Morningside Stud

Recently someone asked if stallion performance tests really matter. I believe they matter early in a stallion's career but over time their importance declines to irrelevance.

This is how I think about it. Five categories, 15 stars to allocate among the 5 criteria:

Stallions 5 years of age and under:
Importance of his damline: *****
Importance of his sireline: *****
Importance of his 70/100 day test: **
Importance of his results in open competition: ***
Importance of results of his progeny in open competition: -
(If no performance test was done and the stallion was approved on the basis of his performance in open competition -- the preferred method, in my opinion -- then the criterion "Importance of his results in open competition" is given a weight of *****.)

Stallions 6 - 9
Importance of his damline: *****
Importance of his sireline: ***
Importance of his 70/100 day test: -
Importance of his results in open competition: ****
Importance of results of his progeny in open competition: ***


Stallions 10 - 14
Importance of his damline: ****
Importance of his sireline: ***
Importance of his 70/100 day test: -
Importance of his results in open competition: ***
Importance of results of his progeny in open competition: *****

Stallions 15 and over
Importance of his damline: ***
Importance of his sireline: **
Importance of his 70/100 day test: -
Importance of his results in open competition: -
Importance of results of his progeny in open competition: **********