The Weatherbys Return of Mares will be published on 2nd November and reports a small growth in foal numbers in both Great Britain and Ireland during the 2017 breeding year.
The number of foals registered in Great Britain has grown to 4,674, up 2% from the 2016 figure of 4,597, following increases of 5% and 3% over the previous two years.
After seeing growth of 10% and 7% in 2015 and 2016 respectively, the number of foals registered in Ireland has risen by 3% in 2017 to 9,044, from 8,792 at the same point in 2016.
Naturally, 2017 foals have continued to be registered since the 30th September and total year foal numbers will be available in the Weatherbys Return of Mares Supplement published in early February 2018.
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2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
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GB |
5713 |
5397 (-6%) |
4552 (-16%) |
4502 (-1%) |
4227 (-6%) |
4302 (+2%) |
4255 (-1%) |
4466 (+5%) |
4597 (+3%) |
4674 (+2%) |
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IRE |
11814 |
9581 (-19%) |
7128 (-26%) |
6890 (-3%) |
6884 (-) |
7051 (+2%) |
7440 (+6%) |
8205 (+10%) |
8792 (+7%) |
9044 (+3%) |
Copies of the Weatherbys Return of Mares can be purchased online: https://www.bettrendsshop.co.uk/
Alternatively please contact: Lauren Beetson (lbeetson@weatherbys.co.uk ) +44 (0)1933 440077 or Amy Burke (aburke@weatherbys.ie) +353 (0)45 879979.
Copies will also be available from our offices at Tattersalls and Goffs during the upcoming sales.
The Book costs £64/€80 inc. p&p and includes the 2017 Return of Mares Supplement. The 2017 Stud Book Fact Book will be available free online from February 2018.
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Gun Runner Draws Post 10 for Pegasus World Cup
Last-out Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner is 4-5 on the morning line.
The post positions were drawn Jan. 24 for the 12-horse, 1 1/8-mile event, and while the favored, five-time grade 1 winner was drawn to the outside, his main challengers will be closer to the rail for the short run-up to the first turn at Gulfstream.
The speedy Sharp Azteca, the last-out winner of the Cigar Mile Handicap Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), was tabbed as the 6-1 morning-line second choice and will break from post 4. The Bob Baffert-trained pair of Collectedand West Coast, the respective second- and third-place finishers behind Gun Runner in the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), were both assigned 8-1 on the morning line. West Coast will break from post 2 and Collected will go into post 5.
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2018 Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1)
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| PP | Horse | Odds |
| 1 | Singing Bullet | 30-1 |
| 2 | West Coast | 8-1 |
| 3 | Stellar Wind | 30-1 |
| 4 | Sharp Azteca | 6-1 |
| 5 | Collected | 8-1 |
| 6 | Gunnevera | 15-1 |
| 7 | Fear the Cowboy | 30-1 |
| 8 | War Story | 25-1 |
| 9 | Toast of New York | 20-1 |
| 10 | Gun Runner | 4-5 |
| 11 | Seeking the Soul | 25-1 |
| 12 | Giant Expectations | 30-1 |
