Report of Mares Bred statistics released by Jockey Club

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

for the 2014 breeding season. Based on RMBs received through October 13, The

Jockey Club reports that 1,547 stallions covered 34,540 mares in North America

during 2014.

The annual statistics represent approximately 92 percent of the mares that

eventually will be reported as bred in 2014. According to historical trends, The

Jockey Club expects to receive RMBs representing an additional 2,000 to 3,000

mares bred during the 2014 breeding season.

The number of stallions declined 8.9 percent from the 1,698 reported at this

time in 2013, and the number of mares bred increased 1.1 percent from the 34,174

reported at this time last year.

The number of stallions covering 100 or more mares increased from 88 in 2013

to 97 in 2014. These stallions accounted for a greater percentage of the total

mares reported bred this year -- 36.4 percent of all mares bred in 2014 versus

34 percent of all mares bred in 2013 as reported at this time last year. RMB

statistics for all reported stallions in 2014 are available through the Fact

Book section of The Jockey Club's website at jockeyclub.com.

Further book size analysis shows an 8.3 percent increase in the number of

mares bred to stallions with a book size of 100 or more in 2014 when compared to

2013 as reported at this time last year; a 12.9 percent increase in mares bred

to stallions with a book size between 75 and 99; a 4.8 percent decrease in mares

bred to stallions with a book size between 50 and 74; a 1.2 percent increase in

mares bred to stallions with a book size between 25 and 49; and a 9.2 percent

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

The stallion Kitten's Joy led all stallions with 204 mares bred in 2014.

Rounding out the top five were Into Mischief, 203; Scat Daddy, 202; Midnight

Lute, 186; and Violence, 181.

Kentucky traditionally leads North America in Thoroughbred breeding activity.

During 2014, Kentucky's 233 reported stallions covered 16,826 mares, or 48.7

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

bred to Kentucky stallions increased 7.2 percent compared with the 15,695

reported at this time last year.

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

Kentucky, Florida, and California, New York, and Maryland stallions covered more

mares in 2014 than in 2013, as reported at this time last year.

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