Running an Impact Profile on a Named Horse
Named Horse is the starting point of the Impact Profile. Enter any horse held in the database and the full analysis is built around its pedigree.
Running a profile
- Open Impact Profile from the main menu.
- Stay on the Named Horse tab, which opens by default.
- Click Select Horse and start typing a name. Choose the horse from the list.
The pedigree fills the left of the screen and the analysis panels open on the right. Click New Search to start again with a different horse.
The pedigree display
The pedigree runs five generations across the page, with the horse on the left and each successive generation to the right. Under each name sits the country and year of birth, and where relevant a black-type abbreviation.
View Interactive Pedigree opens a larger interactive view of the same pedigree.
Duplicated ancestors and Hide Inbreeding
Where the same ancestor appears more than once within four generations, the pedigree highlights each appearance in colour so you can see at a glance where the duplication sits.
Four colours are used, and they encode two things at once: whether the duplicated ancestor is male or female, and whether the duplication is confined to one side of the pedigree or runs across both.
- Light blue. Male duplicate within the same half of the pedigree.
- Blue. Male duplicate across both halves.
- Light pink. Female duplicate within the same half.
- Pink. Female duplicate across both halves.
The darker shades matter more. A duplication across both halves means the ancestor is reinforced through the sire and the dam, which concentrates that influence far more than two appearances on the same side.
Hide Inbreeding switches these highlights off, which is useful when a pedigree carries many duplications and you want to read the names without the colour competing for attention.
For the duplications scored rather than simply shown, use the Ancestral Duplication panel. For the underlying concepts, see inbreeding, linebreeding and outcrossing.
Pedigree abbreviations
The suffixes beneath a name summarise what that ancestor achieved or produced.
- G1W Group or Grade 1 winner
- G3W Group or Grade 3 winner
- G1Pr Producer of a Group or Grade 1 winner
- G2Pr Producer of a Group or Grade 2 winner
- G3Pr Producer of a Group or Grade 3 winner
- SWPr Stakes winner producer
A leading M means multiple, so MG1W is a multiple Group 1 winner and MSWPr has produced more than one stakes winner.
The distinction between a winner and a producer is worth holding on to. W describes what the horse did on the track. Pr describes what it produced at stud, which for a mare is often the more useful signal.
The Legend button beneath the pedigree opens this reference at any time.
The five analysis panels
The panels open one at a time. Clicking one closes the panel currently open.
- Impact Analysis. The 20 key crosses, scored and shaded.
- Impact Analysis (Tight). The same crosses under a stricter matching rule. Pro only.
- Distance Profile. Where the key ancestors' stakes winners actually won.
- Stakes Wins. The horse's own black-type record.
- Ancestral Duplication. Every duplicated ancestor, scored across both sides.
Reading the Impact Analysis grid
The grid is laid out as a matrix. Across the top sit five key ancestors from the sire side. Down the left sit four from the dam side. Every cell is one cross between them, which is where the 20 crosses come from.
Each cell shows how one ancestor on the sire side performs over another on the dam side, regardless of where each appears within its half of the pedigree.
What the numbers mean
The score compares what a cross actually produced against what its number of opportunities would predict. 1.0 is the baseline, meaning the cross produced exactly what was expected. A score of 2.0 means twice the expected number of stakes winners, and 8.3 means roughly eight times.
Adjusting for opportunity is what makes the figures comparable. A cross tried thousands of times should produce more stakes winners than one tried a hundred times, and the score accounts for that before judging it.
What the colours mean
- Gold. Exceptional ancestor combinations linked to high stakes success.
- Green. Above-average proven crosses.
- Red. Underperforming crosses.
- Unshaded. At or near the baseline.
- X. Too little data to compute a reliable figure. This is not a poor result, it is an absent one.
Note that these grid colours are unrelated to the duplication colours on the pedigree. They answer different questions.
Read the grid as a whole before reading any single cell. A pedigree carrying gold and green across several rows is telling you something different from one where the strength sits in a single corner.
Show Stakes Winner count swaps the scores for the number of stakes winners behind each cross. Use it whenever a score looks surprising, because a strong figure resting on very few horses is weaker evidence than a moderate one resting on many.
Exporting
Click PDF to export, which is useful for sale inspections, sharing with a syndicate or attaching to an enquiry.
Your search allowance
Impact Credits are shown beneath the pedigree. Pro members see Unlimited. On other plans the number counts down as you run profiles. See Plan entitlements.
If the horse is not listed
Check the spelling and the country suffix first, since many horses share names across jurisdictions. If it still does not appear, you can add the horse yourself or submit a horse request.