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REPORT OF MARES BRED STATS RELEASED

Press Release
October 26, 2020

The Jockey Club on Friday released Report of Mares Bred (RMB) statistics for the 2020 breeding season. Based on RMBs received through October 18, 2020, The Jockey Club reports that 1,067 stallions covered 27,970 mares in North America during 2020.

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The Jockey Club estimates an additional 2,500 to 3,500 mares will be reported as bred during the 2020 breeding season.

RMB statistics for all reported stallions in 2020 are available through the Fact Book section of The Jockey Club’s website at jockeyclub.com.

Kentucky traditionally leads North America in Thoroughbred breeding activity. During 2020, Kentucky’s 200 reported stallions covered 16,391 mares, or 58.6% of all of the mares reported bred in North America. The number of mares bred to Kentucky stallions decreased 4.3% percent compared with the 17,123 reported at this time last year.

Of the top 10 states and provinces by number of mares reported bred in 2020, stallions in Louisiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico covered more mares in 2020 than in 2019, as reported at this time last year. The following table shows the top 10 states and provinces ranked by number of mares reported bred in 2020:

State/Province	2019 Stallions	2020 Stallions	Pct. Change	2019 Mares Bred	2020 Mares Bred	Pct. Change
Kentucky	220	200	-9.1%	17,123	16,391	-4.3%
California	124	103	-16.9%	2,018	1,766	-12.5%
Florida	81	73	-9.9%	1,863	1,721	-7.6%
Louisiana	79	74	-6.3%	984	1,017	3.4%
New York	43	37	-14.0%	1,058	1,002	-5.3%
Maryland	31	29	-6.5%	780	806	3.3%
Pennsylvania	28	37	32.1%	686	734	7.0%
Ontario	29	24	-17.2%	538	519	-3.5%
Oklahoma	38	40	5.3%	479	476	-0.6%
New Mexico	51	48	-5.9%	437	453	3.7%