Questions About The Jockey Club.?

I think that what you actually want to know is about the clubhouse, not The Jockey Club.

The cost of Clubhouse seating and other issues varies from racetrack to racetrack, and also can vary depending on the racing that's being conducted on a particular day. The best way to find out specifics for a racetrack you are interested in visiting is to go to their website, which will usually have the information you are looking for.

Here are answers to your questions based on my experiences, which are with tracks in the United States and mostly in Southern California. If you live in Britain or Europe or Australia or New Zealand, this may not apply. Here goes:

1. To sit in the clubhouse at most tracks, you pay for parking to get into the site; parking varies from $5 to $20, depending on what you get (general, preferred, valet). Then you have to pay admission. At Santa Anita, Clubhouse admission is $8.50 per person. Admission alone doesn't get you a reserved seat; for that, you pay $7.50 per seat for a box seat. If you want to go into the Turf Club area, that's $20 admission per person, or you can buy a season membership. This is pretty much the same at most major racetracks.

2. Special events cost extra, but very few tracks have the kind of special events (like the Breeders Cup, Derby at Churchill Downs, Sunshine Millions in California and Florida) that raise the costs significantly. You need to call the track or check on their website to find out the specifics for such days. If there's an important race, such as the Santa Anita Derby or Santa Anita Handicap, the admission won't be raised, but you need to make your reservation for dining or purchase box seats well in advance if you want to assure yourself a seat.

3. If you buy a box seat or any reserved seat, you can stay there all day if you want, but most racegoers move around a LOT: to the paddock to watch the horses being saddled, to the rail or the balcony in the clubhouse to watch them go to post and warm up, to the mutuel windows to make bets and (hopefully) cash tickets. If you have a reserved seat, you can always come back to it. If you do not have a reserved seat, if you leave someone else may take your place. If you choose to eat at one of the sit-down restaurant options in the clubhouse, including the turf club, you will make a reservation and be told at that time if there's a limit on how long you can stay seated there.

4. Minimum food/drink orders vary. You can ask this question when you make your reservation.

5. Most clubhouse restaurants have tables where your party can be seated by itself. If you have a large party, more than about 6 people, you better call ahead and make special reservations.

6. Services vary. It depends on the restaurant and track.

7. If you try to make a reservation the day of an important race, or when a popular promotion is being run, you may have difficulty getting a table. If you make a reservation on most normal racing days, you probably won't have any difficulty. For a really busy day, again using he Santa Anita Derby or Handicap as an example, you better get your reservations in at the start of the race meeting.

Best thing is to go to the website for the track you want to go to and ask them your questions directly. Racing is fun. Have a good time!

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