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From
Werkhorse.com:
“The overall evaluation of
Thoroughbred purchases and matings is a complex proposition, and
to be successful requires the use of every tool available...The
effectiveness of the Werk Nick Rating® as a measure of the
success of sire-line crosses has made it the industry standard in
pedigree evaluation...
These nick ratings are based on the percentage by which a certain
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 has 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...
As
a breeder, you need to be sure that the letter grade you have been
given for a certain cross is an authorized, up-to-date Werk Nick
Rating®. Otherwise, you could be the victim of misleading or
downright incorrect information given to you for strictly
commercial reasons...Therefore, we want to advise breeders of
imitations, which more often than not differ - sometimes radically
- from the letter grades assigned by WTC's Werk Nick Rating®
system.”
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Key
Ranch offers complimentary Werk Nick Ratings for your mare with
Lil's Lad, Special Rate, Tinners Way, and Uncle Abbie.
If
you would prefer to have Key Ranch mail or fax Werk Nick
Ratings, please give us a call or see "Submit
a Mare".
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