The Jockey Club Technology Services Inc. was created as part of the November 2001 corporate restructuring at The Jockey Club, when the Information Technology Group (ITG) was renamed and spun-off into a wholly owned subsidiary.

ITG was the division of The Jockey Club that maintained, programmed and operated the database and central computer systems on which almost every activity of the expanding range of The Jockey Club services depend.

Its origins trace back to the 1960s, specifically to The Jockey Club Statistical Bureau, which was formed to computerize pedigree and performance records to simplify the task of compiling catalogue pages for horses sold at public auction.

Registration and pedigree details were microfiched and mailed from the Registry office in New York City to the Lexington-based Statistical Bureau, where the data was entered by hand into a time-shared mainframe. Performance records were copied from published race results and also entered in the database.

In 1975, The Jockey Club acquired a new mainframe in Lexington for its own exclusive use and, later that year, leased a direct telephone line between the New York Registry and the Statistical Bureau. As a result, pedigree details could be entered on "dumb" terminals in New York and sent electronically to the Lexington mainframe.

In the early '80s, a separate system in New York was used to automate the Registry, and the mainframe was used primarily to produce catalogue pages and custom-designed products on request.

In 1984, the two systems were integrated, signaling the start of the rapid growth and development of both The Jockey Club and its computer system, which has kept pace with the massive advances in technology ever since. Utilizing its technical expertise for the benefit of the industry, The Jockey Club expanded its services in the late '80s and early '90s with the launch of both The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. and Equibase Company LLC, as well as the integration of racetrack software solutions provider McKinnie Systems Inc. (now InCompass) into The Jockey Club's operations.

Today, the technology organization operates one of the most advanced and sophisticated data centers in the equine industry.