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The jockey guild mentioned it had expelled or stopped jockeys who rode Remington Park on September 4th and fifth.
In late August, the guild mentioned each jockeys, each jockeys, guilds and non-guild members, had made a separate determination to not settle for the mount, as they’d not settle for the continued battle with the Oklahoma Thoroughbred Race Affiliation and the lack of the mount payment.
Oklahoma thoroughbred jockeys haven’t acquired a wage improve since 2010, and will probably be required to cease paying Oklahoma Breeders incentives included of their wallets in 2023, and pay particular person Equestrian Integrity and Security Division charges for every mount. Moreover, Oklahoma Quarter Horse Jockeys started receiving a $110 minimal mount payment in early 2025 at Remington Park.
Regardless of data of those points, some jockeys nonetheless selected to simply accept and experience the mount.
The Guild’s Board of Administrators has decided that in accordance with its bylaws it’s to represent behaviours which might be dangerous to the jockey colony of Remington Park and behaviours which might be dangerous to the guild’s objective.
The board unanimously determined to impose disciplinary motion, together with expulsion and suspension, on the jockey who accepted and rode the Mount on September 4th and fifth at Remington Park. Because of this, these people won’t obtain advantages associated to guild membership, equivalent to non permanent incapacity advantages, life and unintended deaths, demolition insurance coverage advantages, representatives and healthcare reimbursement advantages during which eligible guild members obtain the end result of contracts between the guild and taking part racetracks.
