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Breedings in 2020 have resulted in 19,021 live foals of 2021 thus far being reported to The Jockey Club (TJC) on Live Foal Reports, according to the annual Report of Mares Bred (RMB), which was released Friday by TJC. The number of live foals reported to date is expected to be 85-90% complete. The reporting of live foals of 2021 is down 3.3% from last year at this time when TJC had received reports for 19,677 live foals of 2020.

TJC also received 2,195 No Foal Reports for the 2021 foaling season. When all the numbers are in, the 2021 registered foal crop is projected to reach 19,200.

In total, 1,447 stallions covered 29,699 mares in North America during 2020, according to statistics compiled through Oct. 4, 2021. The number of stallions declined 6.8% from the 1,552 reported for 2019 at this time last year, while the number of mares bred declined 4.8% from the 31,198 reported for the same time period.

As per usual, Kentucky-based stallions dominated, taking down the first 16 places in the standings with 16,485 total mares bred in 2020 (212 individual stallions) and 11,535 live foals in 2021 reported to date. Those numbers represent a 2.7% decrease from the same period last year. Kentucky-based stallions accounted for 55.5% of the mares reported bred in North America in 2020 and 60.6% of the live foals reported for 2021. The number of mares reported bred to Kentucky stallions in 2020 decreased 4.4% compared to the 17,240 reported for 2019 at this time last year.

Among the 10 states and provinces with the most mares covered in 2020, only Maryland, Ontario, and New Mexico produced more live foals in 2021 than in 2020.

For the second out of three years, the Coolmore stallion Uncle Mo led all sires in 2020 in terms of mares bred. Florida stallion Khozan was the leader among non-Kentucky sires and was bred to 187 mares. The breeding figures come 17 months after TJC announced it would be instituting a rule that prohibited any horse born in 2020 or later from being bred to more than 140 mares. Forty-four stallions exceeded that number this year.

State-by-state breakdown:
State '20 Mares Bred '20 LF '21 LF     % change
Kentucky 16,485 11,851          11,535 -2.7%
California 1,877 1,390            1,253 -9.9%
Florida 1,811 1,156            1,002 -13.3%
New York 1,032 652               649 -0.5%
Louisiana 1,101                      647               631 -2.5%
Maryland 832 506 524 3.6%
Pennsylvania 793                         510 449 -12%
Ontario 594 350 359 2.6%
New Mexico 637                         313 326 4.2%
Oklahoma 576                         342 271 -20.8%

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The Jockey Club (TJC) released breeding statistics Monday, which indicate that the 2020 North American foal crop will be about 20,500, a 3.4% decrease from the prior year.

A total of 1,552 North American stallions covered 31,198 mares in 2019. The matings have resulted in 19,677 live foals of 2020, a figure that is 3.4% lower than the one reported at this time last year. Through Sept. 29, the number of live foals reported is estimated to be approximately 85-90% complete.

The number of stallions declined 4.8% from the 1,630 reported at this time in 2018, while the number of mares bred declined 4% from the 32,508 reported for 2018.

The numbers in Kentucky were similar to those from around North America. In 2019, there were 17,240 mares bred that produced 12,200 live foals for a 2.9% decrease. Kentucky-based stallions accounted for 55% of all the horses bred in North America.

California was a distant second with 2,129 mares bred, edging Florida (2,024 mares bred).

The Pennsylvania breeding industry showed strong numbers with 853 mares bred and 510 live foals for a 50.4% increase. Their success could be short lived as Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has proposed a budget that would strip the racing industry of most of its funding from slot machines. That could change as a final budget has yet to pass.

Into Mischief, who stands at Spendthrift, was the most active sire in North America, having been bred to 267 mares. Coolmore stallions Justify and Mendelssohn were next, with both having bred to 252 mares. Their foals of 2020 will represent their first crops.

They were followed by Uncle Mo (249), Goldencents (240), Bolt d’Oro (214), Munnings (202) and Practical Joke (200).

When it comes to the number of mares bred, Coolmore and Spendthrift continue to dominate. Of the eight stallions who were bred to 200 or more mares in 2019, five stand at Coolmore and three at Spendthrift.

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