12 RACING AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2025 The principal activity of Owners and Breeders Services is to operate the Australian Stud Book ensuring the integrity of Thoroughbred breeding in Australia in accordance with the Rules of the Australian Stud Book. Together with a Registrar’s role, it also records the initial registration, ownership and naming of all Thoroughbreds in accordance with the Australian Rules of Racing. In addition, each Principal Racing Authority (PRA) employs a Deputy Registrar. The Deputy Registrar is responsible for: • subsequent changes in racehorse ownership (Transfer or Lease) of horses based in their respective states • registration of racing colours (silks) • registration of Syndicates of owners • the regulation of licensed promoters (Syndicators) INTERNATIONAL STUD BOOK COMMITTEE The Australian Stud Book is a founding member of the International Stud Book Committee (ISBC), the body which establishes the standards by which all Thoroughbred Stud Books agree to operate. There are currently 70 Approved Stud Books worldwide, all of which belong to an ISBC Regional Body. ISBC’s role is to ensure the relativity of rules and expedite the international movement of horses through maintaining: • Standards of Operation - Continually monitor, review and improve standards for operating and maintaining a Thoroughbred Stud Book through the Requirements and Guidelines for Gaining and Maintaining Approval as a Thoroughbred Stud Book and the relevant Articles of the International Agreement on Breeding, Racing and Wagering (IABRW). The Australian Stud Book is a founding member of the International Stud Book Committee (ISBC), the body which establishes the standards by which all Thoroughbred Stud Books agree to operate. OWNER AND BREEDER SERVICES REPORT • International Trade - Monitor, review and improve standards for breeding, identification and international movement of Thoroughbred horses to facilitate the international trade of Thoroughbreds for breeding and competition. • Future Technologies - Ensure awareness of the use of future technologies (e.g. gene-doping, gene-therapy) and their potential effects on the integrity of the Thoroughbred, and to determine guidelines for their application. • Emerging Stud Books - Work closely with emerging Stud Book Authorities to ensure that they meet the required standards of Stud Book procedures for ISBC Approval as a Thoroughbred Stud Book. • Building Relationships - Build stronger relationships between Stud Book communities and between all Approved Stud Books worldwide. • Publication of Foal Crop Data - Encourage the timely and accurate publication of annual Thoroughbred foal crop records and to ensure circulation to all Approved Stud Books worldwide. RACING AUSTRALIA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUND Racing Australia continues to support research and development directly associated with the Thoroughbred with $20 from each Registration application allocated to the Racing Australia Research and Development Fund. The Research and Development Grant Assessment panel review submissions and recommendations on funding to the Racing Australia Board. Assessment criteria requires research to be innovative with clear hypothesis and methodology to produce tangible outcomes for the health, welfare and performance of the Thoroughbred in Australia.
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