Rating Dams

I have looked at a lot of dams in the past few weeks. I have an intuition for what I like to see, but I thought I would try to measure it. This is just a rough draft, but you to start somewhere. The system has 100 available points.

1. 30 points for dam’s racing ability – 30 G2 winner, 25 small Stakes, 20 for 2 allowance wins, 15 an allowance win, 12 a MSW win, 7 a good MC win, 5 any win, 1 for running. Very roughly 30 for. a 110, 20 for 100, 15 for 90, 10 for 80, 5 for 75, obviously Beyers would be better, but Equibase is all we have.
2. 20 points for best 4 children, 5 points for each – 5 for stakes winner, 4 for $200,000+, 3 for $100,000+, 2 for $50,000+, I for a winner
3. 20 points for the quality of the 2nd dam – 10 stakes winner, 5 for $100,000+, 2 for a winner, then 3 points for each of her best 3 children , 3 points for stakes, 2 for $100,000 plus, 1 for any winner, and 1 point for any 4th winner
4. 5 points for quality of the 3rd dam – 5 for stakes, 3 for $100,000+. 1 for a winner
5. 5 points for stamina influence of the dam (qualitative)
6. 5 points for either a decent auction price for the dam as a yearling or 2 yr old, or being from a good trainer or owner (kind of a class measure)
7. 5 points for being bred to quality sires, 1 point for each instance
8. 10 points for the quality the dam sire – 10 point for i.e. Empire Maker , 5 points for i.e. More Than Ready, 2 points for Service Stripe (obviously a judgement call)

1. 55+ is great or A
2. 45+ is above average or B
3. 40 is average or C
4. 35 is barely passing or D
5. 25 is failing

This system emphasizes running ability, and favors older mares who have produced. Some might not like 20 points for the 2nd dam, but the unraced mares have to get points somewhere or they will automatic toss outs.

This is my personal approach. Most would toss out #5 above and replace it with some measure of precocity like 2 yr old wins.

How would you divide up 100 points? Maybe 50 for running ability? or 50 for production? or 50 points for some measure of precocity? and not so much focus on pedigree and the extended family.

What else would you give points for? Obviously looks and appearance is important, but we cannot measure that.

Perhaps all of this means absolutely nothing and 10.0 is great, 10.1 is ok, and 10.2 means stay away. That would make things easier.