Dispute Developments
The 32-member NTRA panel on jockey insurance has been named. (Thoroughbred Times)
Also: “Eddie King, a rider based in New Jersey, said on Monday that he was removed as treasurer of the Jockeys’ Guild and expelled from the organization on Nov. 7 after he persisted in asking questions about the Guild’s finances.” The Guild management, which allowed a $1 million catastrophic insurance policy purchased for jockeys to lapse in 2002, faces scrutiny and calls for audits from several quarters as the issue of jockey insurance roils on. (Daily Racing Form)
Related: The insurance dispute is a “black eye” for the sport. (Pasadena Star-News)
