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 what you need to know about owning a standardbred |
| Sample Sales Catalogue
The annual yearling sales are held in Christchurch and Auckland in February/March of each year and are conducted by the Christchurch-based company Pyne Gould Guinness. Selecting a horse requires a number of decisions to be made, most of which will be made purely on your personal preference, but each require information to make your choice. Your best source of information about the budding champion will come from the catalogue produced for the sale. The sales catalogue is full of information about the ins and outs of buying horses at auction as well as the important details of every hose that will go through the sale ring. 1. VENDOR—Who is selling the horse. 2. LOT NUMBER—The horse’s position in the sale. (For example, this horse will be the 241st horse put through the sale ring during the auction.) 3. BRIEF HISTORY—Briefly details the horses best performed relations. 4. NAME, COLOUR AND SEX OF THE HORSE. 5. DATE OF BIRTH. 6. PEDIGREE—The family tree or bloodlines of the horse. The pedigree is displayed back to the great-grandparents of each horse. 7. STABLE NUMBER—Where the horse is stabled at the sales complex (for example, this horse is in box 256 in barn J). 8. SIRE’S STATISTICS—A list of the sire’s achievements and a selection of his best sons and daughters (progeny) who have excelled themselves on the track. 9. DAM’S STATISTICS—The racing and breeding history of the dam (mother) including details of any other progeny she may have left and their racetrack achievements. 10. MATERNAL BLOODLINES—The history of each of the second and third dams (grandmother and great-grandmother, etc). This includes details of any well-performed brothers, sisters, or other relatives of the horse in question. 11. BLACK TYPE—Every nation in the world operates a classification system whereby races are graded in terms of their prize money, prestige and ability to attract the best horses, etc. This systems means comparisons can be made on a level playing field when it comes to the sale of horses. In New Zealand the classifications are in order of importance and are as follows: Group One, Group Two and Listed. Horses that win or are placed in these types of races earn Black Type. Also included are winners over one mile in better than 2.00 and horses that have earned more than $100,000. All of these names are printed in bold dark capitals (for example Flagon Wagon). By earning Black Type the value of the horse and its offspring is greatly enhanced. 12. STAKES ENGAGEMENTS—These are the series that the horse is eligible to race in due to payments being paid up until sale time by the vendor. 13. PREPARER—This is the name of the person or stud that has prepared the horse for the sale ring.
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