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RACING AUSTRALIA ANNUAL REPORT 2016
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OWNERS AND BREEDERS
SERVICES
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 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.
In addition, each Principal Racing Authority (PRA)
employs a Deputy Registrar. This Deputy Registrar is
responsible for:
• subsequent changes in ownership (Transfer or Lease)
of horses based in their respective states
• registration of colours
• registration of Syndicates of owners
• the regulation of licensed promoters (Syndicators)
RACING AUSTRALIA RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT FUND
$20 from each Registration Application fee is allocated
to the Racing Australia Research & Development Fund
for the purposes of research and development directly
associated with the Thoroughbred.
Racing Australia has established a Research and
Development Grant Assessment panel to review
proposals and recommend on funding to the Racing
Australia Board. Assessment criteria has been developed
requiring research proposals to be innovative with a clear
hypothesis and research methodology which will produce
tangible outcomes that lead to improved health, welfare
or performance of Thoroughbred horses in Australia.
In addition to the research project approved in 2015
for ‘The detection of gene doping in Thoroughbred
racehorses’, the Board of Racing Australia has
committed to funding five further research projects:
Assessment criteria has been developed requiring
research proposals to be innovative with a clear
hypothesis and research methodology which will produce
tangible outcomes that lead to improved health, welfare or
performance of Thoroughbred horses in Australia.
Jacqueline Stewart,
Owners and Breeders Services Manager (Keeper of the Stud Book)
University of Melbourne
Tools for reducing injury and breakdown in training and racing
$49,950 per year for 3 years
University of Melbourne
Adaption and repair of sesamoid bones in training
$93,367 per year for 3 years
Racing Analytical Services
Detection of anabolic steroids in equine hair and
Development of anti-EPO antibody assay
$57,341 one-off grant
Murdoch University
Exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage
$50,002 one-off grant
Dr A Brownlow
Exertional heat illness
$19,490 one-off grant