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October 20, 2005
The Jockey Club Issues 2005 Report Of Mares Bred Statistics
The Jockey Club today reported that 3,097 stallions
covered 58,739 mares in North America during 2005, according
to Reports of Mares Bred (RMBs) received through Oct. 13, 2005.
The statistics include the number of mares bred to each stallion and
represent approximately 90 percent of the mares bred in 2005. Based
on historical trends, The Jockey Club expects to receive an additional
800 to 1,000 RMBs from the 2005 breeding season.
The number of stallions declined 4.4 percent from the 3,239 reported
at this time in 2004, while the number of mares bred decreased 1.0
percent against the 59,342 reported at this time last year.
The number of stallions bred to 100 or more mares increased from 117
last year to 126 in 2005. These 126 stallions covered 15,971 mares,
or 27.2 percent of all mares reported bred.
Lion Heart led all stallions with a record 233 mares bred, 11 more
than Chapel Royal. Also covering more than 200 mares during the 2005
breeding season were Giant's Causeway, 215, and Fusaichi Pegasus, 213.
States or provinces in which a stallion covered at least 100 mares
were Kentucky (86); Florida (22); California (6); Maryland (4); New
York (3); Arkansas (1); Louisiana (1); Ontario (1); Texas (1); and
Utah (1).
"Although we haven't received reports for about a quarter of
all stallions despite the requested August 1 submission date, the RMBs
submitted to date indicate a continuation of the trend toward larger
stallion book sizes," said Matt Iuliano, The Jockey Club's vice
president of registration services. "Historically, this trend
is accompanied by an increase in live foal and registration percentages
which would support our previously announced forecast of 37,300 registered
foals for 2006."
Among the 13 states or provinces in which stallions covered at least
1,000 mares this year, five states - Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia - experienced an increase in both stallions
and mares bred when compared to 2004 as reported at this time last
year.
RMB statistics for all reported stallions in 2005 are available through
the “Information and Statistics” section of The Jockey
Club’s
web site at http://www.jockeyclub.com.
For further information please
contact:
Bridget Bimm
The Jockey Club of Canada
Telephone: (416) 675-7756
Fax: (416) 675-6378
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