The Jockey Club today reported that 2,230 stallions covered 36,656 mares in
North America during 2013, according to statistics compiled through September 9,
2014. These breedings have resulted in 21,697 live foals of 2014 being reported
to The Jockey Club on Live Foal Reports received as of September 9, 2014.
The Jockey Club estimates that the number of live foals reported so far is
approximately 90 percent complete. The reporting of live foals of 2014 is down
1.4 percent from last year at this time when The Jockey Club had received
reports for 22,001 live foals of 2013.
In addition to the 21,697 live foals of 2014 reported through September 9,
The Jockey Club had also received 2,692 No Foal Reports for the 2014 foaling
season. Ultimately, the 2014 registered foal crop is projected to reach 22,000.
The number of stallions declined 6.8 percent from the 2,392 reported for 2012
at this time last year, while the number of mares bred decreased 3.3 percent
from the 37,908 reported for 2012.
The 2013 breeding statistics are available alphabetically by stallion name
through the Resources — Fact
Book link on The Jockey Club homepage at jockeyclub.com.
The Jockey Club’s Executive Vice President and Executive Director Matt
Iuliano noted that the breeding statistics do not represent live foals born in
each state or province, but are a count of live foals by conception area,
regardless of where the foals were born. He also stated that the statistics do
not represent the final fertility record of any stallion or conception area.
Kentucky annually leads all states and provinces in terms of Thoroughbred
breeding activity. Kentucky-based stallions accounted for 43.3 percent of the
mares reported bred in North America in 2013 and 51.1 percent of the live foals
reported for 2014.
The 15,857 mares reported bred to 258 Kentucky stallions in 2013 have
produced 11,089 live foals, a 3.4 percent increase on the 10,726 Kentucky-sired
live foals of 2013 reported at this time last year. The number of mares reported
bred to Kentucky stallions in 2013 increased 1.8 percent compared to the 15,569
reported for 2012 at this time last year.
Among the 10 states and provinces with the most mares covered in 2013, half
produced more live foals in 2014 than in 2013 as reported at this time last
year: Kentucky, California, New York, New Mexico and Texas. The following table
shows the 10 states and provinces, ranked by number of state/province-sired live
foals of 2014 reported through September 9, 2014.
| 2013 Mares Bred | 2013 Live Foals | 2014 Live Foals | % Change | ||||
| Kentucky | 15,857 | 10,726 | 11,089 | +3.4 | |||
| California | 2,508 | 1,582 | 1,629 | +3.0 | |||
| Florida | 2,958 | 1,751 | 1,585 | -9.5 | |||
| Louisiana | 2,057 | 1,172 | 1,037 | -11.5 | |||
| New York | 1,637 | 971 | 1,025 | +5.6 | |||
| New Mexico | 1,089 | 503 | 531 | +5.6 | |||
| Pennsylvania | 997 | 608 | 514 | -15.5 | |||
| Oklahoma | 1,091 | 470 | 455 | -3.2 | |||
| Ontario | 903 | 684 | 454 | -33.6 | |||
| Texas | 974 | 417 | 440 | +5.5 |
The statistics include 338 progeny of stallions standing in North America but
foaled abroad, as reported by foreign stud book authorities at the time of
publication. In this category, 91 live foals by North American stallions were
reported from Republic of Korea, 71 from Saudi Arabia, 42 from Great Britain, 30
from Japan and 28 from Ireland. Remaining countries on the list are Venezuela,
23; Philippines, 15; France, 9; India, 7; Turkey, 6; Russia, 4; Uruguay, 3;
Argentina, 3; Qatar, 2; Jamaica, 2; Germany, 1; Barbados, 1.
The report also includes 73 mares bred to 13 stallions in North America on
Southern Hemisphere time; the majority of these mares have not foaled.
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