Jockey Club releases foal crop estimates; board elections announced

Jockey Club releases foal crop estimates; board elections

announced

The Jockey Club is projecting a 2011 North American registered Thoroughbred

foal crop of 27,000, a decline of 10 percent from the estimate of 30,000

registered foals for 2010, it was announced Saturday by Matt Iuliano, the

organization's executive vice president and executive director.

The foal crop projection, traditionally announced in mid-August, is computed

by using Reports of Mares Bred (RMBs) received to date for the 2010 breeding

season. RMBs are to be filed by August 1 of each breeding season.

The 2011 foal crop is projected to be the smallest foal crop since 1973, when

26,811 foals were registered.

Stallion owners who have not returned their RMBs for the 2010 breeding season

should do so as soon as possible. Submission of RMBs can be accomplished quickly

and easily through

Interactive Registration (IR), the online service that enables registered

users to perform virtually all registration-related activities online.

Additional foal crop information is available in

The Jockey Club's

Online Fact Book.

It was also announced on Saturday that Ogden Mills Phipps and Stuart S.

Janney III have been re-elected to four-year terms on the board of stewards of

The Jockey Club.

Phipps, a member of The Jockey Club since 1965, has served as chairman since

1983. Janney, a member of The Jockey Club since 1992, was named vice chairman of

the organization in June and has served as chairman of The Jockey Club's

Thoroughbred Safety Committee since its inception in 2008.

In a related note, James C. Brady, who has served as secretary-treasurer of

The Jockey Club since 1983, is stepping down from that position and will be

succeeded in that role by Ian D. Highet, effective immediately. Brady will

continue to serve his term on the board of stewards, which expires in 2013.

Brady became a member of The Jockey Club in 1973 and was serving his first

term on the board of stewards when he became secretary-treasurer in 1983.

Highet became a member of The Jockey Club in 2006 and was serving his first

term on the board of stewards when he was named secretary-treasurer. He is a

partner at the private equity firm Court Square Capital.