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Key Facts
- Australia has more racecourses than any other country
- Australia has the 3rd largest number of races behind the USA and Japan
- Australia offers the third largest amount of prizemoney in the world
Table 91. Leading Racing Countries 2009
Country Race flat
Courses Races
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Jumps
Races
Individual
Starters
Total
Starters
Prizemoney
($AU)
Betting Turnover*
($AU)
Stallions Mares foals
Argentina 23 5,378 0 10,446 54,366 $67,107,491 $220,830,753 838 13,945 8,471
Australia 367 19,326 112 31,659 193,249 $421,095,890 $14,433,210,000 840 27,253 16,601
Brazil 8 4,564 0 5,293 32,663 $25,850,906 $146,734,634 242 3,776 2,922
Canada NA 4,753 0 7,342 NA $0 $1,615,858,585 0 0 0
France 246 4,237 2,212 9,283 76,850 $173,366,890 $15,143,377,829 414 8,758 5,524
Germany 49 1,433 41 2,667 13,631 $20,466,963 $191,643,506 76 2,092 1,156
Great Britain 60 6,254 3,374 11,778 95,996 $132,435,187 $17,713,989,942 383 7,240 5,652
Hong Kong 2 733 0 1,205 9,822 $112,277,392 $9,788,815,662 0 0 0
India 9 3,156 0 4,030 21,473 $23,946,208 $409,631,055 107 3,128 1,673
Ireland 26 1,032 1,412 3,342 33,240 $45,303,440 $6,247,533,196 271 18,851 10,167
Japan 28 17,568 134 24,019 190,947 $984,892,213 $39,506,980,011 262 9,850 7,453
Korea 2 1,833 0 3,125 20,798 $135,468,902 $6,448,160,717 97 2,276 1,323
macau 1 569 0 617 6,676 $23,680,498 $4,560,263,229 0 0 0
malaysia / Singapore 3 1,578 0 2,911 18,756 $63,733,554 $2,080,216,128 4 95 63
mauritius 1 280 0 413 2,511 $4,688,901 $169,809,871 0 0 0
New zealand 65 2,950 138 5,826 33,750 $45,557,717 $318,611,709 166 8,326 4,224
South Africa 12 3,756 0 7,006 43,509 $44,814,110 $1,102,376,164 128 4,278 0
Turkey 8 2,277 0 2,755 43,966 $143,070,762 $1,571,183,314 445 3,878 552
United Arab Emirates 4 199 0 637 3,565 $45,568,037 NA 1 1 1
U.S.A. 169 49,196 172 65,787 407,554 $1,017,533,107 $15,678,764,286 2,703 44,987 31,750
Table 92. Leading Racing Countries 2004 – 2009
Year Races Individual Starters Total Starters Prizemoney ($AU) Betting Turnover* ($AU) Stallions Mares foals
2009 138,667 200,141 1,303,322 $3,530,858,168 $137,347,990,591 6,977 158,734 102,224
2008 139,618 214,172 1,280,799 $4,879,038,023 $163,264,185,030 7,580 173,322 106,061
2007 147,353 220,415 1,388,875 $3,853,767,655 $107,502,441,024 7,970 181,096 108,006
2006 156,372 218,598 1,432,868 $4,051,759,798 $140,198,315,756 8,456 184,521 112,460
2005 157,485 236,002 1,474,924 $4,064,404,622 $145,882,408,235 9,011 183,350 110,874
2004 160,977 236,633 1,520,208 $4,164,626,944 $145,726,355,087 9,643 182,733 107,101
Note:
Wagering statistics include bookmaking in countries where legal.
Calculated on exchange rate of $1 AUD = EUR
* Including On- and Off-Course Turnover for all Pari-Mutuel and Bookmakers.
Some large variations due to unstable Exchange Rates and reduced reporting by some countries
Source: International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities