On the Blood-Horse download, here are some of the interesting stats:
- (page 22) - the Mares by Race Earnings shows that the median price of broodmares dropped as their own race earnings dropped. Predictable. Mares earning in the $300,000's on the track were apparently a good bargain, though--their median price was skewed very low.
- (page 22) - Broodmares in the $300,000's price range were the most expensive group when previously purchased as yearlings--more expensive by median than any other group, and falling behind only the $500,000-$1 million broodmares by yearling average.
- (page 22) - Want young broodmares? Go to Day 2 or Day 5 of the sale (mares are, respectively, age 6.4 and 6.6 years by average)--on the last few days, the mares average 8.0 years old.
- (starting page 35) - Sire of sires, or broodmare sire?!? Lists of leading sires by average price of weanling colts (and a separate list by weanling fillies).
- (starting page 44) - Which young studs look promising? Lists of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd crop weanling sires by average.
- (page 48) - Weanlings by Birth Order. A couple of foals there had 15 brothers and sisters!
- (page 4) - Session by Session data, with averages and medians broken out by what day each hip sold. Naturally, the prices dropped each day. This really hammers home how important it is to be well-placed during the sale!
- (page 6) - How'd you like to purchase a broodmare that won a half-million dollars on the track ... for $20 grand?!?
The whole report is available at
http://www.bloodhorse.com/pdf/data_dige ... ov2007.pdf , or just go to the bloodhorse.com home page and look in the "Auctions" section.