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Notices to Purchasers
Criteria for Pedigree Compilation
The following criteria have been agreed in principle by those Sales Companies represented
on the European Sub-Committee of the International Cataloguing Standards Committee.
1. Pedigrees may not extend beyond the fifth dam. Only black-type performers
and their links may be mentioned under the fifth dam.
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2. Certain relationships to the subject animal are designated ‘key positions’. Key
positions comprise:
- the subject animal him/herself
- the first dam of the subject animal and any of her descendants
Only in the case of animals in key positions may the race names of non-black
type races be carried. Only in the case of animals in key positions may a 4thplacing
in a Group/Graded race be mentioned (NB Such a placing will not
confer black type, except as set out on page viii of the ICSC Booklet 2010).
3. Jump Races appearing in Part IV of the ICSC Booklet may confer black type,
but only if the type is italicised to differentiate it clearly from the black type
given to flat race performances.
4. No reference to relationships may be made other than in the case of the Full-
(i.e. ‘own-‘) brother or sister. (That is to say, references such as ‘three-parts
sister to’ and ‘bred on the same lines as’ are disallowed). Except in the case of
the subject animal, the horse to whom the animal in question is related must
be a black-type horse.
5. ‘Excellence narrative’ must be restricted to the top horse in any qualifying
category. Thus, while a Sales Company may elect to use any one of the
following terms – ‘Champion’, ‘Top-rated’ or ‘High-weighted’ – such terms as
‘2nd Top-rated’ may not be used. Further, excellence narrative may only be
applied to horses which
- have been officially rated top within the following categories or
combination of categories:
Continent
Country
Sex
Age
Distance range
- have been published in the relevant section of the ICSC Booklet
6. Performances outside the home country of the catalogue in question will be
indicated as such, either by citing the country(ies) by name or by use of the
word ‘abroad’.
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This catalogue has been compiled in accordance
with the criteria agreed by the
International Cataloguing Standards Committee.