The Jockey Club Formally Announces Breeding Cap

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The Jockey Club will limit the number of mares a stallion may be bred to in a given season to 140, formally adopting a position it announced last September. According to a release from the organization, the rule reflects, “The Jockey Club’s goal to preserve the health of the Thoroughbred breed for the long term” and is to be applied proactively to stallions born after 2020.

The release reads as follows:

Effective today, The Jockey Club’s Principal Rules and Requirements of the American Studbook are amended by adding the following italicized language to the text of Rule 14C:

C. Based on the information on a completed Report of Mares Bred form, The Jockey Club will forward to the stallion owner, lessee or authorized agent a preprinted Service Certificate for each broodmare bred, including the name of the stallion, the name of the broodmare, the name of the dam of the broodmare, and the date of the last cover.

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.

When the stallion owner, lessee or authorized agent receives the preprinted Service Certificate, it should be examined for accuracy, signed by the stallion owner, lessee or authorized agent and forwarded to the breeder of the foal or submitted to The Jockey Club through Interactive Registration at www.registry.jockeyclub.com. The Service Certificate is required to register a foal. Service Certificates will not be issued unless a completed Report of Mares Bred form is on file at The Jockey Club and until genetic or re-DNA typing of the stallion has been completed (see Rule 5).

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. The Jockey Club will issue stallion certificates for all mares bred by such stallions within the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico during a calendar year.

(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 aforementioned limit will apply to all mares bred during a calendar year regardless of when The Jockey Club receives a Report of Mares bred (or any amendments or supplements thereto).

The Jockey Club will modify its Report of Mares Bred form and other related forms in recognition of the amendment to Rule 14. Stallion Service Certificates will be issued on the basis of first cover date in the order of mares listed on the Report of Mares Bred.

The Jockey Club is grateful for the many thoughtful comments in response to its September rule proposal. The stewards carefully considered those comments in formulating a rule that will promote diversity of the Thoroughbred gene pool and protect the long-term health of the breed.

The Jockey Club will continue to maintain the Principal Rules and Requirements of the American Studbook in keeping with its mission to ensure the health of the Thoroughbred breed.

Thursday’s guidelines read significantly different than what was first proposed last September. At that point in time, The Jockey Club’s proposal encompassed all stallions, with the 140-mare cap to be phased in. Stallions entering stud in 2020 would have been exempted through the 2023 season, those that entered stud in 2019 through 2022, those who began covering mares in 2018 through 2021 and for those that entered stud in 2017, the cap would begin Jan. 1, 2021.

The report of mares bred (RMB) issued by The Jockey Club last October showed that Coolmore’s Justify and Mendelssohn each covered better than 250 mares in their first year at stud. Also covering north of 200 mares last year were Goldencents and Bolt d’Oro at Spendthrift; and Munnings and Practical Joke at Coolmore. A total of 44 mares covered more than 140 mares in 2019.

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