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For the club that was a fixture of high society in 19th century . The Jockey Club is a British private members' club concerned with the sport of Horse Racing , established in 1750. It has a clubhouse in the town of Newmarket , which is known in the United Kingdom as "The Home of Racing", and offices in Central London . It was historically the dominant organisation in British Horseracing , and it remained responsible for its day-to-day regulation until April 2006. Since then it has focused on its commercial activities; it continues to own and manage 14 racecourses through Jockey Club Racecourses, and it also owns 4,500 Acre s (18 km&2) of training grounds at Newmarket, and 500 acres (2 km&2) of training grounds at Lambourn through Jockey Club Estates. The Jockey Club is not a club for Jockey s. Rather it has traditionally been one of the most exclusive High Society Social Club s in the United Kingdom, sharing some of the functions of a Gentlemen's Club such as high-level socialising. Many of the members are racehorse owners. The fact that it acquired a governing role in the sport reflected the dominant role of the aristocracy in British horse racing up to the 20th century, and the removal of this role was in part a conscious effect to move away the sport away from its patrician image. This can be compared with the way that cricket's Marylebone Cricket Club became the governing body of cricket by default, but later surrendered most of its powers to more egalitarian bodies. Before 2006, it was one of the three bodies which provided management for horse racing in the United Kingdom in conjunction with the British Horseracing Board (itself an offshoot of the Jockey Club) and the Horserace Betting Levy Board . The Jockey Club was responsible for:
These regulatory responsibilities were transferred to a new Horseracing Regulatory Authority from 3 April , 2006 .1 RACECOURSE OWNERSHIP Jockey Club Racecourses was formerly called Racecourse Holdings Trust. The fourteen racecourses owned by Jockey Club Racecourses are set out below. They are divided into "large" and "smaller" courses as on the club's official site. The counties in which they are located are also shown. Large courses:
Smaller courses:
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