The Jockey Club Releases 2024 Live Foal Statistics

The Jockey Membership reported Oct. 18 that 1,181 stallions lined 28,104 mares in North America throughout 2023, in response to statistics compiled by way of October 13, 2024. These breedings have resulted in 17,700 dwell foals of 2024 being reported to The Jockey Membership on Dwell Foal Experiences.

The Jockey Membership estimates that the variety of dwell foals reported thus far is about 90% full. The reporting of dwell foals of 2024 is down 2.4% from final 12 months presently when The Jockey Membership obtained stories for 18,143 dwell foals of 2023.

Along with the 17,700 dwell foals of 2024 reported by way of Oct. 13, The Jockey Membership additionally obtained 1,979 No Foal Experiences for the 2024 foaling season. In the end, the 2024 registered foal crop is projected to achieve 18,000.

The variety of stallions declined 5.4% from the 1,248 reported for 2022 presently final 12 months, whereas the variety of mares bred declined 1.6% from the 28,548 reported for 2022.

The 2023 breeding statistics can be found alphabetically by stallion title by way of the net Truth Guide on The Jockey Membership web site.Join BloodHorse Each day

Kentucky yearly leads all states and provinces by way of Thoroughbred breeding exercise. Kentucky-based stallions accounted for 60.7% of the mares reported bred in North America in 2023 and 65.6% of the dwell foals reported for 2024.

The 17,056 mares reported bred to 211 Kentucky stallions in 2023 have produced 11,605 dwell foals, a 0.4% improve on the 11,564 Kentucky-sired dwell foals of 2023 reported presently final 12 months. The variety of mares reported bred to Kentucky stallions in 2023 elevated 1.4% in comparison with the 16,827 reported for 2022 presently final 12 months.

The next desk exhibits these 10 states and provinces with probably the most mares lined in 2023, sorted by variety of state/province-sired dwell foals of 2024.

2023 Mares Bred
2023 Dwell Foals
2024 Dwell Foals
P.c Change in Dwell Foals

Kentucky
17,056
11,564
11,605
0.40%

California
1,658
1,138
1,046
-8.10%

Florida
1,475
829
782
-5.70%

New York
1,088
590
672
13.90%

Louisiana
903
564
525
-6.90%

Maryland
572
498
344
-30.90%

Ontario
584
301
316
5.00%

New Mexico
461
234
237
1.30%

Oklahoma
413
220
195
-11.40%

Indiana
437
243
178
-26.70%

The statistics embody 176 foals by stallions standing in North America however foaled overseas, as reported by overseas stud guide authorities on the time of publication. The desk beneath exhibits the situation and depend of these foals. The report additionally contains 66 mares bred to 24 stallions in North America on Southern Hemisphere time; most of those mares haven’t foaled. In 2022, there have been 67 mares bred to 23 stallions in North America on Southern Hemisphere time.

Nation
Dwell Foals
Nation
Dwell Foals

Argentina
2
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
61

Australia
1
Mexico
14

Chile
1
New Zealand
1

Dominican Republic
2
Peru
2

France
4
Philippines
11

Nice Britain
6
Turkey
3

Eire
11
Uruguay
1

Japan
52
Venezuela
3

Republic of Korea
1