Using Brisnet sire stats for pedigree handicapping

Brisnet Ultimate Past Performances are useful for pedigree handicapping. Top Thoroughbred stallions sire hundreds of foals each year. Depending on the conditions of the race, the stats may include the following sires:

Using Brisnet sire stats for pedigree handicapping. AWD is the average winning distance of the sires' progeny measured in furlongs. Small sample sizes can skew sired statistics. Young stallions tend to have low AWDs until their foals mature and have an opportunity to race longer distances.

Smart Strike sired 19% mud winners from more than 2,000 starters. The stallion's foals have made 786 starts over wet dirt tracks and won 14% of them.

%Turf indicates percentage of turf races won by a stallion's foals. If a horse sires more than 12% winners on turf, it's a capable grass sire. Kitten’s Joy and English Channel sired 14% of their foal's winners.

%1st is the rate at which a stallion's foals win their debuts. If a horse sires 15% or more winners from first-time starters, his progeny tend to be early maturing sorts.

%1stT. specifies percentage of races won by a stallion's foals when they run on turf for the first time. English Channel's percentage is 10%, Kitten's Joy's is 13%.

Using Brisnet sire stats for pedigree handicapping. Sire Production Index is a rating used to compare the average earnings of a stallion's progeny with the earnings for all other North American stallions. An spi better than 1.50 is the mark of successful sires.