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US Distribution of Active Stallions and Mares Bred
For the year: 1997
State by
Ranking
Mares
Bred
Stallions Avg.
Book
Kentucky17,94844040.8
Florida6,06430220.1
California4,87446710.4
Texas3,9884708.5
Oklahoma2,2333117.2

Maryland2,13812517.1
Louisiana1,9082049.4
Washington1,80317210.5
New York1,76013313.2
Illinois1,3361568.6

Ohio9481406.8
Pennsylvania8631356.4
Iowa8586613.0
New Mexico8431376.2
Virginia7421047.1

Arkansas737759.8
Arizona650966.8
Michigan568926.2
Idaho479835.8
Oregon445825.4

Montana416725.8
Utah404656.2
Colorado376834.5
New Jersey366536.9
Nebraska345556.3

West Virginia335418.2
Indiana293654.5
Kansas272475.8
Missouri223504.5
Georgia191454.2

Minnesota185414.5
South Carolina179306.0
Massachusetts162295.6
Alabama131334.0
North Carolina124284.4

South Dakota123245.1
North Dakota111176.5
Tennessee110303.7
Mississippi69135.3
Wyoming50163.1

Wisconsin40142.9
Nevada29142.1
Delaware2739.0
Vermont1334.3
Connecticut651.2

New Hampshire531.7
Hawaii431.3
Alaska313.0
Maine221.0

Total55,7794,67511.9

States ranked by number of mares bred. Mares bred to two stallions in the same breeding season are counted twice.

Source: The Jockey Club