The Jockey Club reported on October 12 that 1,303 stallions with 29,065 mares in North America in 2021, according to statistics compiled through October 6. Thoroughbred crossbreds. This resulted in 18,609 live ponies in 2022 being reported to the Jockey Club on Live Foal Reports.
The Jockey Club estimates that the number of live ponies reported to date is 85-90% complete. Reports of 2022 live ponies are down 2.2% from last year at this time when the Jockey Club received reports of 19,021 live ponies in 2021.
In addition to the 18,609 live ponies of 2022 reported through October 6, the Jockey Club also received 2,191 Reports of No ponies for the 2022 season. Finally, the year registration foal crop. 2022 is predicted to reach 18,700 animals.
The number of stallions is down 10% from the 1,447 reported for 2020 this time last year, while the number of mares bred is down 2.1% from the 29,699 reported in 2020.
The number of ponies for 2022 is available in alphabetical order by stallion name via the “Breeding Statistics” link on Book of truth in 2022 top page jockeyclub.com.
Kentucky annually leads all states and provinces in Purebred breeding. Kentucky stallions account for 57.8% of the reported mares bred in North America in 2021 and 61.6% of the ponies reported in 2022.
The 16,796 mares reported crossbred to 207 Kentucky stallions in 2021 gave birth to 11,460 live ponies, a decrease of 0.7% from the 11,535 Kentucky crossbred ponies reported at the time. this last year. The number of mares reported to be bred into Kentucky stallions in 2021 is up 1.9% from the 16,485 reported for 2020 this time last year.
Of the 10 states and provinces with the most mares insured in 2021, four mares produce more live ponies in 2022 than in 2021 as reported at this time last year: California, Ontario, Oklahoma and Indiana.
The following table shows the 10 states and provinces sorted by state/province number of live ponies for 2022 reported through October 6.
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2021 Mares bred
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Live donkeys in 2021
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2022 live donkey
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Percentage change in live mock game
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Kentucky
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16,796
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11,535
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11,460
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-0.7%
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California
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1,939
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1.253
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1.303
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4.0%
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Florida
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1.617
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1.002
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927
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-7.5%
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New York
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953
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649
|
576
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-11.2%
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Louisiana
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931
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631
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570
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-9.7%
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Maryland
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780
|
524
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481
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-8.2%
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Ontario
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653
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359
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402
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12.0%
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Pennsylvania
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570
|
449
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340
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-24.3%
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Oklahoma
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528
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271
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293
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8.1%
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Indiana
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503
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192
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231
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20.3%
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The statistics include 181 crosses of standing stallions in North America but ponies overseas, as reported by the Foreign Stud Book Administration at the time of publication.
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Nation
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Live ponies
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Nation
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Live ponies
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Japan
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71
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Philippines
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4
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Ireland
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44
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south Korea
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3
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England
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13
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Dominicans
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2
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Mexico
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11
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Panama
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2
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Turkey
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9
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Barbados
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first
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Argentina
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7
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Peru
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first
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France
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6
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Qatar
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first
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Libya
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5
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The report also includes 50 mares bred to 19 stallions in North America Southern Hemisphere time; most of these mares have no ponies.
As is customary, a report listing the number of mares mated in 2022 will be published later this month.
This press release has been edited for content and style by the BloodHorse Staff.
