re: Fasig-Tipton Catalog Updates -- Nice!

sgillies — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:50 GMT

Always Awesome, the mare whose catalog page I used as an example in this post, sold for $1 million at the sale.

re: Fasig-Tipton Catalog Updates -- Nice!

FourCats — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:01:17 GMT

I find the sales catalogues useful only for listing the hip number, consignor and very basic pedigree info. Going back several generations to see the records of distant relatives is fine but still doesn't really tell me what I want to know.

One of the things that I really want to know (which is usually available elsewhere but not in the catalogue) is the actual racing records of the sire and dam (particularly the dam). In your example of Always Awesome, the only statement about Anzille (the dam) is that she placed in France. Tells me nothing. I want to know how good of a racer she was. What class did she place against? What was her race record? Was she a speed horse or a closer? How fast did she run?

Of course I realize that this is catalogue and not the DRF. But since you are discussing using technology to improve the catalogues, what would be really useful would be if the sales companies created an online database accessible to buyers which allowed the buyer to get information such as that listed above. And there are lots of other types of info that could be included which would be useful. Would it be expensive? Possibly. Would it step on toes such as those of bloodstock agents or other record keepers? Maybe, but perhaps the various groups could work together. But, if all that information were available, perhaps buyers would be much more inclined to pay more in their bids.