PRE Studbook Sees Small Growth in Number of Foals Registered in 2025

Breeding

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As warmblood studbooks continue to see declining or stalling numbers in foal births in 2025, the PRE studbook in Spain (ANCCE) deals with a similar trend, albeit a small growth in 2025 with 12,747 new foals registered.

Small Growth

The 12,747 registered foals in 2025 shows a tiny growth from 2024 when 12,615 foals were registered. In 2023 this number was still 13,402 foals born.

Of the 2025 foal births 6,286 are colts and 6,461 are fillies. In addition ANCCE incorporated 2,835 new stud farms.

Statistics for 2025

As of 31 December 2025, the total breed census reached 291,138 horses (143,091 mares and 148,047 stallions), belonging to 51.354 active stud farms in 71 different countries. This data indicates that Purebred Spanish Horses represent 70% of all equines registered in Spain.

Among the newly incorporated stud farms, 41% are international, with Italy leading the list, followed by the United States and Germany. The other 59% are located in Spain, with Andalusia (47%), the Valencian Community and Madrid being the regions with the highest numbers.

Throughout the year, 10,152 changes of ownership were processed. For international markets, these services were generally concentrated in the United States, Italy, Mexico and France.