Committee. The Jockey Club supports the efforts of ROAP, which accredits and provides continuing education to all racing officials, stewards and judges in the horse racing industry. ROAP enhances the image and upholds the integrity of horse racing at all levels.
The Jockey Club, joined by many others in the sport, was a long time supporter of the legislation that led to passage of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA), which passed overwhelmingly in both houses of Congress and was signed into law by President Trump in December 2020. The Jockey Club has since worked to create tools to improve the reporting that industry professionals need to be compliant with the independent Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.