| US DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVE STALLIONS AND MARES BRED | Go Back | |
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State by 2024 Ranking |
Mares Bred |
Stallions | Avg. Book |
Mares Bred |
Stallions | Avg. Book |
Mares Bred |
Stallions | Avg. Book |
| Kentucky | 16,846 | 212 | 79.5 | 17,062 | 212 | 80.5 | 16,688 | 205 | 81.4 |
| California | 1,899 | 117 | 16.2 | 1,677 | 109 | 15.4 | 1,511 | 81 | 18.7 |
| Florida | 1,552 | 86 | 18.0 | 1,484 | 76 | 19.5 | 1,340 | 68 | 19.7 |
| New York | 996 | 47 | 21.2 | 1,099 | 40 | 27.5 | 1,209 | 35 | 34.5 |
| Louisiana | 959 | 69 | 13.9 | 913 | 70 | 13.0 | 942 | 67 | 14.1 |
| Maryland | 744 | 26 | 28.6 | 572 | 28 | 20.4 | 499 | 24 | 20.8 |
| New Mexico | 471 | 63 | 7.5 | 487 | 61 | 8.0 | 459 | 55 | 8.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 453 | 34 | 13.3 | 406 | 28 | 14.5 | 442 | 36 | 12.3 |
| Indiana | 536 | 48 | 11.2 | 425 | 44 | 9.7 | 407 | 40 | 10.2 |
| Oklahoma | 512 | 67 | 7.6 | 428 | 57 | 7.5 | 387 | 48 | 8.1 |
| West Virginia | 382 | 39 | 9.8 | 401 | 38 | 10.6 | 334 | 33 | 10.1 |
| Arkansas | 318 | 36 | 8.8 | 307 | 35 | 8.8 | 305 | 34 | 9.0 |
| Ohio | 381 | 51 | 7.5 | 310 | 46 | 6.7 | 292 | 42 | 7.0 |
| Texas | 394 | 74 | 5.3 | 422 | 67 | 6.3 | 277 | 37 | 7.5 |
| Nebraska | 99 | 16 | 6.2 | 91 | 15 | 6.1 | 134 | 15 | 8.9 |
| Washington | 108 | 19 | 5.7 | 102 | 15 | 6.8 | 102 | 17 | 6.0 |
| Arizona | 141 | 15 | 9.4 | 126 | 12 | 10.5 | 96 | 13 | 7.4 |
| Illinois | 97 | 25 | 3.9 | 82 | 18 | 4.6 | 78 | 15 | 5.2 |
| Oregon | 69 | 13 | 5.3 | 79 | 13 | 6.1 | 76 | 13 | 5.8 |
| Wyoming | 58 | 19 | 3.1 | 53 | 17 | 3.1 | 56 | 17 | 3.3 |
| North Dakota | 59 | 11 | 5.4 | 68 | 10 | 6.8 | 54 | 11 | 4.9 |
| Iowa | 103 | 8 | 12.9 | 87 | 10 | 8.7 | 47 | 7 | 6.7 |
| New Jersey | 21 | 6 | 3.5 | 33 | 7 | 4.7 | 46 | 7 | 6.6 |
| Virginia | 17 | 9 | 1.9 | 24 | 7 | 3.4 | 44 | 13 | 3.4 |
| Utah | 19 | 7 | 2.7 | 14 | 5 | 2.8 | 25 | 7 | 3.6 |
| Tennessee | 18 | 6 | 3.0 | 16 | 7 | 2.3 | 23 | 7 | 3.3 |
| Colorado | 34 | 13 | 2.6 | 29 | 15 | 1.9 | 21 | 12 | 1.8 |
| Michigan | 24 | 7 | 3.4 | 23 | 6 | 3.8 | 18 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Minnesota | 17 | 4 | 4.3 | 35 | 3 | 11.7 | 18 | 2 | 9.0 |
| Alabama | 10 | 4 | 2.5 | 17 | 7 | 2.4 | 11 | 5 | 2.2 |
| Missouri | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 11 | 5 | 2.2 |
| Kansas | 18 | 4 | 4.5 | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 |
| Montana | 24 | 8 | 3.0 | 19 | 6 | 3.2 | 8 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Idaho | 9 | 4 | 2.3 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 6 | 2 | 3.0 |
| South Carolina | 29 | 4 | 7.3 | 31 | 2 | 15.5 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Georgia | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 3 | 1.7 | 5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 2.5 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Alaska | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Connecticut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Delaware | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hawaii | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nevada | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | - | - | - |
| New Hampshire | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rhode Island | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vermont | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wisconsin | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 27,439 | 1,185 | 23.2 | 26,950 | 1,101 | 24.5 | 25,994 | 995 | 26.1 |
States ranked by number of mares bred. Mares bred to two stallions in the same breeding season are counted twice. Source: The Jockey Club Last updated: Sunday, February 8, 2026 | |||||||||