HorseHawk wrote:
Tell It Like It Is wrote:
I looked up the record of your mare, Halo D Cat.

It is very.... interesting. Looks like she was entered in 2 stakes races that didn't even have trials. So they were VERY small races. She had one 1st and one 7th out of two outs. She won $1,791.... but her speed index was 66. I must admit, I have never heard of a stakes winner with a speed index of 66.... but then again, the money she won for winning a stakes race isn't very impressive either. So your mare doesn't even have a ROM... but she is a stakes winner... go figure?

None of her colts have done anything as far as APHA records go.


What distance was that SI, I wonder?
Also could have been a newly built track, as they will have very low SI's at first. I think it's based on the speed of the first horse to run & win on that track somehow. That's why a horse with 100 SI may not hardly run an 80 Si on another track even though it's going the same speed as it did on another track.

I've also always heard race trainers always say, you couldn't go by their SI as to how fast they are, as whether they won the race was what counted. Plus the race competition for paints isn't as demanding as in the race QH world, especially back then. So for that time, that SI may have been pretty good for a paint & that amount of money in that day & time also may have been pretty good for a small stakes race. After all, our dollar was worth lots more back then...lol...
The race she won was at Ross Meadows which in no longer around. There were TONS of tracks all over the US in the 70's and 80's because of the fair circuits. It was towards the late 80's (when this mare ran) that tracks started disappearing. My guess would be that the distance was 300 to 350 since that is what 2 year olds typically run. The don't stretch out to 400 yards until their derby year.

It is true that you can't go by SI's. BUT.... an ROM (80 SI) is very important to get. Especially from a breeding standpoint. They keep track of ROM's for a reason. Since there were no trials in her race, that tells me that they had less than 10 entries.

I would say that maybe a 75 would be a good SI for a paint. But not a 66. A 66 is very low no matter what the track is.

The money won might have been very good for a paint.

I am not trying to flame or be mean or degrade the mare. BUT the reality is that if you are planning on breeding (and I don't care what your age is).... you need to open your eyes instead of listening to your heart and really LOOK at what you have.



Never argue with an idiot..... they drag you down to their level and then beat you up with experience!!!

Stupid should be painful!