The Weatherbys Return of Mares supplement is published today and contains all foalings registered during 2017 - including those registered since the publication of the main Return of Mares in November last year.
It 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 4,778 up 2.5% from the 2016 figure of 4,663, following increases of 5.5% and 2% 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 3.3% in 2017 to 9,689 from 9,381 in 2016.
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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GB
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5920
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5595 (-5.5%)
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4665 (-16.6%)
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4635 (-0.6%)
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4366 (-5.8%)
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4420 (+1.2%)
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4328 (+2.1%)
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4569 (+5.5%)
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4663 (+2%)
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4778 (+2.5%)
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IRE
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12419
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10167 (-18%)
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7588 (-25%)
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7550 (-0.5%)
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7546 (-0.05)
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7757 (+2.7%)
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7999 (+3.1%)
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8780 (+9.7%)
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9381 (+6.8%)
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9689 (+3.3%)
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Copies of the Weatherbys Return of Mares and Return of Mares Supplement can be purchased online: https://www.bettrendsshop.co.uk/