Enhancing Jockey Medical Care

Keeneland racecourse in Lexington, Ky., the Jockeys’ Guild, and Lexington physician Dr. Barry Schumer announced April 25 a plan to develop a system to maintain jockeys’ updated medical histories so they are immediately accessible to emergency

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Keeneland racecourse in Lexington, Ky., the Jockeys’ Guild, and Lexington physician Dr. Barry Schumer announced April 25 a plan to develop a system to maintain jockeys’ updated medical histories so they are immediately accessible to emergency personnel at racetracks throughout the country and possibly the world.


“With the use of an access code, authorized emergency medical staff around the country would be able to get a rider’s medical history,” explained Schumer, Keeneland’s medical director.  “The information would be secure, regularly updated, and promptly accessible to the emergency team.”


Working with Jockeys’ Guild National Manager Terry Meyocks, Keeneland President Nick Nicholson, and the jockeys themselves, Schumer said the goal is to have the system “up and going by the end of the year—hopefully by the fall meeting at Keeneland.”


The Jockey Club, through its subsidiaries InCompass Solutions and The Jockey Club Technology Services, will assist with software development for the system and provide other technological support

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