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Demonstrate knowledge of thoroughbreds and their breeding, and
evaluate a thoroughbred's potential
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the development,
spread, and influential strains of the thoroughbred; demonstrate knowledge
of the thoroughbred breeding calendar; demonstrate knowledge of
thoroughbred pedigrees, and evaluate horse’s potential; and demonstrate
knowledge of the administration of the thoroughbred breeding industry.
Subfield
Equine
Domain
Equine Husbandry
Status
Registered
Status date
26 November 2007
Date version published
26 November 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0018
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
The New Zealand Stud Book is issued by, and available from, New Zealand
Thoroughbred Racing, PO Box 38386, WELLINGTON MAIL CENTRE, Telephone 04
576 6240 or from the official website www.nzracing.co.nz. The New Zealand
Register of Non Studbook Mares is contained in its own section of the New Zealand
Stud Book.
2
The International Cataloguing Standards Committee is the international body
representing racing countries whose duty is to oversee Group (Pattern) and Listed
race designations throughout the world.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the development, spread, and influential strains of the thoroughbred.
Performance criteria
1.1
The development of the thoroughbred as a breed is described in terms of the
significance of the Byerley Turk, the Darley Arabian, and the Godolphin
Arabian.
1.2
The geographical spread of the thoroughbred is described in relation to its
beginning in the United Kingdom in the eighteenth century, to present day.
1.3
Influential strains of the thoroughbred are described in terms of their
contribution to the development of the breed.
Range
must include at least six influential strains from the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the thoroughbred breeding calendar.
Performance criteria
2.1
The breeding calendar is described in relation to stud activities and the times of
the year they occur.
Range
mating, foaling, weaning.
2.2
The breeding calendar is described in terms of its relevance to the
thoroughbred industry, relationships between hemispheres, and the significance
of climate.
2.3
The breeding calendar is described in terms of the timing of yearling and other
age-category sales and marketing in the thoroughbred industry.
Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of thoroughbred pedigrees, and evaluate horse’s potential.
Performance criteria
3.1
Thoroughbred pedigrees are described in terms of the details of horses and
their close relatives, and the significance of black type.
Range
age, brands, colour, sire details, dam details, performance of close
relatives;
evidence is required for at least four pedigrees.
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3.2
Evaluation of horses’ pedigrees and conformation determines their potential as
possible racing or breeding prospects.
Range
evidence is required for at least four horses.
Element 4
Demonstrate knowledge of the administration of the thoroughbred breeding industry.
Performance criteria
4.1
The horse registration requirements of thoroughbred breeding practitioners are
described in terms of the New Zealand Stud Book.
Range
stud book mares, non stud book mares.
4.2
Administration of the thoroughbred breeding industry is described in terms of
the role of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, and New Zealand
Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association.
4.3
The significance of the International Cataloguing Standards Committee is
described in relation to national and international race structures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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