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US Distribution of Active Stallions and Mares Bred
For the year: 2008
State by
Ranking
Mares
Bred
Stallions Avg.
Book
Kentucky21,64135561.0
Florida5,51324622.4
California4,13729014.3
Louisiana4,08530713.3
Texas2,1492907.4

New York1,91910817.8
Oklahoma1,7182008.6
New Mexico1,7141849.3
Pennsylvania1,43112011.9
Maryland1,2215123.9

West Virginia9259010.3
Indiana775888.8
Washington7656012.8
Illinois756967.9
Arkansas5375110.5

Arizona431617.1
Michigan422547.8
Iowa3353011.2
Minnesota315359.0
Colorado293515.7

Oregon290436.7
New Jersey287319.3
Nebraska258279.6
Ohio244524.7
Kansas226336.8

Idaho202395.2
South Carolina148295.1
North Dakota142207.1
Virginia142522.7
South Dakota119157.9

Montana117323.7
Utah102205.1
Alabama77223.5
Tennessee74174.4
Georgia58144.1

Massachusetts54124.5
North Carolina47123.9
Mississippi32112.9
Missouri30132.3
Wisconsin1936.3

Wyoming1262.0
Nevada942.3
Delaware717.0
New Hampshire212.0
Connecticut111.0

Total53,7813,27716.4

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

Source: The Jockey Club