ICSC to classify point-winning performers as wins in National Hunt catalogues

The International Cataloguing Standards Committee's European sub-committee has announced that British and Irish point-to-point performers will have wins classified in National Hunt catalogues from 2022.

Currently winning British and Irish point-to-point performers are classified as runners, but not as winners in either the subject horse detail or the dam summary line.

The new rule means all winners under the first dam must be shown in National Hunt catalogues in order to allow buyers to view the breakdown of point and rules winners.

Flat catalogues will remain the same, meaning point winners will not be shown as winners. All catalogues will continue to show Flat black type in normal bold font and NH black type in italics.

In a joint statement Simon Kerins (Tattersalls Ireland) and Nick Nugent (Goffs) said: “This rule change gives greater clarity around the presentation of form in National Hunt catalogues.

"It addresses the clear anomaly whereby catalogues have listed any point-to-point performers to be runners for the dam, but do not consider a winner of such a contest to be a winner for the mare.”

Credit: Goffs UK

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