US Jockey Club to Cap Mare Numbers

NZ Racing News reports:

The US Jockey Club board of stewards has announced that it has adopted a final rule limiting the annual breeding of individual stallions - be be effective immediately.

The rule reflects The Jockey Club's goal to preserve the health of
the Thoroughbred breed for the long term and will apply prospectively to
stallions born in 2020 or later.

The total number of broodmares bred per individual stallion whose
year of birth is 2020 or thereafter shall not exceed 140 per calendar
year in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

The Jockey Club shall limit the number of Stallion Service Certificates for such stallions to a maximum of 140 per calendar year. In an effort to illustrate the operation of the new rule, The Jockey Club offers the following examples of how it will be applied:

(1)  For stallions born in 2019 and earlier, there will be no limit to the number of mares reported bred in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

(2)  For stallions born in 2020 and later, the maximum number of mares covered within the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico in a calendar year will be 140. It would be a violation of Rule 14C for such a stallion to cover more than 140 mares within the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico during a calendar year.

The number of stallions used to produce last year's Thoroughbred
foals in the United States fell 8.3 percent, according to the Jockey
Club.

There were only four New Zealand-based stallions to cover in excess
of 140 mares last breeding season, headed by champion sire Savabeel
(172).

Cambridge Stud's Almanzor (160), Waikato Stud's Ocean Park (153) and Valachi Downs' US Navy Flag (150) were the other three stallions in New Zealand covering more than the future cap in North America. Meanwhile, 35 stallions in Australia covered more than 140 mares last season, headed by Rubick (262) and Deep Field (256).

Main picture - the stallion Justify

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