EQS Horse Report

What is in a thoroughbred horse report

One report brings together the three things that shape a horse's value: its racing, its pedigree and its sales. Here is every section, and what it tells you.

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1. Identity and pedigree

The horse's name, sex, year of foaling and country, then its pedigree as a family tree: parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The report states how much of the tree EQS holds, for example “93% of ancestor slots held”, and marks any ancestor that is not in the database. See how to read a thoroughbred pedigree.

2. Racing record

Starts, wins, places and prize money, with the horse's official rating, its best Racing Post Rating and its best Topspeed. Every run is listed with date, course, race, grade, distance, going, finishing position, ratings and jockey. A black type table shows runs, wins and places in Group and Listed races.

3. Sire and damsire context

How the sire's progeny perform, and how the damsire's do, set against the database median: the share who ran, the share of runners who won, and the share who secured black type. This shows whether a family is above or below the norm, not just how one horse ran. See what black type means.

4. The cross

How the progeny of this sire out of mares by this damsire have done. The sample is often small, so the report says when it is below the 30-record floor and marks the section as indicative only.

5. Dam and produce

The dam's other foals: how many ran, how many won, their ratings and, where held, their sales and best verified price. Where more than one horse shares the dam's name, the report keeps only produce it can match to the right family, and tells you how many rows it removed.

6. Sales history

Completed sales and catalogue entries EQS holds for the horse. If there are none, the report says not available. It does not guess a value.

7. Data coverage

A table on the last page that lists every section and whether it was held, partial, or not available. You always know what the report could and could not tell you.

How “not held” works

No database holds every record. Where EQS has no figure, the report writes not held. It is never shown as a zero, because an absent figure and a figure of zero mean different things.

Format

You read the report on screen and receive a PDF copy by email. You can re-open and re-download a report for 30 days, and generating the same horse again in that time is free. A report is a guide, not advice.