OwnerView Series Highlights Industry Efforts to Support Individuals in Need

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The final installment in the 2025 OwnerView webinar series, held on Dec. 9, covered industrywide efforts to support individuals in need.

The conference is hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Keeneland, and Stoll Keenon Ogden. The panel was sponsored by Daily Racing Form.

A Q&A was sponsored by West Point Thoroughbreds.

Gary Falter, project manager for OwnerView, moderated the panel with guests Joe Clabes, executive director of the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF); Christian Countzler, chief executive officer of Stable Recovery; Shannon Kelly, executive director of The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation; and Dan Waits, executive director of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA).

Included among topics of discussion was role of The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation.

“The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation is a charitable trust that's underneath the umbrella of The Jockey Club and assists people in horse racing that are in financial need,” Kelly said. “What's really unique about the Safety Net is that we assist all people in racing in all occupations across the country. So, people that work at racetracks on the backside, grooms, hot walkers, exercise riders, foremen, trainers, night watchmen, at farms, on breeding farms, on the front side of racetracks, jockeys, you name it.”

All panelists agreed that they work together within the industry to help those in need.

“I don't know that there are many other industries around that can say they have the level of support that this industry does,” Countzler said. “And I'm very proud of that. I'm very proud to support that, you know. And so especially this time of year, it seems to ramp up for all of us on this panel right now. The holidays are really, really tough if things aren't going very well in your life. So, I would like to thank everybody on this panel for the incredible support.”

The replay of Tuesday's Thoroughbred Owner Conference panel is available at bit.ly/OVVideos.

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