Things I Need to Learn

On a scale of 1 to 10 my knowledge of horse sales just doubled from 1 to 2, but it has a long way to go. What else do I need to learn?

1. I certainly know I need to get much better at judging horses physically and watching workouts. I know my bias is to favor long and tall horses, and dismiss anything that looks like a sprinter.
2. I must get better at reading pedigrees. Right now my simple approach is to dismiss anything that looks to sprinter oriented.
3. I need a better understanding of how the RNA process actually works.
4. I need to be better organized about how to develop a real world bidding strategy..
5. I need a better understanding if all the ways pinhookers acquire horses other than at yearling sales.
6. I need a better knowledge of the online resources available to evaluate horses
7. I need to understand the importance of consigners. Can you trust all of them or only some?

Now I need to go look at the Fasig-Tipton catalog. I am sure I have just taken the first step down a potentially very deep rabbit hole. Just trying to keep track of all these horse will be quite a challenge.