US thoroughbred foal births tracking toward 45-year low
The Jockey Club inwards the the States has reduced the estimated foal crop for 2014 to 22,000, pregnant it is on rail to endure the lowest since 1967.
The revised guess was announced past times Matt Iuliano, the organization’s executive vice president too executive director.
The estimate, if correct, volition correspond the 7th consecutive autumn inwards foal numbers too volition force numbers to their lowest degree inwards to a greater extent than than 45 years.
The Jockey Club likewise announced downward revisions for the 2012 too 2013 foal crops to 23,500 too 23,000, respectively. The master projection for both the 2012 too 2013 foal crops was 24,700.
By comparison, the annual foal crop was or too thus 35,000 for much of the 2000s.
The foal crop projection, traditionally announced inwards mid-August, is computed past times using Reports of Mares Bred (RMBs) received to appointment for the 2013 breeding season. RMBs are to endure filed past times August ane of each breeding season.
“The revisions to the 2012 too 2013 foal crops are the number of receiving fewer reports later on the August ane reporting deadline of mares beingness bred,” Iuliano said.
The 22,000 foal-crop projection for 2014 represents a spend upward of 4.3 pct from the revised projection of 23,000 foals for 2013.
The autumn inwards the number of foal births, indicative of an industry-wide correction, has helped ameliorate prices for immature bloodstock inwards the aspect upward of a express supply, amongst sale prices to a greater extent than ofttimes than non up.
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