 The club still exists at 2 rue Rabelais in Paris, and it hosts the International Federation of Racing Authorities.The Jockey Club was originally organized as the "Society for the Encouragement of the Improvement of Horse Breeding in France", to provide a single authority for horse racing in the nation, beginning at Chantilly in 1834.It swiftly became the center for the most "sportifs" gentlemen of "le tout-Paris."