HOME Page . . .

INDEX . . .

The Jockey Club, instituted around 1750, when in Newmarket, initially at the Red Lion Inn, which was in the region of the current Corney & Barrow Wine Merchants. They then purchased land further down the High Street and built their own premises, on the current site. A very exclusive members club for those in authority over horse racing whose control passed when the British Horse Racing Authority was formed on 31 July 2007, after the merger of the British Horseracing Board (BHB) and the Horseracing Regulatory Authority (HRA).

The first premises built on the present site, as can be seen from the photos below, were a mish mash of seperate facades a definite blot on the Hgh Street scenery. This was corrected in 1933/34 (completed by July 1934), when the current (2024) frontage was built, a vast improvement. Shortly after, on May 20th 1935, a fire broke out in a building at the rear This was caused by a painter's blow lamp and caused serious damage to the roof space. The rooms below suffered from water damage but the fire was prevented from reaching the front building. The photos below are from the Peter Norman collection , some having been loaned to the Press by Robert Fellowes, the Jockey Club agent from 1964 to 1992
The use of the Jockey Club Rooms facilities is no longer exclusive to members, fine dining and accommodation can be obtained if ones pocket is deep enough !.
There are scant records of the licensing of the premises in the past

click here to go to the Newmarket Shops website for more details

click here to go to the Jockey Club Rooms own website

KNOWN LICENSING HISTORY

Year	Licensee	Owner	source
2005 Nov 24	Peter Hamilton Amos	The Jockey Club	licensing register
2007 May 2	Allan John Clarke	" "	" "
2013 Feb 26	Charles E Howard	" "	" "
2019 Jan 12	Sarah Jane Walters (Mrs)	" "	" "