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Re: Dean's Kitten

By Indian_turf_record | 27-Dec-2018

The "Register of Stallions in India 2018" was recently published by Stud Book Authority of India. As always, it contains wealth of information which useful to anyone connected with racing. We don't make sufficient use of such factual information, prefering to rely on perceptions, half truths and sweeping statements.

One section of the Register deals with the average winning distance of a stallion's progeny. That section also mentions that the average distance of a race in India is 1302 m. The top five stallions ranked by the Average Winning Distance (AWD) in India were:-

Dean's Kitten - 1539 m. (38 wins)

Kingda Ka - 1499 m. (158 wins)

Multidimensional - 1482 m. (515 wins)

Whatsthescript - 1452 m. (83 wins)

Sedgefield - 1446 m. (237 wins)

It was surprising to see Sohna Stud stallion Dean's Kitten at the top. So further study was carried. By 25 December, his wins had increased to 49 wins but his AWD had dropped to 1463 m. His wins came through 25 different winners. Two of those winners were out of same dam so 24 different dams had provided his winners.

As matter of interest, complete produce records to those 24 dams were examined. Apart from their foals by Dean's Kitten, their foals by other stallions had won 199 races and their AWD was 1212 m. So their foals by Dean's Kitten had AWD greater by 251 m. ! This was startling revelation and can be interpreted in various ways.  

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Indian_turf_record said ...

29-Dec-2018

    There were two reasons why I started this thread. First was I was quite surprised by high AWD of Dean Kitten's progeny. I have only stated facts and not interpretated the stats. Everyone has has his own perceptions about how to interpret them. I was aware that stallion covered only two mares in 2017 but I do not know if his owners had lost faith in him or he was unwell in 2017.

   Second was to highlight abundance useful statistics available in Register of Stallions. Everyone needs to have facts before him parting with money to buy a horse or make a bet.

@ Albert John Khare

     You can contact Registrar, Indian Stud Book, 6 Arjun Marg, Pune 411 001 or <contact@indianstudbook.com>.

@ Tarana

    I do not have statistics based on class of progeny. Register of Stallions does contain black-type winners produced by each stallion but does not have a table. Classic winners produced by a stallion is another statistic. All time best percentage of Classic winners to live foals is that of Grey Gaston. Among current stallions Multidimensional is best

Albert John Khare said ...

28-Dec-2018

How does one acquire a copy?

Tarana said ...

28-Dec-2018

Sir plese tell me which stailon has produced more class 1 horses in percentage

Sarat Sharma said ...

28-Dec-2018

What an owner wants is winners, distance etc have less meaning in India where 80 % races are run upto 1400 m.

DEANS KITTEN had a crop of 59  live  folas listed in Return of mares 2015, only 13  have won a race so far.

The crop of 2014  had 32  live foals and till last week only 14 had managed to win a rce.

Of the 2016 crop only  STORM FLAG has won out of a crop of 50 live folas.

HENCE ONE CAN SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF NON WINNERS HAS BEEN FAR TOO MUCH AND THAT IS WHAT COUNTS AS IMPORTANT.

Gsl said ...

27-Dec-2018

Hi Ht friends.. Saw the stats.. It's amazing but nos don't lie ..but for me I always believe in recent running be it class v or class1.. Grade races a different prospect.. Last one month ..should be the calculation if I look at the form..i might be right or wrong but the best is what works for u..please never underestimate urself...The class n form is always the way to go..taking money management into account..choose your races..n believe the results r going to be positive in a long run..infact coming back to the topic where is excellent art ..Phoenix tower ..n the upcoming kingda ka from Waterhouse...varenar is doing well ..china visit is re inventing doin ok..n more..guys come up with more against the stats..LOVE RACING

Saurabh said ...

27-Dec-2018

Yes as u mentioned the average distance winning may be hi,  but the quality of races won is equally important. The difference is that may be 20 winners over 1600-2000 meters are in class 4. While a better stallion may have 10 winners over same distance in group races. I don't mean to say Deans kitten is not a good stallion but he is certainly not multidimensional or whatsmyscript. And recent reliable stallions are Win legend and Western Arristrocat. They are giving great results with lesser number of progencies.