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Monday, 3rd October 2005

Monday, 3rd October 2005. IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY CONTROL ON RACING. Presented by Louis ROMANET Chairman of ICSC Chairman of IRPAC. STRUCTURES RULES AND CRITERIA APPLIED RESULTS. STRUCTURES International. INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUING STANDARDS COMMITTEE ICSC

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Monday, 3rd October 2005

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  1. Monday, 3rd October 2005 IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY CONTROL ON RACING Presented by Louis ROMANET Chairman of ICSC Chairman of IRPAC

  2. STRUCTURES • RULES AND CRITERIA APPLIED • RESULTS

  3. STRUCTURES International INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUING STANDARDS COMMITTEE ICSC INTERNATIONAL GRADING AND RACE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE IRPAC

  4. ICSC 17 MEMBERS 4 founding countries : GB, IRE, FR, USA Racing Authorities Sales Companies Breeders Associations OSAF Asian Racing Federation Canada IRPAC 16 MEMBERS European Pattern Committee US & Canadian Graded Stakes Committee Executive Council of OSAF ARF Grading and Race Planning Committee SITA Breeders Associations Membership

  5. ICSC to achieve uniformity of cataloguing standards throughout the world to make recommendations to SITA to publish annually an international list of Black Type races IRPAC to implement quality control on existing Pattern or Grading systems to appoint the World Ranking Supervisory Committee and ratify its terms of reference to make recommendations to ICSC and SITA Principal Missions In June 2006, ICSC will review the situation after 3 years of IRPAC and decide of its future

  6. STRUCTURES Regional • Europe • European Pattern Committee • North America • American Graded Stakes Committee • Canadian Grades Stakes Committee

  7. REGIONAL STRUCTURES • South America • Race Planning and Grading Committee of OSAF ARGENTINA BRAZIL CHILE PERU

  8. REGIONAL STRUCTURES • Asia • Race Planning and Grading Committeeof Asian Racing Federation AUSTRALIA INDIA HONG KONG JAPAN NEW ZEALAND SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA UAE

  9. RULES AND CRITERIA New Article 1 of International Agreement (ratified in October 2004)

  10. Principles • Granting Group/Graded races status or upgrading a race to a higher Group/Grade must be justified by the quality of the runners • Listed Race status must be justified by the quality of the runners or by published National standards to ensure quality runners

  11. Principles • Group/Graded races must be downgraded or lose their status if the quality of the runners does not justify it. • Listed Races must lose their status if the quality of the runners does not justify it or if they do not adhere to published National standards that ensure quality runners.

  12. Quality of the runners assessed by • last performances • points assigned for best performance • ratings assessed by handicappers

  13. Ratings assessed by World Rankings Supervisory Committee Composition 3 from Asia, including Co-Chairman, nominated by ARF 3 from Europe, including Co-Chairman, nominated by EPC 3 from Americas nominated by North America (2) and by OSAF (1)

  14. International ratings • Group/Grade 1 : 115 • Group/Grade 2 : 110 • Group/Grade 3 : 105 5 pounds less for races restricted to 2 y.o.

  15. How quality is currently assessed ? NORTH-AMERICA : USA and Canada • Annual review of all races based on a combined system by points and ratings • Statisticals prepared by the JCIS based on the performances of the runners of the last 5 runnings of the race

  16. How quality is currently assessed ? SOUTH-AMERICA : Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru • Individual review of races based on the performances of runners

  17. How quality is currently assessed ? ASIA : • Australia : ratings (endorsed by Australian Pattern Committee in 2004) • India : currently working towards a system based on ratings • Hong Kong : ratings

  18. How quality is currently assessed ? ASIA : • New Zealand : point system • Singapore : ratings (since 2001) • South-Africa : ratings • UAE : ratings

  19. How quality is currently assessed ? EUROPE : France, Germany, Great Britain,Ireland, Italy, Scandinavian countries Annual review of all races based on the Pattern Race Ratings (average of the annual race rating achieved by a race over a 3-year period)

  20. RESULTS • AUSTRALIA • Major review proposed by the Australian Pattern Committee in 2004 : • Objectives : • bring into line Australia’s Black Type listings with the current makeup of Australian Racing • conform Australian Black Type races to International Pattern structures

  21. RESULTS • AUSTRALIA • Recommendations : • identify minimum benchmark quality levels • adopt ratings as reference tool to classify Group & Listed Races • alter list of Group & Listed Races Proposals adopted by Australian Racing Board for introduction at the beginning of the 2005/2006 season.

  22. PART II 202, including 46 races open to foreign trained horses RESULTSJAPAN2005 ICS BOOK • PART I 12 international races including : Group 1 : 4 Group 2 : 6 Group 3 : 2 TOTAL : 58 RACES OPEN TO FOREIGN TRAINED HORSES

  23. RESULTSJAPAN • Objective : open progressively part of • Black Type races open to foreign trained horses • : 58 RACES • : 85 RACES • 2007 : 110 RACESi.e. 50% of Black Type races

  24. RESULTS • SOUTH AMERICA • Creation of Grading Committees in • Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru in 2004 • Missions : • assign Group and Listed qualifications to races • monitor the quality of existing Black Type races on the basis of ratings

  25. RESULTS EUROPE January 2004 : Decision of the European Pattern Committee to strengthen the female programme Creation of 3 new Group 2 races October 2004 : IRPAC approved guidelines Any race granted Group/Graded status under exceptional circumstances must be reviewed every year by the relevant regional committee in charge of controlling quality in the existing Group/Graded system, and automatically downgraded after three runnings if the quality of the runners does not comply with the criteria enforced.

  26. SUMMARY • Significant progress has been achieved over three years • Rankings must be implemented overall in Asia • in South America (adjustment of scales) • in Asia • Quality of races must be assessed by quality of runners all over the world • Races must be downgraded if the quality does not justify it.

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