Graded Dirt Races for Local Government Racing,2002

No. Categories 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
1 Number of Racecourses held meetings Flat 26 27 26 27 23
Ban-ei 4 4 4 4 4
Total 30 31 30 31 27
2 Number of Race Days Flat 2,256 2,278 2,145 1,964 1,773
Ban-ei 156 150 138 150 146
Total 2,412 2,428 2,283 2,114 1,919
3 Total Attendance (on-course) Flat 11,449,452 10,855,931 9,421,132 8,446,074 7,710,387
Ban-ei 228,499 194,773 174,379 203,575 183,190
Total 11,677,951 11,050,704 9,595,511 8,649,649 7,893,577
4 Average Attendance per day (on-course) Flat 5,075 4,766 4,392 4,300 4,349
Ban-ei 1,465 1,298 1,264 1,357 1,255
Total 4,842 4,551 4,203 4,092 4,113
5 Total Turnover (yen) Flat 635,978,203,700 617,193,624,500 541,727,408,700 508,832,660,000 475,921,119,900
Ban-ei 25,211,807,600 21,121,804,200 18,853,291,000 20,443,526,700 18,647,641,900
Total 661,190,011,300 638,315,428,700 560,580,699,700 529,276,186,700 494,568,761,800
6 Average Turnover per day (yen) Flat 281,905,200 270,936,600 252,553,600 259,079,800 268,427,000
Ban-ei 161,614,200 140,812,000 136,618,100 136,290,200 127,723,600
Total 274,125,200 262,897,600 245,545,600 250,367,200 257,722,100
7 On-course Handle (yen) Flat 402,409,793,000 362,556,494,000 302,932,525,100 259,308,835,200 225,863,508,800
Ban-ei 8,073,472,300 6,728,387,700 5,580,740,900 5,949,474,600 5,010,151,800
Total 410,483,265,300 369,284,881,700 308,513,266,000 265,258,309,800 230,873,660,600
8 Off-course Handle (including phone betting)
(yen)		 Flat 233,568,410,700 254,637,130,500 238,794,883,600 249,523,824,800 250,057,611,100
Ban-ei 17,138,335,300 14,393,416,500 13,272,550,100 14,494,052,100 13,637,490,100
Total 250,706,746,000 269,030,547,000 252,067,433,700 264,017,876,900 263,695,101,200
9 Ratio (On-course : Off-course) Flat 63 : 37 59 : 41 56 : 44 51 : 49 47 : 53
Ban-ei 32 : 68 32 : 68 30 : 70 29 : 71 27 : 73
Total 62 : 38 58 : 42 55 : 45 50 : 50 47 : 53
10 Number of Races Thoroughbred 15,233 15,647 15,317 14,841 14,580
Anglo-Arab 7,867 7,626 6,867 5,664 4,375
Ban-ei 1,702 1,695 1,592 1,682 1,704
Total 24,802 24,968 23,776 22,187 20,659
11 Number of Overall Runners Thoroughbred 148,060 153,041 151,972 149,967 148,182
Anglo-Arab 73,118 70,472 63,180 52,833 41,669
Ban-ei 16,516 16,330 15,409 16,308 16,727
Total 237,694 239,843 230,561 219,108 206,578
12 Average Runners per race Thoroughbred 9.7 9.8 9.9 10.1 10.2
Anglo-Arab 9.3 9.2 9.2 9.3 9.5
Ban-ei 9.7 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.8
Total 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.9 10
13 Number of Actual Runners Thoroughbred 16,017 15,995 15,828 16,324 16,580
Anglo-Arab 6,628 6,228 5,497 4,530 3,505
Ban-ei 911 912 900 921 925
Total 23,556 23,135 22,225 21,775 21,010
14 Total Purse (yen) Thoroughbred 29,799,898,000 30,235,728,000 29,497,853,600 28,130,942,000 24,413,122,000
Anglo-Arab 9,716,301,600 8,763,039,200 7,075,641,600 4,878,900,000 3,384,199,600
Ban-ei 1,284,668,000 1,168,687,000 1,097,158,000 1,146,453,000 945,488,000
Total 40,800,867,600 40,167,454,200 37,670,653,200 34,156,295,000 28,742,809,600
15 Average Purse per race (yen) Thoroughbred 1,956,300 1,932,400 1,925,800 1,895,500 1,674,400
Anglo-Arab 1,235,100 1,149,100 1,030,400 861,400 773,500
Ban-ei 754,800 689,500 689,200 681,600 554,900
Total 1,645,100 1,608,800 1,584,400 1,539,500 1,391,300
16 Number of NAR Horses (Dec.31) Thoroughbred 16,160 15,778 15,610 15,879 16,178
Anglo-Arab 7,110 6,831 6,156 5,172 3,963
Ban-ei 1,772 1,593 1,467 1,502 1,492
Total 25,042 24,202 23,233 22,553 21,633
17 Number of Owners (Mar.31) Total 7,711 7,583 7,402 7,183 7,000
18 Number of Trainers (Mar.31) Flat 855 861 846 834 753
Ban-ei 37 40 40 42 39
Total 892 901 886 876 792
19 Number of Assistant trainers (Mar.31) Flat 43 35 35 36 43
Ban-ei 0 0 0 0 0
Total 43 35 35 36 43
20 Number of Jockeys and Drivers (Mar.31) Flat (Jockey) 602 587 573 557 481
Ban-ei (Driver) 36 36 36 37 37
Total 638 623 609 594 518
21 Number of Grooms (Apr.1) Flat 4,815 4,762 4,717 4,499 3,853
Ban-ei 205 214 203 201 161
Total 5,020 4,976 4,920 4,700 4,014