The Jockey Club and the Latin American Racing Channel will host the second Pan American Conference, taking place in Washington, D.C., May 17-20, 2017. The inaugural event took place in New York in 2015.
The announcement was made jointly on Friday at the Longines Gran Premio Latinomericano in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by James L. Gagliano, president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club, and Horacio Esposito and Pablo Kavulakian, president and director, respectively, of the Latin American Racing Channel.
Among the prospective topics are simulcasting, illegal betting, medication, harmonization of rules, international ratings and classifications, marketing, stud book issues, the importing and exporting of bloodstock, and Thoroughbred ownership.
The conference will also include several premier social events at prominent landmarks around the Washington, D.C., area, culminating with a trip to Baltimore May 20 for the Preakness S. “The Jockey Club continues to be an active member of the international community, and we take pride in welcoming international guests,” said Gagliano. “Those who attended the Pan Am Conference in New York found it to be an informative, first-class experience in every regard, and we are confident they will feel the same way when this one is over.”
“Thoroughbreds from South American countries continue to enhance their reputation in the breeding shed and on the racetrack and they compete successfully throughout the world,” said Esposito. “This conference will be educational not only for our various Latin and South American constituents but also for the numerous delegates who attend from other parts of the world.”
“Collaboration of racing and breeding for the American continents has been our main goal since the inception of our company 10 years ago. We foresee this second conference as an active forum to exchange knowledge, experience, and a vision for the future of racing,” said Kavulakian.
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