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Whereareyourparents · Apr 10, 2019 4:25 AM

If a horse is superior to Sire does it mean they scored higher than their sire (PT/Paper)? Or does it mean you'd have to do a comparison test to see who's the better producer?

ObsidianKitsune · Apr 10, 2019 4:45 AM

Superior to sire is one of the three results you can get when you do a comparison test. The others are "as good as", shortened to AGA, and 'worse than".

Comparison testing tests breedability, ie papering. There are different 'levels' between the different papers. For example we know that a Perfect Foundation, C papered, is 100%, and an exceptional producer, B papered, is 105%. The expro will test superior to the PF if you comp tested them. The degree of "as good as" I think is about 2-3% difference either way, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

Cheers · Apr 10, 2019 8:31 AM

It’s important to remember that “as good as” is actually written “ABOUT as good as”. Like Obsidian said, there is a small range encompassed by an AGA test result. This is why you can sometimes get two stallions with different Paper results who comp test AGA each other. (high C to low B, high B to low A, high A to low Star).

Generally people will test their colts either against their sire or against a benchmark for that generation or that group within their lines.

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