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The Jockey Club today reported that 1,248 stallions covered 28,548 mares in North America during 2022, according to statistics compiled through Oct. 8, 2023. These breedings have resulted in 18,143 live foals of 2023 being reported to The Jockey Club on Live Foal Reports.

The Jockey Club estimates that the number of live foals reported so far is 85-90 percent complete. The reporting of live foals of 2023 is down 2.5 percent from last year at this time when The Jockey Club had received reports for 18,609 live foals of 2022.

In addition to the 18,143 live foals of 2023 reported through Oct. 8, The Jockey Club also received 2,018 No Foal Reports for the 2023 foaling season. Ultimately, the 2023 registered foal crop is projected to reach 18,500.

The number of stallions declined 4.2 percent from the 1,303 reported for 2021 at this time last year, while the number of mares bred declined 1.8 percent from the 29,065 reported for 2021.

The 2023 breeding statistics are available alphabetically by stallion name through the Resources – Fact Book link on The Jockey Club homepage at jockeyclub.com.

Kentucky annually leads all states and provinces in terms of Thoroughbred breeding activity. Kentucky-based stallions accounted for 58.9 percent of the mares reported bred in North America in 2022 and 63.7 percent of the live foals reported for 2023.

The 16,827 mares reported bred to 208 Kentucky stallions in 2022 have produced 11,564 live foals, a 0.9 percent increase on the 11,460 Kentucky-sired live foals of 2022 reported at this time last year. The number of mares reported bred to Kentucky stallions in 2022 increased 0.2 percent compared to the 16,796 reported for 2021 at this time last year.

Among the 10 states and provinces with the most mares covered in 2022, four produced more live foals in 2023 than in 2022 as reported at this time last year: Kentucky, New York, Maryland, and Indiana.

The following table shows those 10 states and provinces with the most mares covered in 2022 sorted by number of state/province-sired live foals of 2023 reported through October 8, 2023.

		2022 Mares Bred		2022 Live Foals		2023 Live Foals		Percent Change in Live Foals
Kentucky		16,827		11,460		11,564		0.9%
California		1,867		1,303		1,138		-12.7%
Florida		1,529		927		829		-10.6%
New York		987		576		590		2.4%
Louisiana		924		570		564		-1.1%
Maryland		744		481		498		3.5%
Ontario		587		402		301		-25.1%
Pennsylvania		448		340		250		-26.5%
Indiana		558		231		243		5.2%
Oklahoma		481		293		220		-24.9%

The statistics include 227 progeny, 46 more than in 2022, of stallions standing in North America but foaled abroad, as reported by foreign stud book authorities at the time of publication.

Country		Live Foals		Country		Live Foals
Australia		2		Republic of Korea		49
Dominican Republic		2		Kingdom of Saudi Arabia		71
France		3		Mexico		7
Great Britain		8		Panama		14
Ireland		26		Philippines		12
Japan		32		Sweden		1

The report also includes 67 mares bred to 23 stallions in North America on Southern Hemisphere time; the majority of these mares have not foaled. In 2021, there were 50 mares bred to 19 stallions in North America on Southern Hemisphere time.

As customary, a report listing the number of mares bred in 2023 will be released later this month.

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A weanling colt by Good Magic led a pair of record offerings at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed sale, held Tuesday, Oct. 17, at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

The Good Magic colt (Hip 251) sold for $230,000 to C F Farm from the consignment of Vinery Sales, agent, to set a new record for most expensive offering and most expensive weanling sold at the Saratoga Fall Mixed sale, which was first held in 2012 (video). The previous record for a weanling was $195,000.

The sale topper is out of the winning Medaglia d'Oro mare Popstar, dam of three winners from three to race, including her current 2-year-old Lady d'Oro (Catholic Boy), who was second in the Colleen Stakes at Monmouth earlier this year. The chestnut colt was bred in New York by Fortune Farm.

Bahama Banks (Hip 25), the session's second highest priced offering, sold for $170,000 to Glen Hill Farm from the consignment of Sequel New York, agent for Juddmonte, to establish a new record price for a broodmare at Saratoga Fall Mixed (video). The previous record for a broodmare was $150,000.

Bahama Banks, a 4-year-old daughter of Arrogate, sold carrying her second foal by New York sire Honest Mischief. Her first foal is a weanling filly by that sire.

Rounding out the sale's top five prices were:

– Sweet Jubilee (Hip 300), in foal to Honest Mischief, sold for $140,000 to  Shepherd Equine Advisors, agent for Larry Hirsch, from the consignment of Sequel New York, agent for Juddmonte. A daughter of Uncle Mo, Sweet Jubilee is out of the Grade 2 winning Ghostzapper mare Wine Princess, making her a half-sister to this year's Fasig-Tipton Lure Stakes winner Smokin' T (War Front).

– Ballacolla (Hip 27), in foal to Honest Mischief, sold for $130,000 to McMahon and Hill Bloodstock, agent, from the consignment of Sequel New York, agent for Juddmonte. By Munnings out of Galileo mare, Ballacolla hails from the immediate family of French champion filly Special Duty (GB) and Grade 1 winners Sightseek and Tates Creek.

– A filly by Yaupon (Hip 89), sold for $125,000 to MWG LLC from the consignment of Saratoga Glen Farm, agent. Out of the winning Sky Mesa mare Downtown Daria, the bay filly is a half-sister to two winners, including multiple stakes winner Dream Bigger (Mission Impazible) and stakes placed Downtown At Noon (Noonmark). Hip 89 was bred in New York by Saratoga Glen Farm and Beals Racing Stable.

– A colt by Medaglia d'Oro (Hip 91), sold for $125,000 to Machmer Hall from the consignment of Vinery Sales, agent. The dark bay or brown colt is a half-brother to four winners from as many to race out of the War Front mare Earth Shaking and is closely related to graded stakes winner Talk Veuve to Me. Hip 91 was bred in New York by Amsterdam Two Farm.

Overall, 153 horses sold for $4,465,700, the second-highest gross in sale history. The average was $29,188, third-highest in sale history. The median was $20,000, tying the record median for the sale set last year.

Full results are available online.

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Angel Bleu (Dark Angel x Cercle De La Vie) will become Sumbe's fifth stallion in 2024 and stand alongside Mishriff, Belbek, Golden Horde and De Treville, marking the partnership of Nurlan Bizakov and Marc Chan.

An exceptionally precocious and unusually tough dual Group 1 winner at two, Angel Bleu broke his maiden in April 2021 at Leicester before winning his next two races in a row. On the go from his debut until the end of October, he was the French champion and second highest rated juvenile in Europe in 2021.

Angel Bleu is the first horse this century to win both France's biggest 1,400-meter and 1,600-meter Group 1s for juveniles – a double achieved by breed-shapers Blushing Groom and Irish River.

An example of outstanding durability inherited from his maternal side, he ran twice in four days at two years old and won five out of his eight starts. He is Dark Angel's highest-rated Group 1-winning juvenile, rated superior to Dark Angel himself, and the only multiple Group 1 winner at two from 100 group winners descended from Acclamation.

Angel Bleu has proved he has trained on by winning the G2 Celebration mile at Goodwood in 2023 and that is why the owners have decided to supplement him for the G1 Queen Elizabeth II race at Ascot at the Champions Day.

His trainer Ralph Beckett said, “As well as being really talented, Angel Bleu is a very tough individual, whose race record shows he took his racing very well and kept coming back for more. To do it at two, three and four years old is a rare thing nowadays.”

Frankie Dettori commented, “One of the toughest and most consistent 2-year-olds I have ever ridden.”

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Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky., released the advertised fees for its 2024 stallion roster, led by Triple Crown winner Justify at $200,000.

Justify, an 8-year-old son of Scat Daddy, has sired Grade or Group 1 winners in three different countries from his first two crops of racing age. In the U.S., Justify was represented by Grade 1 winners Just F Y I, Aspen Grove, and Arabian Lion. In Europe, he saw City of Troy take a Group 1 in England and Opera Singer win at the highest level in France.

Champion Uncle Mo will stand for $150,000 in 2024. The son of Indian Charlie has a trio of Grade 1 winners in 2023, in Arabian Knight, A Mo Reay, and Adare Manor. He also saw five horses change hands for seven figures at this year's Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Munnings has been priced at $75,000, on the heels of a season that has produced 12 stakes winners, including Grade 2 winner Eda and Grade 3 winner Zozos.

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah will stand for $50,000. His slate of runners in 2023 has included Grade 1 winner Marketsegmentation, Grade 2 winner Window Shopping, and Grade 3 winner Promiseher America.

Following is a complete list of stallions on Ashford Stud's 2024 roster, with their advertised fees.

American Pharoah – $50,000
Corniche – $25,000
Echo Town – $5,000
Epicenter – $40,000
Golden Pal – $25,000
Jack Christopher – $40,000
Justify – $200,000
Maximum Security – $7,500
Mendelssohn – $15,000
Mo Town – $5,000
Munnings – $75,000
Practical Joke – $45,000
Tiz the Law – $20,000
Uncle Mo – $150,000

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