That Game of Silks stat is well missed by the community. 60% of the top earners coming out of a pool of 7-8k. Extremely better hit rate than non auctioned. And there seems to be correlation of auction price (over 100k to under 100k)
Without context yes but I don’t believe that 60% is all that significant considering that the other 40% covers all the horses that were injured/sick and unable to be entered in sales and the lower tier breds that don’t make it into the large auctions or were produced for their owners, not as sales horses. If you’d have asked me a straight % before looking up the numbers I would have guessed 75-80%.
That Game of Silks stat is well missed by the community. 60% of the top earners coming out of a pool of 7-8k. Extremely better hit rate than non auctioned. And there seems to be correlation of auction price (over 100k to under 100k)
Without context yes but I don’t believe that 60% is all that significant considering that the other 40% covers all the horses that were injured/sick and unable to be entered in sales and the lower tier breds that don’t make it into the large auctions or were produced for their owners, not as sales horses. If you’d have asked me a straight % before looking up the numbers I would have guessed 75-80%.
Enjoy your racing analysis. I didn’t know you were also a talented writer, when you were my private trainer, many moon ago. Thanks, Ken Ramsey.