We have recently introduced a new stallion matching service to our website to help breeders decide which of our stallions best suits their mare.
The system is popular in the USA and is used by some of the top Stallion studs in Europe including Coolmore.
Most modern day Thoroughbred breeders realise the importance of compatability and an affinity between the sire line of their mare and a potential stallion. E Nicks works to systematically portray to breeders which of a particular stud’s stallions will suit their mare in an easy to understand format via a grading system.
The company Werk Horse runs the system and describes the grading process in the following way:
“Nick ratings are based on the percentage by which a particular sire line, when combined with a certain broodmare sire line, exceeds its performance, on average, with other lines. To make the rating easier to understand, we have developed a scale which converts the percentage to a letter grade ranging from "F" to "A". In rare cases, the rating may be as high as "A+" or even "A++". We emphasize that an "A" rated nick does not guarantee success, nor does an "F" rated nick guarantee failure. An "A" rated nick indicates that a far greater percentage of stakes winners have resulted from that cross than expected. An "F" rated nick indicates that the number of stakes winners resulting from a cross is at least 50% below expectations. This does not mean that there cannot be success or will not be success from such a mating in the future. It does mean that in all the experience of the last 20 years of winners of open stakes races, that type of mating has had a lack of success as measured by stakes winner production.”
Give the new system a try and let us know what you think!
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