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.