The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Charities Permanently Disabled Jockey’s Fund and to the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis will both receive a $10,000 donation from Gulfstream Park.

“Day in, day out, jockeys across America risk life and limb, Gulfstream President Bill Murphy said. “Thanks to a successful 2009 meeting at Gulfstream Park, we are able to make these contributions, and we hope to improve upon these contributions each succeeding year.”

Former Miami Dolphin and Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti helped establish the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. Buoniconti’s son Mark became the public face for the Miami Project after suffering from a crushed spinal cord while playing football for The Citadel in 1985.

Donations to the Miami Project can be made by sending a check to The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Attn. Director of Annual Giving, P.O. Box 016960 (R48), Miami, FL 33101.

Contributions to the Jockeys Fund can be made via mail by sending a check to NTRA Charities – Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, c/o NTRA, 2525 Harrodsburg Road, Lexington, Ky. 40504.