The number of live foals reported to The Jockey Club in 2025 is down 3.4 percent versus a year ago, the group announced.
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The national foal crop continued its long, steady decline in 2023, while Maryland, hoping to buck that trend, saw modest gains.
The Jockey Club is predicting a North American foal crop of 18,500, a drop of 500 from the estimated 2023 foal crop, continuing a long downward slide.
The national foal crop dropped 2.2% from 2021 to 2022, the Jockey Club estimated today, falling below 19,000, continuing a long decline.
The number of foals born in 2021 is 3.3 percent lower than in 2020, the Jockey Club estimates, with Maryland just one of three top states to see growth.