Private company
Washington Jockey Club
Former American horse racing club
The Washington Jockey Club was an American association in Washington, D.C. devoted to horse racing, founded in 1797. The club established its first racecourse four blocks from the Executive Mansion where it extended from 17th and 20th Streets and extending across Pennsylvania Avenue into Lafayette Park, what is now the site of Decatur House at H Street and Jackson Place, crossing Seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue to Twentieth Street, largely on the site of today’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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The Washington Jockey Club was an American association in Washington, D.C. devoted to horse racing, founded in 1797. The club established its first racecourse four blocks from the Executive Mansion where it extended from 17th and 20th Streets and extending across Pennsylvania Avenue into Lafayette Park, what is now the site of Decatur House at H Street and Jackson Place, crossing Seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue to Twentieth Street, largely on the site of today’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building.2
Products and brands
- gambling
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1798Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaWashington Jockey Club
- WikidataQ30591266
Sources
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- 2WikipediaWashington Jockey Club on Wikipedia