The Jockey Club reports breeding stats down for 2010

The Jockey Club on Thursday reported that 3,130 stallions covered 49,404 mares in

North America during 2009, according to statistics compiled through September 8. These matings have resulted in 27,233 live foals of 2010 being reported to

The Jockey Club on Live Foal Reports received as of September 8.

As in past years, The Jockey Club estimates that the reporting of live foals,

at this point in time, is approximately 90 percent complete. The reporting of live

foals of 2010 is down 14.2 percent from last year at this time when The Jockey Club had

received reports for 31,727 live foals of 2009.

The 2010 registered foal crop projection of 30,000 takes into account that

not all live foals become registered. In addition to the 27,233 live foals of

2010 reported through September 8, The Jockey Club had also received 5,138 No Foal

Reports for the 2010 foaling season.

The number of stallions declined 9 percent from the 3,439 reported for 2008 at

this time last year, while the number of mares bred decreased 13.2 percent from the

56,901 reported for 2008.

The 2009 breeding statistics are available alphabetically by stallion name

under the Publications and Resources

section on The Jockey Club website.

Breeding statistics released by The Jockey Club are not a measurement of the

live foals born in each state or province, but rather a count of live foals

reported to date by conception area, regardless of where the foals were born. In

addition, the statistics should not be taken to represent the fertility record

of any one stallion.

Kentucky annually leads all states and provinces in terms of Thoroughbred

breeding activity. Kentucky-based stallions accounted for 39 percent of the mares

reported bred in North America in 2009 and 47.5 percent of the live foals reported for

2010.

The 19,252 mares reported bred to 330 Kentucky stallions in 2009 have

produced 12,931 live foals, a 9.3 percent decrease on the

14,257 Kentucky-sired live foals of 2009 reported at this time last year. The

number of mares reported bred to Kentucky stallions in 2009 declined 11 percent

against the 21,620 reported for 2008 at this time last year.

Among the top 10 conception areas for live foals of 2010, only Pennsylvania

stallions produced more live foals in 2010 than in 2009 as reported at this time

last year. The top 10 conception areas for live foals of 2010 reported through

September 8 are:

Conception Area	'09 Mares Bred	'09 Live Foals	'10 Live Foals	% Change
Kentucky	19,252	14,257	12,931	-9.3
Florida	5,478	2,892	2,097	-27.5
California	4,081	2,528	1,891	-25.2
Louisiana	4,011	1,896	1,678	-11.5
New York	1,908	1,080	908	-15.9
Pennsylvania	1,405	692	844	+22.0
Texas	1,758	1,000	776	-22.4
Ontario	1,395	746	698	-6.4
New Mexico	1,431	783	697	-11.0
Oklahoma	1,670	697	538	-22.8

The statistics include 458 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, 101 live foals by North American stallions were

reported from Korea and 68 were reported from Ireland.

Remaining countries on the list are Great Britain (59), Japan (42), Uruguay (26), France (24), India (17), Brazil (16), Peru (16), Venezuela (16), Chile (14), Argentina

(12), Mexico (11), Turkey (9), Panama (7), Australia (4), Italy (4), Saudi Arabia

(4), Dominican Republic (3), Trinidad (3) and Germany (2). The report also includes 124

mares bred to 30 stallions in North America on Southern Hemisphere time. The majority of these mares

have not foaled.