Fact Book

The 2024 edition of The American Racing Manual, which contains historical data through 2023, is now available in PDF format through The Jockey Club Fact Book. The Fact Book is a statistical and informational guide to Thoroughbred breeding, racing, and auction sales in North America. The Jockey Club is accepting feedback for potential modifications to The American Racing Manual, which can be submitted to contactus@jockeyclub.com.

New statistics, Exports by Age, have been added to the Fact Book, according to The Jockey Club Tuesday. Exports by Age lists registered Thoroughbreds exported from the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico are categorized by country. The age groups included in the Fact Book range from weanlings through 11-year-olds and older. Statistics, available from 2002 through 2023, are updated daily. Each year can be broken down by age group by clicking on a table row. The Jockey Club fact book is available in the Resources section of www.jockeyclub.com. Any ideas...

The North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop is projected to be 18,500 in 2023, The Jockey Club (TJC) reported Friday morning. This is 200 fewer foals than last year's estimate of 18,700 and represents the seventh straight year of decline. The last time numbers like this were seen was in 1965, when the foal crop was 18,846. The high-water mark of 51,296 was reached in 1986. The crop has declined every year since then with the exception of 2015. Additional foal crop information is available in TJC's online fact book....

The Jockey Club (TJC) has made the 2022 edition of the annual Fact Book available. Found in the Resources section of jockeyclub.com, the Fact Book is a statistical and informational guide to the Thoroughbred industry in North America, including breeding, racing, and auctions. It is updated quarterly. TJC's Fact Book also features a directory of Canadian, international, national, and state organizations, as well as breeding statistics and the annual Report of Mares Bred. In addition, the State Fact Books, which break down information for individual states, Canadian provinces, and Puerto...

The 2021 edition of the Fact Book is now available in the resources section of The Jockey Club website at www.jockeyclub.com. The online Fact Book is a statistical and informational guide to Thoroughbred breeding, racing and auction sales in North America and is updated quarterly. It also features a directory of Canadian, international, national, and state organizations. Links to the Breeding Statistics report that is released by The Jockey Club each September and the Report of Mares Bred information that is published by The Jockey Club each October can be...