The Philippine Star

Philracom finalizes handicappi­ng system

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in the Wanklinfie­ld of is handicappi­ng,a hugely respected responsibl­e authority for drawing up Singapore Turf Club’s extensive guide on handicappi­ng, which has been used as a definitive guideline by many racing authoritie­s around the world.

The handicappi­ng expert is holding a two-day workshop at the Philracom’s Makati office before finalizing its Philippine Rating-Based Handicappi­ng System on the third day.

Wanklin and the Philracom will present the finalized Philippine rating-based handicappi­ng system to stakeholde­rs of the sport, horse owners, trainers, racing managers and club handicappe­rs today at the Chantilly Bar and Carmona, Bistro Cavite.of the San Lazaro Leisure Park in “Wanklin’s visit is an important facet of our goal to uplift horseracin­g in the Philippine­s to worldclass standards. We need an expert like him to show us the way in terms of handicappi­ng,” said Philracom chairman Andrew Sanchez. This is the third experts horse-racingIn this April, from year the in abroadthat Philracomt­he the country.to Philracom improve welcomed has the Japanese broughtlev­el of Racing Kazuhiroad­viser Associatio­nSadamichi­Youfu and Facilities Imabayashi­JRA Facilities­Co. to Ltd. help Co. director raiseLtd. racetracks.the standards of the Philippine­s’ three premier internatio­nalA month before,racing consultant­the Philracom Ciaran hosted Kennelly to review the current structure of the Philracom’s racing program. Wanklin, who hails from Zimbabwe, made his debut as a profession­al handicappe­r in December 1981 and has flourished for over 30 years as one of the world’s best handicappe­rs. He is currently the vice president (Racing) of the Singapore Turf Club, responsibl­e for managing its handicappi­ng, race planning and national fixtures.

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