Racing Statistics 2010 (Racing by Local Governments)

No. Categories 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Number of Racecourses held meetings Flat 22 21 20 18 18 18 17 15
Ban-ei 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1
Total 26 25 24 22 19 19 18 16
2 Number of Race Days Flat 1,676 1,563 1,367 1,349 1,324 1,324 1,314 1,315
Ban-ei 150 152 153 162 157 148 150 151
Total 1,826 1,715 1,520 1,511 1,481 1,472 1,464 1,466
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 3,878,462
Ban-ei 167,018 149,597 151,776 176,052 240,855 295,791 201,423 238,144
Total 7,094,147 6,335,601 5,295,374 5,013,170 4,919,759 4,806,293 4,558,647 4,116,606
4 Average Attendance per day (on-course) Flat 4,133 3,958 3,763 3,586 3,534 3,407 3,316 2,949
Ban-ei 1,113 984 992 1,087 1,534 1,999 1,343 1,577
Total 3,885 3,694 3,484 3,318 3,322 3,265 3,114 2,808
5 Total Turnover (yen) Flat 432,556,886,700 382,398,357,200 354,124,443,300 354,453,643,300 367,805,315,500 367,453,434,700 355,581,323,800 337,138,261,000
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 10,658,662,000
Total 449,866,793,000 396,871,739,700 368,848,663,400 369,061,894,500 381,568,303,400 379,395,605,600 366,267,724,000 347,796,923,000
6 Average Turnover per day (yen) Flat 258,088,835 244,656,658 259,052,263 262,752,886 277,798,577 277,532,806 270,609,835 256,378,906
Ban-ei 115,399,375 95,219,622 96,236,733 90,174,390 87,662,343 80,690,344 71,242,668 70,587,166
Total 246,367,357 231,412,093 242,663,594 244,250,096 257,642,339 257,741,580 250,182,872 237,242,100
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 69,450,803,800
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 2,690,501,100
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 72,141,304,900
8 Off-course Handle
(including telephone betting)
(yen)		 Flat 249,407,661,500 232,458,716,200 233,330,314,800 246,153,557,700 266,824,516,300 276,333,548,300 274,403,215,500 267,687,457,200
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 7,968,160,900
Total 262,369,086,400 243,551,968,000 244,873,474,300 257,504,013,400 277,090,118,700 285,106,144,500 282,366,450,600 275,655,618,100
9 Ratio (On-course : Off-course) Flat  42 : 58  39 : 61 34 : 66 31 : 69 27 : 73 25 : 75 27 : 73 21 : 79
Ban-ei 25 : 75  23 : 77  22 : 78  22 : 78 25 : 75 27 : 73 25 : 75 25 : 75
Total  42 : 58  39 : 61 34 : 67 30 : 70 27 : 73 25 : 75 27 : 73 21 : 79
10 Number of Races Thoroughbred 14,874 14,569 13,350 13,534 13,572 14,058 14,156 14,243
Anglo-Arab 3,077 2,114 1,417 952 583 234 93 0
Ban-ei 1,751 1,798 1,779 1,936 1,882 1,741 1,798 1,812
Total 19,702 18,481 16,546 16,422 16,037 16,033 16,047 16,055
11 Number of Overall Runners Thoroughbred 151,468 148,947 135,550 133,045 130,447 134,598 139,243 138,294
Anglo-Arab 29,768 19,889 12,783 8,389 5,145 2,639 1,387 706
Ban-ei 17,060 17,177 16,917 18,269 17,825 16,550 17,108 17,210
Total 198,296 186,013 165,250 159,703 153,417 153,787 157,738 156,210
12 Average Runners per race Thoroughbred 10.2 10.2 10.2 9.8 9.6 9.6 9.8 9.7
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 9.5
Total 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.8 9.7
13 Number of Actual Runners Thoroughbred 16,573 16,075 15,106 13,962 13,302 13,235 13,191 13,157
Anglo-Arab 2,433 1,643 1,082 628 363 177 86 45
Ban-ei 905 879 873 932 980 928 853 774
Total 19,911 18,597 17,061 15,522 14,645 14,340 14,130 13,976
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 15,979,102,000
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 0
Ban-ei 766,609,000 692,729,000 574,142,000 583,218,000 404,807,000 326,390,000 299,363,000 282,077,000
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 16,261,179,000
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 1,121,892
Anglo-Arab 740,981 660,526 451,958 350,459 363,051 459,049 382,538 0
Ban-ei 437,812 385,278 322,733 301,249 215,094 187,473 166,498 155,672
Total 1,311,878 1,222,701 1,112,837 1,060,766 1,036,184 1,032,372 1,022,051 1,012,842
16 Number of NAR Horses (Dec.31)  Thoroughbred 16,191 15,175 14,083 12,808 12,266 11,890 11,856 11,527
Anglo-Arab 2,834 1,827 1,313 811 430 270 109 51
Ban-ei 1,324 1,219 1,100 1,034 1,102 1,105 992 852
Total 20,349 18,221 16,496 14,653 13,798 13,265 12,957 12,430
17 Number of Owners (Dec.31) Total 6,800 6,624 6,200 5,943 5,694 5,449 5,273 5,041
18 Number of Trainers (Dec.31)  Flat 715 661 593 555 536 521 501 492
Ban-ei 38 38 37 38 39 39 35 33
Total 753 699 630 593 575 560 536 525
19 Number of Assistant trainers (Dec.31)  Flat 49 47 49 52 55 54 50 50
Ban-ei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 49 47 49 52 55 54 50 50
20 Number of Jockeys and Drivers (Dec.31) Flat (Jockey) 441 416 376 349 317 300 303 300
Ban-ei (Driver) 33 31 31 31 30 31 30 31
Total 474 447 407 380 347 331 333 331
21 Number of Grooms (Dec.1) Flat 3,540 3,292 2,941 2,751 2,580 2,446 2,404 2,353
Ban-ei 160 130 161 164 165 153 135 124
Total 3,700 3,422 3,102 2,915 2,745 2,599 2,539 2,477