BRITISH HORSERACING 2008 – FACTS AND FIGURES

23 Feb 2009 Pre-2014 Releases

At a Glance
5.7m Racecourse attendances
£106m Record total prizemoney
88,000 Direct and indirect jobs, Britain’s largest sporting employer
61 Racecourses
50,000 People with an ownership interest
15,000 Average monthly horses in training
£1.2bn+ Bookmakers profits on British Horseracing

Racing’s Participants
2008 2007
Licensed Trainers 600 596
Licensed Jockeys 427 431
Stable Employees 7524 7160
Horses in Training* 15,154 14,186
Owners* 9537 9550
*Monthly average

Fixtures and Prize Money
2008 2007
Fixtures 1424 1330
Races 9494 8877
Prize Money £106.2m £98.7m

Attendances
2008 2007
Total 5.71m 5.81m
Average per fixture 3981 4312

Stewards Enquiries
2008 2007
Total* 10,955 9,740
Interference 1577 1055
In breach 948 735
% of total rides 0.95 0.81
*Includes reports on poor performance
Whip 871 717
In breach 833 689
% of total rides 0.83 0.73
Running and Riding
In breach 92 64
Disciplinary Panel Enquiries
2008 2007
Enquiries 143 127
Appeals (successful) 34 (13) 39 (16)

Drug Surveillance – Horses
2008 2007
Runners 98014 93719
Samples analysed 9631 9035
Positives Confirmed 15 7
% 0.15 0.08

Jockeys’ Testing
2008 2007
Urine (positives) 475 (1) 459 (1)
Breath (positives) 442 (1) 394 (4)