Monday, 3rd October 2005
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Monday, 3rd October 2005
Presented by Louis ROMANETChairman of ICSC Chairman of IRPAC
IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF
QUALITY CONTROL ON RACINGQUALITY CONTROL ON RACING
STRUCTURESSTRUCTURES
RULES AND CRITERIA APPLIEDRULES AND CRITERIA APPLIED
RESULTSRESULTS
STRUCTURESSTRUCTURES
InternationalInternational
INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUING STANDARDS COMMITTEE ICSC
INTERNATIONAL GRADING AND RACE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE IRPAC
ICSC17 MEMBERS
• 4 founding countries : GB, IRE, FR, USA
Racing Authorities Sales Companies Breeders
Associations
• OSAF
• Asian Racing Federation
• Canada
IRPAC16 MEMBERS
• European Pattern Committee
• US & Canadian Graded Stakes Committee
• Executive Council of OSAF
• ARF Grading and Race Planning Committee
• SITA
• Breeders Associations
Membership
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 In June 2006, ICSC will review the situation after 3 years of IRPAC and decide of its futureafter 3 years of IRPAC and decide of its future
STRUCTURESSTRUCTURES
RegionalRegionalEurope
European Pattern Committee
North America American Graded Stakes Committee
Canadian Grades Stakes Committee
REGIONAL STRUCTURESREGIONAL STRUCTURES
South America
Race Planning and Grading Committee of OSAF
ARGENTINA BRAZIL CHILE PERU
REGIONAL STRUCTURESREGIONAL STRUCTURES
Asia Race Planning and Grading Committee
of Asian Racing Federation
AUSTRALIA INDIA HONG KONG
JAPAN NEW ZEALAND SINGAPORE
SOUTH AFRICA UAE
RULES AND CRITERIARULES AND CRITERIA
New Article 1 of International Agreement
(ratified in October 2004)
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
PrinciplesPrinciples
PrinciplesPrinciples
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 notadhere to published National standards that ensure quality runners.
last performances
points assigned for best performance
ratings assessed by handicappers
Quality of the runners assessed byQuality of the runners assessed by
Ratings assessed by Ratings assessed by World Rankings Supervisory CommitteeWorld Rankings Supervisory Committee
CompositionComposition
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)
Group/Grade 1 : 115 Group/Grade 2 : 110 Group/Grade 3 : 105
5 pounds less for races restricted to 2 y.o.
International ratingsInternational ratings
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
How quality is currently assessed ?How quality is currently assessed ?
SOUTH-AMERICA :
Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru
Individual review of races based on the performances of runners
How quality is currently assessed ?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
How quality is currently assessed ?How quality is currently assessed ?
ASIA :
• New Zealand : point system
• Singapore : ratings (since 2001)
• South-Africa : ratings
• UAE : ratings
How quality is currently assessed ?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)
How quality is currently assessed ?How quality is currently assessed ?
RESULTSRESULTS
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
RESULTSRESULTSAUSTRALIA
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.
RESULTSRESULTS JAPAN
2005 ICS BOOK
• PART II202, including
46 races open to foreign trained horses
• PART I12 international races
including : Group 1 : 4
Group 2 : 6
Group 3 : 2
TOTAL : 58 RACES TOTAL : 58 RACES OPEN TO FOREIGN TRAINED HORSESOPEN TO FOREIGN TRAINED HORSES
RESULTSRESULTS JAPAN
Objective : open progressively part of Objective : open progressively part of Black Type races Black Type races
open to foreign trained horsesopen to foreign trained horses
20052005: 58 RACES: 58 RACES20062006: 85 RACES: 85 RACES
2007 : 110 RACES2007 : 110 RACES
i.e. i.e. 50% of Black Type races50% of Black Type races
RESULTSRESULTSSOUTH 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
ICSC 2004 ICSC 2005
G1 G2 G3 L TOTAL G1 G2 G3 L TOTAL 2005/2004
ARGENTINA 48 55 61 60 224 44 51 60 63 218 -2,60%
BRAZIL 33 37 50 69 189 29 32 42 70 173 -8,40%
CHILE 22 24 25 71 110 18 22 23 63 96 -12,70%
2005 2006
G1 G2 G3 L TOTAL G1 G2 G3 L TOTAL 2006/2005
PERU 11 14 17 34 76 8 11 15 20 54 -28,90%
RESULTSRESULTSEUROPE
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.
SUMMARYSUMMARY
• 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.