Report of Mares Bred Indicates Steady Activity in 2021

Based mostly on Report of Mares Bred statistics launched Oct. 25 by The Jockey Membership, there was little distinction within the variety of mares coated in 2021 in contrast with this level final 12 months.

Based mostly on stories acquired by way of Oct. 18, The Jockey Membership Report of Mares Bred says 27,829 mares have been coated in North America in 2021. In contrast with final 12 months that determine is regular—down lower than 1% from the 27,970 mares reported coated by way of Oct. 18, 2020.

Following the latest pattern, these mares had been coated by fewer stallions. Once more primarily based on stories by way of Oct. 18, the RMB stated 1,016 stallions coated mares in 2021, down 4.8% in contrast with the 1,067 in final 12 months’s report by way of Oct. 18, 2020.

As last stories are available in, The Jockey Membership estimates an extra 2,500 to three,500 mares shall be reported as bred throughout the 2021 breeding season.

Twelve stallions bred greater than 200 mares throughout the 2021 season led by Spendthrift Farm’s Goldencents, a son of the farm’s main sire Into Mischief and a prime 20 sire this 12 months by progeny earnings.

Goldencents   bred 230 mares this year, which was a 13% increase from his 2020 book of 204 mares. The stallion is North America’s leading fourth-crop sire by progeny earnings ($6.8 million), by number of winners (130), number of black-type winners (six), and by number of black-type performers (18). By cumulative results, he is the leaders of his sire class by winners (216), black-type performers (37), and tied with Airdrie Stud’s Cairo Prince   by career graded/group stakes winners at five.

Spendthrift stands six of the stallions that bred 200 or more mares this year. The others include first-year sires Authentic   (229) and Vekoma   (222) along with Omaha Beach   (215), two-time leading sire Into Mischief   (214), and Mitole   (208).

Ashford Stud stands four in the top 12 sires by mares bred: Practical Joke   (223), Munnings   (217), American Pharoah   (204), and Mo Town   (204). Ashford’s Uncle Mo, who topped the mares bred list in 2020 at 262 mares, bred 189 mares this year.

Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa has one sire, Maclean’s Music  , among the top 12 with 221 mares bred, and Gainesway has one, McKinzie  , who bred 214 mares.

RMB statistics for all reported stallions in 2021 are available through the Fact Book section of The Jockey Club’s website at jockeyclub.com.

Kentucky historically leads North America in Thoroughbred breeding exercise. Throughout 2021, Kentucky’s 200 reported stallions coated 16,727 mares, or 60.1% of all mares reported bred in North America. The variety of mares bred to Kentucky stallions elevated 2% p.c in contrast with the 16,391 reported at the moment final 12 months.

Of the highest 10 states and provinces by variety of mares reported bred in 2021, stallions in Kentucky, California, Ontario, and Indiana coated extra mares in 2021 than in 2020 (as reported at the moment final 12 months). 

The next desk reveals the highest 10 states and provinces ranked by variety of mares reported bred in 2021:

Be aware: Every incident wherein a mare was bred to multiple stallion and appeared on a number of RMBs is counted individually. As such, mares bred totals listed within the desk above could differ barely from counts of distinct mares bred.

As well as, RMB data on stallions that bred mares in North America is obtainable by way of report 36P or a subscription service at equineline.com/ReportOfMaresBred.