Begg Tapped JC of Canada's Chief Steward
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The board of stewards of The Jockey Club of Canada has appointed Jeffrey Begg to the position of chief steward.
Beff replaces Jim Lawson, who recently replaced Nick Eaves as CEO of Woodbine Entertainment Group.
Lawson will stay on the board of stewards of The Jockey Club of Canada for the remainder of his three-year term, which officially ends at the annual members meeting in 2016.
Begg will be nominated to be re-elected by the members at the annual members meeting June 14 to serve a three-year term as chief steward.
A steward since 2010, Begg became The Jockey Club of Canada's graded stakes committee chair in 2013 and has overseen the graded stakes evaluation process, including the implementation of many changes to stakes evaluations throughout North America. The graded stakes committee recently became responsible for the review of all listed and black types stakes as well as communicating to the Canadian racing industry the implementation of the NAISCS Race Quality Score (RQS) for all stakes races in North America.
Begg has been a member of The Jockey Club of Canada for 10 years and became a steward in 2010. He is the owner of Windways Farm and has been involved in the Thoroughbred industry for more than 30 years as a breeder, owner, trainer, and equine insurance broker. Racing and breeding under his Windways Farm, the name affiliated through breeding or ownership of champions and talented runners such as Victor Cooley, Wild Desert, El Brujo, Enchanted Spell, Galadriel and her daughter Concave.
Begg and his wife, Annabel, recently sold the original Windways Farm i(originally started by his father James Begg) in King, Ontario, and moved the operation to Mono, Ontario. Formerly working in shopping center development and management, Begg still breeds a few of his top mares, continues to race with a small stable of horses, and is also an avid polo player in major polo circles.