Rick Bailey

The Jockey Club's traceability initiative, which was announced at the 2023 Round Table Conference, continues to progress. The initial phase began with email prompts to racetracks and sales companies with digital certificates of horses that have had no Interactive Registration (IR) activity and no Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) number in the past two years. Beginning this week, The Jockey Club Registry will send an email to individuals listed as the certificate manager of a horse that has had no IR activity and no T.I.P. number in the past two years....

Detailed during the 2023 Round Table Conference, The Jockey Club's traceability initiative is scheduled to launch this summer, the organization said in a release early Wednesday. In preparation, the Registry encourages anyone with a digital certificate of foal registration in their account who no longer has possession of the horse to transfer the certificate to the current owner or appropriate certificate manager. "We strongly encourage everyone to log on to Interactive Registration and check that the horses in their accounts are still in their possession," said Rick Bailey, registrar of...

The Jockey Club's 'Transferred as Retired from Racing' process can now be completed digitally through the Interactive Registration (IR) website at registry.jockeyclub.com. Previously, the retired from racing process required notarized signatures on a hardcopy form. With the assistance of digital signature verification, The Jockey Club will be able to collect the signatures required to complete the retired from racing process through IR. "Being able to ensure a horse can still be used for breeding, but cannot race is important for many owners, and we wanted to make the retired from...