Jockey Club president to retire September 26th, 2009
The Jockey Club president Alan Marzelli will retire at the end of the year, and his successor will be current vice president James Gagliano.
The announcement was made Friday by The Jockey Club chairman Ogden Mills Phipps.
Marzelli joined the Jockey Club in 1983, and was appointed president and COO in 2003; Gagliano has been with the organization for four years. Before that he was a vice president for Magna Entertainments Maryland racing operations.
The Jockey Club is the breed registry for thoroughbreds in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, and works to improve breeding and racing.
Marzelli will continue his role as chairman of Equibase, the supplier of racing information for the North American thoroughbred industry.