PRE Studbook Grows 3% in 2020 with over 12,000 Foals Born Worldwide Wed, 03/10/2021 - 10:04
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In 2020, the PRE Studbook registered more than 12,000 new horses and almost 3,000 new breeders
Last year, the Purebred Spanish Horse Stud Book (PRE ANCCE) registered 12,343 new PRE horses in its birth Register (6,101 colts and 6,242 fillies). Thus, the breed census as of December 31, 2020 was 259,857 horses (129,978 stallions and 129,879 mares) belonging to 41,431 stud farms in 66 countries.
This translates into a 3% increase in the number horses and almost an 8% increase of stud farms with regards to the previous year.
International Expansion
Of the new breeders registered, 44% are internationals, mainly from the USA, Italy and Germany. The remaining 56% are from Spain, with Andalusia (47%), Catalonia and Castile & Leon leading the ranking.