Werk Nick Ratings® and Jack Werk’s Best of Sale ratings for sale catalogs — pedigree intel at your fingertips on the auction floor.
Using WTC’s eNicks system, you can get a Werk Nick Rating® displayed on WTC’s signature 5-generation pedigree for auction entries (including FREE Best of Sale ratings) or any prospective mating. The system enables easy entry of sires and dams not already included in WTC’s pedigrees database (access to new entries exclusive to the client who entered them). Pedigrees, including the Werk Nick Rating® for the cross, can be displayed, printed, and saved in PDF file format.
You can purchase eNicks by secure credit card payment, or you can call us to open an account. If you open an account on line, you can pay as you go or purchase a quantity of eNicks in advance so that, after you retrieve an eNick, it is automatically deducted from the quantity left in your account.
Also, the system offers FREE eNicks for many stallions enrolled in WTC’s Software for Stallions™ program. If you order an eNick for any of these stallions with any mare, you will not be charged, and it will not be deducted from eNicks left in your account.
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Selecting yearlings that excel on the racetrack takes expert analysis of pedigree and conformation as well as luck. Jack Werk’s Best of Sale recommendations offer buyers a unique, proven method of identifying these future superstars based on a variety of pedigree factors.
Our approach to evaluating auction entries draws on the successful breeding patterns of the winners that we have identified by analyzing the pedigrees of the winners of unrestricted stakes races run since 1977. We look for the compatibility of mates as reflected in part by the Werk Nick Rating®, the quality of mates based on the performance of sires, broodmare sires, and female families, the aptitudinal balance of matings as suggested by the contributions of specific ancestors, and successful patterns of inbreeding.
While some of these may be obvious choices, many of them are not obvious and may be overlooked by potential buyers.
Each hip number that is selected as a Best of Sale recommendation is given a Star Rating, from 5 Stars being the highest rating down to 1 Star being the minimum qualifier. Best of Sale is an overall pedigree rating and takes into account all pedigree-related indicators, including the Werk Nick Rating®, Werk Quality Rating, favorable and unfavorable inbreeding, strength of the female family, evaluation of a stallion’s stats and/or potential, sex biases, etc. Frequently, our selections are ‘A’ or better nicks, but we also occasionally select entries that are ‘B’ and ‘C’ nicks that correspond with some very favorable breeding pattern that swings the balance in their favor. Only our Best of Sale recommendations get a Star Rating, so even a one-star selection merits a look. Using Best of Sale in conjunction with physical inspection of the horses can dramatically improve your chances of selecting a potential runner.
Each Best of Sale recommendation includes a five-generation pedigree along with the Dosage and Dosage Quality Rating, Werk Nick Rating®, five-generation inbreeding, the overall Star Rating, and a statistical page for each recommendation that includes average winning distances of his progeny, stakes winners breakdown by sex, and much more. Priority Plus members also receive a catalog-size booklet that includes the nick ratings of ALL yearlings in the sale, as well as the BOS ratings.
Our method for evaluating the pedigrees of auction horses and planning matings has proven very successful for our clients. From the foals born since 1990, our matings and Best of Sale recommendations have resulted in over 32,600 winners, 2,975 stakes winners, and 220 G1 winners.
For more information or to order: Call Werk Thoroughbred Consultants at (510) 490-1111. You can also purchase Best of Sale through the web by using our Auction eNicks system at eNicks.com.