2017 Irish Thoroughbred Racing Industry Statistics
2017 2016 Variance
Bloodstock sales at public auction: €175.6m €164.2m 7%
Value of Irish-foaled exported horses sold through auction: €268.1m €272.9m -1.80%
Number of countries to which Irish-foaled horses sold through auction were exported: 31 36 -14%
Fixtures: 357 356
Races: 2,606 2,577 1.10%
Total Entries: 61,745 58,316 6%
Flat Entries: 29,841 27,035 10.40%
National Hunt Entries: 31,904 31,281 2%
Eliminations: 4,666 3,266 43%
Total runners: 29,936 28,931 3.50%
Flat Runners: 13,529 12,801 5.70%
National Hunt Runners: 16,407 16,130 1.70%
Individual runners: 7,000 7,014
Individual winners: 1,821 1,806 1%
Individual placed horses: 4,224 4,013 5.20%
Field sizes: 11.5 11.2 2.60%
Total horses-in-training: 8,488 8,561 -1%
Average horses-in-training: 4,181 4,154 0.60%
Total owners: 3,687 3663 0.60%
New owners: 686 705 -2.70%
Total prize-money: €61.1m €56.8m 7.60%
Prize-money won in UK by Irish-trained horses: £13.04m £15.33m -15%
Prize-money won in rest of world by Irish-trained horses: €11.48m €10.72m 7.10%
Commercial sponsorship: €4.94m €4.8m 3%
EBF sponsorship: €1.98m €1.71m 15.80%
Total attendances: 1.28m 1.32m -3%
Average attendance: 3,589 3,692 -2.80%
*Off-Course Betting Duty Receipts: €52.2m €50.7m 3%
Total on-course betting (incl. Tote): €83.1m €88.6m -6.20%
On-course bookmaker betting: €71.5m €75.9m -5.80%
> Betting ring: €61.6m €65.5m -5.90%
> On-course SP shops: €9.9m €10.4m -4.80%
Total Tote betting: €103.8m €96.8m 7.20%
> On-course Tote: €11.6m €12.7m -8.70%
> Off-course Tote (Irish pools): €86.2m €78.7m 9.50%
> Off-course Tote (International pools): €6.0m €5.4m 11.10%
*As betting duty is collected quarterly in arrears, this provision does not reflect the calendar year.
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