Farms were already eager to place their mares in foal to leading second-crop stallion Justify into sales season after he showed four grade 1 winners on his resume heading into the fall. When Justify's ...

Nearly as important as a mare having a foal is getting her bred back to have next year’s baby. Breeding on foal heat is an old management strategy aimed at doing just that. It is the first heat cycle ...

The Jockey Club is projecting a North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop of 17,000 in 2026. This represents 300 fewer foals than the 2025 foal crop estimate of 17,300. The foal crop projection ...

A rift has developed in Thoroughbred breeding industry that has some of the richest horse farms in Kentucky on different sides of the fence. On one side: Breeders who say Thoroughbred genetic ...