News coverage • Uncle Mo leads new class of Kentucky sires - By Anne Peters • Kentucky breeding industry doing more with less - By Glenye Cain Oakford • Texas: Valid expectations still going strong - By Mary Rampellini • Oklahoma: Euroears' first-year goal is 100 mares - By Mary Rampellini • Arkansas: J Be K, The Daddy to stand at Trophy Club - By Mary Rampellini • Illinois: Number of stallions, mares on the decline - By Marcus Hersh • Louisiana: Closing Argument fits Castille's plan - By Marcus Hersh • Indiana: State breeding remains on upswing - By David M. Miller • Iowa: Native Ruler expected to have positive impact - By David M. Miller • Minnesota: Transfers help bolster state's stallion ranks - By David M. Miller • Ohio: Mercer Mills's reign ends after nine years - By David M. Miller • Michigan: Fewer races, fewer mares bred in 2011 - By David M. Miller • Nebraska: Blumin Affair leads amid precipitous declines in state - By David M. Miller Profiles - 2011 stallion honors • Leading sire: Distorted Humor • Leading sire of 2-year-olds: Kitten's Joy • Leading first-crop sire: Scat Daddy • Leading broodmare sire: Danehill • Leading turf sire: Smart Strike • Leading synthetic sire: Old Forester 2011 statistics • Leading sires • Leading 2-year-old sires • Leading first-crop sires • Leading broodmare sires • Leading turf sires • Leading synthetic sires