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Racing Australia Annual Report 2015
OWNERS AND BREEDERS
SERVICES
MERGER OF AUSTRALIAN STUD BOOK
AND REGISTRAR OF RACEHORSES
On 17 September 2014 the assets of the Australian Stud
Book (ASB) were purchased by Racing Information
Services Australia Pty Ltd (RISA) which subsequently
merged with the Australian Racing Board Limited (ARB)
in April 2015 to form Racing Australia Pty Ltd.
The Owners and Breeders team consists of the
equivalent full time positions of 7.6, a decrease from
12.4 positions the previous year, and is made up of
extremely skilled staff with over 217 years of experience
between them. The focus has primarily been working on
multi-skilling and blending staff roles to provide greater
internal efficiencies.
In March 2015 the ASB relocated from Royal Randwick
Racecourse where it had been located for over
100 years to new premises located in the Sydney CBD
merging its operations with the Registrar of Racehorse
team to become Owners and Breeders Services.
The principal activity of Owners and Breeders
Services during the course of the year was to operate
the Australian Stud Book ensuring the integrity of
Thoroughbred breeding in Australia in accordance
with the Australian Stud Book Rules together with
the Registrar’s role to record the initial registration,
ownership and naming of all Thoroughbreds in
accordance with the Australian Rules of Racing.
Since relocating and merging the focus has been
working on multi-skilling and blending staff roles to
provide enhanced service delivery.
PROJECTS
The final phase of the Single National System (SNS)
project is nearing completion with significant technical
and operational scoping and development undertaken
by Racing Australia throughout the year. When
completed in mid 2016 all of the national industry
functions performed by the Registrar and Deputy
Registrars (Naming, Transfers, Leases and Syndicates)
will be transacted using the one Single National System.
This will provide an online and real time alternative
to the paper based forms currently used for these
functions providing significant improvements in the
ease, convenience and efficiency of these industry
functions.
In early 2015 Racing Australia commenced an extensive
review of the Stud Book computer system (REINS) to
determine if it could be integrated into the new Single
National System or if development of new Stud Book
functionality within the Single National System needed
to be undertaken.
It was determined as a result of this review that a new
Stud Book System and website would be developed as
a new integrated module of the Single National System
project. This development will commence in mid 2016
and will be completed in mid 2017 consolidating all the
racing and breeding databases into the one system
which will lead to substantial cost savings and greater
efficiencies in the future. It will also ensure that the
single database can be supported by new technology
and solutions and provide a better user experience and
access to racing and breeding content in the future.
Since relocating and merging the
focus has been working on
multi-skilling and blending staff
roles to provide enhanced service
delivery to Owners and Breeders
and greater internal efficiencies.
Jacqueline Stewart,
Owners and Breeders Services Manager
(Keeper of the Stud Book)
