Jockey-Club de Paris the fashionable Grand Café. There, on 28 December 1895, a stylish crowd in the "Salon Indien" attended the public début of the Lumière brothers' invention, the cinematograph. The Jockey Club is directed by an annually-elected committee of a president, four vice-presidents and twenty-five members. New members are sponsored by two current members and must receive five-sixths of the members' votes. Under the patronage of the Jockey Club, the "Prix du Jockey Club" (1,500,000 euros) has been run at the Chantilly Racecourse (at the foot of the Château de Chantilly) on the first Sunday in June since 1836. The race at
Jockey Club of Turkey at Veliefendi. Those races continued until 1922. In 1920, under the auspices of Mustafa Kemal Pasha TBMM organized races in Ankara. Between 1923-1926 various races were held in Istanbul. In 1927 with the attendance of Mustafa Kemal, Gazi Derby to which thoroughbreds could join. The first race with cup was held under the name of ‘’Presidency Race Cup’’ in 1939. In 1953 Jockey Club received the name of Jockey Club of Turkey. Since then, races have been continuing. Synchronously with the development of Jockey Club of Turkey, modern horse races and horse race sector gains a big leap every year