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Article: GRAND SLAM SURVIVES TO BE A HIT IN BREEDING SHED

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October 26, 2003
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According to statistics compiled by The Jockey Club, the stallion Grand Slam was bred to 197 mares in 2003, making him No. 1 in North America by volume.

Johannesburg was second at 193. Both stallions are based at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky.

The number of stallions covering more than 100 mares this year is up from 93 to 108. Kentucky is home to 81 of them. The national foal crop for 2004 is projected to be 37,200.

But back to Grand Slam. By rights, he could have been dead for six years.

On Nov. 8, 1997, at Hollywood Park, the now 8-year-old, dark bay

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