MEETING TO DISCUSS THE EFFECT OF RESTRICTED RACES

MEETING TO DISCUSS THE EFFECT OF RESTRICTED RACES
ON THE NATIONAL STATISTICS

The National Horseracing Authority will be holding a workshop to discuss the effect of races which are restricted to certain horses because of a particular condition, on the national statistics and national championship logs. The workshop will be held on Thursday 16 October 2014 at 10:00. The workshop will be held either at The National Horseracing Authority Head Office or at a nearby venue, depending on the number of attendees.

The National Horseracing Authority is responsible for maintaining the official statistics for horseracing in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The purpose of the statistics is to provide accurate information for use by the industry. The information must therefore not be biased or misleading. Restricted Races have the potential to distort the information significantly and it is important that they be considered very carefully in regard to their inclusion in statistical information.

The National Horseracing Authority would like to invite all interested persons to attend the meeting. Interested persons are asked to RSVP to shan@nhra.co.za by Friday 3 October 2014 at the latest, so that proper arrangements can be made.

visiting satellite yards to natal have restrictions put on them I wonder how the nhra will deal with it when it comes to their stats..in fact these restrictions have closed several of them down ..

Excellent point Pirates. Futura must be the best example.... when Brett nominated him, as he got to KZN, he was ineligible as he was rated lower than 80. Brett had to beg to keep him there in KZN for Winter. He was forced to run him in a plate race and could only run if the field was not full. In the race, he had to perform to an 80.... or leave KZN stables.....
All restrictions should go immediately ! If not, then those provinces with restrictions should not have their statistics count.

I would have thought that there were more important things to concentrate on at the moment than stats :S

Frodo wrote: I would have thought that there were more important things to concentrate on at the moment than stats :S

Dont you know the breeders are more important than anyone else