NTRA insurance panel to meet on Monday
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Jockeys’
Medical Insurance Panel will hold its first meeting on Monday.
The panel will review current issues regarding medical insurance
coverage for jockeys in various jurisdictions.
The group has retained the services of Anthony B. Byergo, an
employment law expert for Armstrong Teasdale based in St. Louis,
Missouri.
“Our members — representing racetracks, owners, breeders
and other horsemen — have asked us to look into this issue,”
NTRA Commissioner D.G. Van Clief Jr. said. “It’s a national
issue deserving of a national solution that can only come about
through input and involvement by all of the parties involved.”
Keith Chamblin, senior vice president of marketing and
industry relations for the NTRA, will serve as chairman of the
group.
The members of the panel (in alphabetical order) are: Don Amos
(Magna Entertainment Corp.), Greg Avioli (NTRA), Jerry Bailey (jockey),
Vicki Baumgardner (Churchill Downs Inc.), Paul J. Bowlinger (North
American Pari-Mutuel Regulators Association), Donna Brothers (retired
jockey), Susan Bunning (Kentucky HBPA), Chamblin, Drew Couto (Thoroughbred
Owners of California), Pat Day (jockey), Robert Elliston (Turfway
Park), Alan Foreman (Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association), Randy
Fozzard (Turf Paradise), Jim Gallagher (Kentucky Horse Racing
Authority), Darrell Haire (Jockey’s Guild), Corey Johnsen (Lone
Star Park), Jack Knowlton (owner), Richard Mandella (trainer),
Dan Metzger (Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association), Terry
Meyocks (NTRA), Linda Mills (Florida HBPA), John Milward (Palmer
& Cay), Eddie Plesa Jr. (trainer), Lonny Powell (Association
of Racing Commissioners International), John Roark (National HBPA),
Chris Scherf (Thoroughbred Racing Association), Steve Sexton (Churchill
Downs), David Switzer (Kentucky Thoroughbred Association), John
Unick (Maroevich, O’Shea and Coghlan), Van Clief, Richard
Violette (New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and
trainer) and John Ward (Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders
Association and trainer).