Sires Going Preferences
You often here commentators say things like, "He's by Sadlers Wells and they prefer a bit of cut in the ground." But a lot of these views are based on third hand opinions, or the performance of one high profile horse from a particular stallion and are more harm than good.
Below we attempt to give you the actual facts, as to what the going preferences are of particular stallions progeny. See below for detailed instructions but basically the Going Ratio column is the key one. Red indicates a preference for soft ground, Blue for good or better. The higher the number the more pronounced the going preference is.
Below we attempt to give you the actual facts, as to what the going preferences are of particular stallions progeny. See below for detailed instructions but basically the Going Ratio column is the key one. Red indicates a preference for soft ground, Blue for good or better. The higher the number the more pronounced the going preference is.
Sire Going Preferences Table
| Name | Heavy | Soft | G/S | Good | G/F | Firm | Going Ratio | Fibresand | Polytrack |
| Acclamation | 15% | 10% | 12% | 9% | 13% | 13% | 1.04 | 0% | 8% |
| Anabaa | 9% | 11% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 15% | 1.12 | 12% | 13% |
| Alhaarth | 18% | 11% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 1.28 | 9% | 10% |
| Bahamian Bounty | 8% | 9% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 1.02 | 10% | 8% |
| Barathea | 7% | 9% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 1.03 | 13% | 7% |
| Bertolini | 17% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 13% | 1.09 | 12% | 10% |
| Bold Edge | 0% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 3% | 1.38 | 13% | 10% |
| Cadeaux Generoux | 12% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 1.05 | 8% | 12% |
| Cape Cross | 6% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 15% | 13% | 1.57 | 10% | 13% |
| Captain Rio | 13% | 14% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 10% | 2.27 | 17% | 5% |
| Choisir | 13% | 9% | 6% | 14% | 14% | 0% | 1.63 | 8% | 12% |
| Compton Place | 11% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 1.07 | 5% | 10% |
| Dalakhani | 12% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 28% | 25% | 1.36 | 25% | 16% |
| Danehill | 13% | 13% | 16% | 15% | 14% | 17% | 1.04 | 13% | 13% |
| Danehill Dancer | 18% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 14% | 1.22 | 5% | 10% |
| Danetime | 12% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 1.04 | 7% | 13% |
| Dansili | 7% | 8% | 8% | 12% | 12% | 19% | 1.57 | 18% | 14% |
| Daylami | 4% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 12% | 18% | 1.12 | 12% | 13% |
| Diktat | 7% | 9% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 1.03 | 13% | 8% |
| Dr. Fong | 8% | 10% | 11% | 8% | 10% | 7% | 1.13 | 17% | 10% |
| Dubai Destination | 21% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 10% | 25% | 1.48 | 30% | 16% |
| Dynaformer | 10% | 11% | 9% | 15% | 17% | 7% | 1.39 | 38% | 8% |
| Efisio | 10% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 10% | 1.15 | 14% | 11% |
| Fantastic Light | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 1.01 | 21% | 12% |
| Fasilyav | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 10% | 1.14 | 19% | 10% |
| Galileo | 15% | 14% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 20% | 1.18 | 13% | 17% |
| Giants Causeway | 14% | 9% | 7% | 14% | 14% | 19% | 1.60 | 24% | 10% |
| Gone West | 6% | 13% | 9% | 4% | 13% | 14% | 1.07 | 19% | 8% |
| Green Desert | 8% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 14% | 13% | 1.49 | 7% | 15% |
| Halling | 11% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 1.02 | 17% | 13% |
| Hawk Wing | 6% | 14% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 2.01 | 14% | 7% |
| Hernando | 15% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 15% | 12% | 1,00 | 17% | 10% |
| Inchinor | 8% | 10% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 1.09 | 5% | 7% |
| Indian Ridge | 12% | 11% | 8% | 12% | 10% | 13% | 1.11 | 11% | 11% |
| Invincible Spirit | 12% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 11% | 22% | 1.33 | 28% | 14% |
| Ishiguru | 15% | 8% | 13% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 1.12 | 6% | 8% |
| Key of Luck | 6% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 1.08 | 17% | 9% |
| King Mambo | 15% | 14% | 11% | 14% | 18% | 28% | 1.37 | 17% | 13% |
| Kings Best | 11% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 1.23 | 10% | 13% |
| Komaite | 6% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 1.08 | 10% | 9% |
| Kylacchy | 16% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 1.15 | 7% | 9% |
| Lomitas | 7% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 14% | 28% | 1,74 | 0% | 10% |
| Mark of Esteem | 14% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 1.17 | 11% | 11% |
| Marju | 6% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 1.09 | 16% | 11% |
| Medicean | 13% | 17% | 8% | 9% | 12% | 15% | 1.06 | 18% | 11% |
| Montjeu | 18% | 13% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 15% | 1.06 | 18% | 11% |
| Mujadil | 6% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 10% | 16% | 1.19 | 7% | 8% |
| Namid | 5% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 14% | 1.16 | 13% | 8% |
| Noverre | 2% | 6% | 17% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 1.16 | 18% | 8% |
| Oasis Dream | 13% | 12% | 13% | 15% | 17% | 0% | 1.22 | 11% | 12% |
| Observatory | 7% | 11% | 7% | 12% | 10% | 5% | 1.19 | 0% | 7% |
| One Cool Cat | 25% | 22% | 14% | 11% | 6% | 0% | 2.32 | 0% | 14% |
| Orpen | 14% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 1.15 | 14% | 9% |
| Piccolo | 9% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 12% | 1.09 | 11% | 10% |
| Pivotal | 19% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 1.12 | 12% | 15% |
| Rainbow Quest | 10% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 17% | 1.25 | 21% | 12% |
| Red Ransom | 0% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 11% | 16% | 1.55 | 14% | 17% |
| Rock of Gibraltor | 15% | 10% | 13% | 14% | 10% | 10% | 1.05 | 13% | 12% |
| Royal Applause | 7% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 1.05 | 10% | 9% |
| Sadlers Wells | 13% | 15% | 16% | 14% | 14% | 20% | 1.02 | 10% | 10% |
| Sakhee | 14% | 11% | 14% | 18% | 14% | 14% | 1.28 | 17% | 11% |
| Selkirk | 6% | 13% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 1.13 | 11% | 9% |
| Sinndar | 9% | 6% | 11% | 9% | 14% | 32% | 1.57 | 0% | 8% |
| Singspiel | 6% | 8% | 6% | 12% | 14% | 26% | 2.10 | 16% | 14% |
| Tagula | 6% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 5% | 1.39 | 10% | 11% |
| Verglas | 8% | 8% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 0% | 1.33 | 29% | 5% |
| War Chant | 33% | 9% | 7% | 15% | 16% | 8% | 1.50 | 33% | 13% |
| Wolfhound | 5% | 2% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 2.22 | 9% | 4% |
| Zamindar | 9% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 15% | 1.11 | 2% | 9% |
The Going Ratio column is calculated by comparing the number of winners on good to soft or worse ground, with the number of winners on good and firmer ground. Red indicates a preference for soft ground, Blue for good or better
A going ratio of 1 would indicate that a sires progeny have absolutly no preference with regard to going. Sadlers Wells at 1.02 is a good example of this. The higher the number the greater the preference. So a ratio of 2 which was blue would indicate that, that particular sire has twice as many winners percentage wise on good ground as it does on soft.
The Fibresand and Polytrack columns on the far right indicate the percentage of winners a particular stallion has had on either of these surfaces.
These stats have been calculated up to the beginning of the 2009 season, and unlike the draw bias stats will not be updated throughout the season as the overall trends should not change.
A going ratio of 1 would indicate that a sires progeny have absolutly no preference with regard to going. Sadlers Wells at 1.02 is a good example of this. The higher the number the greater the preference. So a ratio of 2 which was blue would indicate that, that particular sire has twice as many winners percentage wise on good ground as it does on soft.
The Fibresand and Polytrack columns on the far right indicate the percentage of winners a particular stallion has had on either of these surfaces.
These stats have been calculated up to the beginning of the 2009 season, and unlike the draw bias stats will not be updated throughout the season as the overall trends should not change.