Racing Statistics 2009 (Racing by Local Governments)

No. Categories 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
1 Number of Racecourses held meetings Flat 22 21 20 18 18 18 17
Ban-ei 4 4 4 4 1 1 1
Total 26 25 24 22 19 19 18
2 Number of Race Days Flat 1,676 1,563 1,367 1,349 1,324 1,324 1,314
Ban-ei 150 152 153 162 157 148 150
Total 1,826 1,715 1,520 1,511 1,481 1,472 1,464
3 Total Attendance (on-course) Flat 6,927,129 6,186,004 5,143,598 4,837,118 4,678,904 4,510,502 4,357,224
Ban-ei 167,018 149,597 151,776 176,052 240,855 295,791 201,423
Total 7,094,147 6,335,601 5,295,374 5,013,170 4,919,759 4,806,293 4,558,647
4 Average Attendance per day (on-course) Flat 4,133 3,958 3,763 3,586 3,534 3,407 3,316
Ban-ei 1,113 984 992 1,087 1,534 1,999 1,343
Total 3,885 3,694 3,484 3,318 3,322 3,265 3,114
5 Total Turnover (yen) Flat 432,556,886,700 382,398,357,200 354,124,443,300 354,453,643,300 367,805,315,500 367,453,434,700 355,581,323,800
Ban-ei 17,309,906,300 14,473,382,500 14,724,220,100 14,608,251,200 13,762,987,900 11,942,170,900 10,686,400,200
Total 449,866,793,000 396,871,739,700 368,848,663,400 369,061,894,500 381,568,303,400 379,395,605,600 366,267,724,000
6 Average Turnover per day (yen) Flat 258,088,835 244,656,658 259,052,263 262,752,886 277,798,577 277,532,806 270,609,835
Ban-ei 115,399,375 95,219,622 96,236,733 90,174,390 87,662,343 80,690,344 71,242,668
Total 246,367,357 231,412,093 242,663,594 244,250,096 257,642,339 257,741,580 250,182,872
7 On-course Handle (yen) Flat 183,149,225,200 149,939,641,000 120,794,128,500 108,300,085,600 100,980,799,200 91,119,886,400 81,178,108,300
Ban-ei 4,348,481,400 3,380,130,700 3,181,060,600 3,257,795,500 3,497,385,500 3,169,574,700 2,723,165,100
Total 187,497,706,600 153,319,771,700 123,975,189,100 111,557,881,100 104,478,184,700 94,289,461,100 83,901,273,400
8 Off-course Handle
(including telephone betting)
(yen)		 Flat 249,407,661,500 232,458,716,200 233,330,314,800 246,153,557,700 266,824,516,300 276,333,548,300 274,403,215,500
Ban-ei 12,961,424,900 16,093,251,800 11,543,159,500 11,350,455,700 10,265,602,400 8,772,596,200 7,963,235,100
Total 262,369,086,400 243,551,968,000 244,873,474,300 257,504,013,400 277,090,118,700 285,106,144,500 282,366,450,600
9 Ratio (On-course : Off-course) Flat 42 : 58 39 : 61 34 : 66 31 : 69 27 : 73 25 : 75 27 : 73
Ban-ei 25 : 75 23 : 77 22 : 78 22 : 78 25 : 75 27 : 73 25 : 75
Total 42 : 58 39 : 61 34 : 67 30 : 70 27 : 73 25 : 75 27 : 73
10 Number of Races Thoroughbred 14,874 14,569 13,350 13,534 13,572 14,058 14,156
Anglo-Arab 3,077 2,114 1,417 952 583 234 93
Ban-ei 1,751 1,798 1,779 1,936 1,882 1,741 1,798
Total 19,702 18,481 16,546 16,422 16,037 16,033 16,047
11 Number of Overall Runners Thoroughbred 151,468 148,947 135,550 133,045 130,447 134,598 139,243
Anglo-Arab 29,768 19,889 12,783 8,389 5,145 2,639 1,387
Ban-ei 17,060 17,177 16,917 18,269 17,825 16,550 17,108
Total 198,296 186,013 165,250 159,703 153,417 153,787 157,738
12 Average Runners per race Thoroughbred 10.2 10.2 10.2 9.8 9.6 9.6 9.8
Anglo-Arab 9.7 9.4 9.0 8.8 8.8 11.3 14.9
Ban-ei 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.5
Total 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.8
13 Number of Actual Runners Thoroughbred 16,573 16,075 15,106 13,962 13,302 13,235 13,191
Anglo-Arab 2,433 1,643 1,082 628 363 177 86
Ban-ei 905 879 873 932 980 928 853
Total 19,911 18,597 17,061 15,522 14,645 14,340 14,130
14 Total Purse (yen) Thoroughbred 22,800,005,200 20,507,665,200 17,198,433,000 16,503,047,000 16,000,820,000 16,118,211,500 16,065,915,000
Anglo-Arab 2,279,997,000 1,396,351,200 640,425,000 333,637,000 211,659,000 107,417,500 35,576,000
Ban-ei 766,609,000 692,729,000 574,142,000 583,218,000 404,807,000 326,390,000 299,363,000
Total 25,846,611,200 22,596,745,400 18,413,000,000 17,419,902,000 16,617,286,000 16,552,019,000 16,400,854,000
15 Average Purse per race (yen) Thoroughbred 1,532,877 1,407,623 1,288,272 1,219,377 1,178,958 1,146,551 1,134,919
Anglo-Arab 740,981 660,526 451,958 350,459 363,051 459,049 382,538
Ban-ei 437,812 385,278 322,733 301,249 215,094 187,473 166,498
Total 1,311,878 1,222,701 1,112,837 1,060,766 1,036,184 1,032,372 1,022,051
16 Number of NAR Horses (Dec.31) Thoroughbred 16,191 15,175 14,083 12,808 12,266 11,890 11,856
Anglo-Arab 2,834 1,827 1,313 811 430 270 109
Ban-ei 1,324 1,219 1,100 1,034 1,102 1,105 992
Total 20,349 18,221 16,496 14,653 13,798 13,265 12,957
17 Number of Owners (Dec.31) Total 6,800 6,624 6,200 5,943 5,694 5,449 5,273
18 Number of Trainers (Dec.31) Flat 715 661 593 555 536 521 35
Ban-ei 38 38 37 38 39 39 501
Total 753 699 630 593 575 560 536
19 Number of Assistant trainers (Dec.31) Flat 49 47 49 52 55 54 50
Ban-ei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 49 47 49 52 55 54 50
20 Number of Jockeys and Drivers (Dec.31) Flat (Jockey) 441 416 376 349 317 300 303
Ban-ei (Driver) 33 31 31 31 30 31 30
Total 474 447 407 380 347 331 333
21 Number of Grooms (Dec.1) Flat 3,540 3,292 2,941 2,751 2,580 2,446 2,404
Ban-ei 160 130 161 164 165 153 135
Total 3,700 3,422 3,102 2,915 2,745 2,599 2,539