The Jockey Club and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation have announced that the 2015 Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit will be held July 8, in Lexington, Kentucky.

The summit, which brings together a cross-section of the breeding, racing, and veterinary communities, again will be underwritten and coordinated by The Jockey Club and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and hosted by the Keeneland Association.

The first summit was held in October 2006 followed by March 2008, June 2010, October 2012, and July 2014. In August 2014, The Jockey Club announced that the summit would become an annual event.

"There has been a steady increase of interest in the discussions, initiatives. and the achievements emanating from these summits,” said Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation president Edward Bowen. “We believe that holding the summit every year will help keep the industry focused on initiatives that can and will improve the safety and integrity of our sport