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Table 101. Worldwide Overall Starts 2000 - 2005
Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Argentina 52,696 47,426 54,938 53,726 53,315 53,600
Australia 208,627 208,653 206,870 203,311 200,188 196,683
Brazil 52,150 45,051 43,558 41,120 38,775 35,062
Canada 40,657 42,739 43,718 43,233 43,000 41,596
Chile 65,623 64,507 66,436 63,062 69,084 68,030
France 69,290 69,619 70,475 70,645 72,536 70,568
Germany 25,305 23,398 23,322 20,602 19,280 17,630
Great Britain 78,102 82,677 83,652 83,063 92,761 94,659
Hong Kong 8,844 8,632 9,167 8,994 9,153 9,018
India 24,698 24,702 22,406 22,512 28,209 27,957
Ireland 25,611 26,614 28,259 28,902 29,743 31,410
Italy 45,581 47,136 46,627 46,723 47,176 48,948
Japan 259,503 250,182 238,771 230,293 216,369 196,268
Korea 12,238 12,138 11,915 11,909 11,734 13,186
Macau 11,560 13,959 12,852 12,719 12,296 10,890
Malaysia / Singapore 13,666 13,870 15,006 15,568 15,434 15,292
Mauritius 1,972 2,173 2,269 2,150 2,014 1,986
New Zealand 29,420 30,771 31,267 30,766 31,363 31,363
South Africa 46,534 48,540 47,056 43,805 42,778 43,848
Turkey 25,314 28,218 31,157 32,917 35,780 35,282
United Arab Emirates 3,727 4,241 4,293 4,076 4,002 3,600
U.S.A. 451,602 453,863 451,386 446,250 445,218 428,048
Total 1,552,720 1,549,109 1,545,400 1,516,346 1,520,208 1,474,924
Source : IFHA Annual Statistics
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Table 102. International Group & Listed Races by Country 2006
Country Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Listed Total Black Type Total Races Black Type %
Argentina 44 20.2% 51 23.4% 60 27.5% 63 28.9% 218 7268 3.0%
Australia 66 12.2% 80 14.8% 111 20.5% 285 52.6% 542 19968 2.7%
Brazil 29 16.8% 32 18.5% 42 24.3% 70 40.5% 173 5105 3.4%
Canada 3 4.3% 9 12.9% 25 35.7% 33 47.1% 70 5238 1.3%
Chile 18 18.9% 22 23.2% 23 24.2% 32 33.7% 95 6270 1.5%
France 26 11.2% 27 11.6% 54 23.2% 126 54.1% 233 4532 5.1%
Germany 7 6.4% 13 11.8% 28 25.5% 62 56.4% 110 1840 6.0%
Great Britain 31 10.9% 42 14.8% 65 22.9% 146 51.4% 284 5301 5.4%
Hong Kong* 5 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 708 0.7%
Ireland 12 11.8% 8 7.8% 32 31.4% 50 49.0% 102 868 11.8%
Italy 9 11.0% 4 4.9% 13 15.9% 56 68.3% 82 5605 1.5%
Japan* 5 38.5% 6 46.2% 2 15.4% 0 0.0% 13 18080 0.1%
Malaysia/ 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1346 0.1%
Singapore*
New Zealand 24 16.2% 22 14.9% 32 21.6% 70 47.3% 148 2671 5.5%
Peru 8 14.8% 11 20.4% 15 27.8% 20 37.0% 54 2216 2.4%
South Africa 31 16.5% 39 20.7% 52 27.7% 66 35.1% 188 4113 4.6%
United Arab 4 14.8% 5 18.5% 8 29.6% 10 37.0% 27 288 9.4%
Emirates
U.S.A. 104 13.7% 154 20.2% 207 27.2% 296 38.9% 761 52061 1.5%
Total 427 13.7% 525 16.9% 769 24.8% 1385 44.6% 3107 143478 2.2%
* - Hong Kong - Remaining 19 races in Part II of the Blue Book
- Japan - Remaining 204 Black Type races in Part II of the Blue Book
- Malaysia/Singapore - Remaining 34 Black Type races in Part II of the Blue Book
Note: Total races are for 2005, as 2006 not available
Source : ICSC Blue Book
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