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Date Posted: 13:59:54 02/08/06 Wed
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In reply to:
Lincoln
's message, "世界巡迴錦標賽今年停辦(轉載自Racing Post),詳情請見內文" on 22:03:45 02/07/06 Tue
>WRC will be missing this year
>
>by Howard Wright
>
>THE World Racing Championships, which have been
>decided annually on points gained for placings in
>major international middle-distance races, will be
>missing this year, and are unlikely to return in
>anything like their previous form, if at all.
>The WRC committee announced on Monday that it would
>liaise with the International Federation of
>Horseracing Authorities "to study the feasibility of
>introducing in 2007 a new merit award system, which
>would give worldwide recognition to the best
>performers aroundthe world".
>
>Since the IFHA took responsibility for the year's
>international classifications for the 2004 Northern
>and Southern Hemisphere seasons, and called them the
>World Racehorse Rankings, it has been looking to
>establish their standing more firmly.
>
>Brian Kavanagh, chief executive of Horse Racing
>Ireland, which promoted the Baileys Irish Champion
>Stakes as part of the WRC series, and a committee
>representative, said on Monday: "As our member
>organisations look forward, we must provide a sharper
>focus on world rankings and recognition that they can
>be widely tracked and accepted by the entire racing
>world."
>
>Despite the loss of this year's WRC framework, the
>concept has spawned two shorter-distance offshoots,
>involving far fewer countries, in theform of the Asia
>Mile Challenge and the Global Sprint Challenge, which
>began in Australia on Saturday with Takeover Target
>winning the Lightning Stakes at Flemington.
>
>The WRC competition began in 1999 as the World Series
>Racing Championship, but its struggle for ongoing
>recognition began when the UAE airline Emirates, the
>initial sponsor, pulled out after three years.
>Attempts to find a major international brand as a
>replacement failed, though Rolls Royce provided
>back-up for one year. Participating racecourses in the
>ten countries that staged races, including Ascot, were
>forced to fund promotion and incentives themselves.
>
>However, finding a sponsor was only one of the
>organisers' problems. Creating a recognisable and
>ongoing identity, especially after the Dubai World Cup
>was withdrawn from the schedule, proved equally
>elusive.
>
>Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation won the first
>four runnings, with Daylami, Fantastic Light (twice)
>and Grandera, before High Chaparral broke the run in
>2003, though Godolphin's retained rider, Frankie
>Dettori, was champion that year, and again in 2004.
>
>The slide became most noticeable in 2004, when
>German-trained Epalo, who dead-heated with
>Godolphin-owned Sulamani, won on a countback with 16
>points, the lowest scorein six years and eight points
>fewer than the previous "worst".
>
>Then last year, Vengeance Of Rain became the first
>non-European "world champion" without ever having
>stepped out of Hong Kong, which ran two of the 13
>qualifying races. He is likely to be the last World
>Racing Champion.
>
>Kavanagh commented: "While no timetable is set for a
>relaunch of the World Racing Championships in a new
>format, the members will continue their full
>commitment and co-operation to showcase international
>competition at itshighest levels."
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