Jockey Club releases Report of Mares Bred

The Jockey Club on Friday released Report of Mares Bred (RMB) statistics for

the 2012 breeding season. Based on RMBs received through October 14, 2012, The

Jockey Club reports that 1,861 stallions covered 35,391 mares in North America

during 2012.

The annual statistics include the number of mares reported bred to each

stallion and represent approximately 90 percent of the mares that eventually

will be reported as bred in 2012. According to historical trends, The Jockey

Club expects to receive RMBs representing an additional 3,500 to 4,500 mares

bred during the 2012 breeding season.

The number of stallions declined 3.8 percent from the 1,935 reported at this

time in 2011, and the number of mares bred fell 3 percent from the 36,504

reported at this time last year.

RMB statistics for all reported stallions in 2012 are available through the

Publications & Resources section of The Jockey Club's website at

jockeyclub.com.

The number of stallions covering 100 or more mares increased from 84 in 2011

to 87 in 2012. These stallions accounted for a greater percentage of the total

mares reported bred this year -- 31.9 percent of all mares bred in 2012 versus

30.6 percent of all mares bred in 2011 as reported at this time last year.

Further book size analysis shows a 1.1 percent increase in the number of

mares bred to stallions with a book size of 100 or more in 2012 when compared to

2011 as reported at this time last year; a 14.4 percent increase in mares bred

to stallions with a book size between 75 and 99; a 4.1 percent decline in mares

bred to stallions with a book size between 50 and 74; an 10.6 percent decrease

in mares bred to stallions with a book size between 25 and 49; and an 6.3

percent decline in mares bred to stallions with a book size fewer than 25.

In 2012, Cape Blanco led all stallions with 220 mares bred. Rounding out the

top five were Scat Daddy, 217; Kitten's Joy, 213; Uncle Mo, 211; and Wilburn,

169.

Thoroughbred breeding activity in Kentucky traditionally leads North America.

During 2012, Kentucky's 224 reported stallions covered 15,361 mares, or 43.4

percent of all of the mares reported bred in North America. The number of mares

bred to Kentucky stallions declined 2.2 percent percent against the 15,714

reported at this time last year.

Of the top 10 states and provinces by number of mares reported bred in 2012,

only Florida and New York stallions covered more mares in 2012 than in 2011, as

reported at this time last year. The following table shows the top 10 states and

provinces, ranked by number of mares reported bred in 2012 through October 14,

2012:

State/Province	2011 Stallions	2012 Stallions	Pct. change	2011 Mares Bred	2012 Mares Bred	Pct. change
Kentucky	228	224	-1.8	15,714	15,361	-2.2
Florida	116	126	8.6	2,876	3,070	6.7
California	176	166	-5.7	2,446	2,406	-1.6
Louisiana	181	144	-20.4	2,674	2,072	-22.5
New York	51	60	17.6	1,147	1,641	43.1
Ontario	71	66	-7	1,396	1,288	-7.7
Pennsylvania	77	74	-3.9	1,188	1,061	-10.7
New Mexico	118	109	-7.6	1,066	983	-7.8
Oklahoma	98	93	-5.1	982	911	-7.2
Indiana	79	74	-6.3	898	865	-3.7

Note: Each incident in

which a mare was bred to more than one stallion and appeared on multiple RMBs is

counted separately. As such, mares bred totals listed in the table above may

differ slightly from counts of distinct mares bred.

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