The Jockeys’ Guild and The New York Racing
Association, Inc. (NYRA) have reached a three-year agreement through
2014.
Under terms
of the agreement, NYRA will make payments to the Guild that will benefit all
jockeys who are members of the Guild, including life insurance, AD&D
insurance, temporary disability payments and subsidizing health care for active
riders, as well as providing benefits to the permanently disabled members,
including reimbursements for medical and durable medical
goods.
“We
appreciate organizations like NYRA and a number of others who have chosen to
stand up for the health, safety and welfare of the jockeys who ride at their
tracks,” said Terry Meyocks, National Manager of the Jockeys’ Guild. “The
benefits provided to the jockeys are vitally important and necessary because of
the dangers jockeys face every day on the track. With the help of racetrack
partners like NYRA, we are able to provide these
benefits.”
“The jockeys
at Aqueduct, Belmont Park, and Saratoga are world-class athletes who love
horse racing and do a terrific job of helping to promote our great sport,” said
NYRA President and CEO Charles
Hayward. “We are very appreciative of the job they do and are
pleased to enter into this new three-year agreement with the Jockeys’ Guild to
ensure that our jockeys receive all of the critical medical benefits that
reflect the risks associated with their
profession.”
The
agreement benefits not only NYRA based jockeys but 750 active and permanently
disabled members nationally.