| No. | Categories | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Number of
Racecourses held meetings |
Flat
|
26
|
27
|
26
|
27
|
23
|
22
|
21
|
20
|
|
Ban-ei
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
||
|
Total
|
30
|
31
|
30
|
31
|
27
|
26
|
25
|
24
|
||
|
2
|
Number of Race Days
|
Flat
|
2,256
|
2,278
|
2,145
|
1,964
|
1,773
|
1,676
|
1,563
|
1,367
|
|
Ban-ei
|
156
|
150
|
138
|
150
|
146
|
150
|
152
|
153
|
||
|
Total
|
2,412
|
2,428
|
2,283
|
2,114
|
1,919
|
1,826
|
1,715
|
1,520
|
||
|
3
|
Total Attendance
(on-course) |
Flat
|
11,449,452
|
10,855,931
|
9,421,132
|
8,446,074
|
7,710,387
|
6,927,129
|
6,186,004
|
5,143,598
|
|
Ban-ei
|
228,499
|
194,773
|
174,379
|
203,575
|
183,190
|
167,018
|
149,597
|
151,776
|
||
|
Total
|
11,677,951
|
11,050,704
|
9,595,511
|
8,649,649
|
7,893,577
|
7,094,147
|
6,335,601
|
5,295,374
|
||
|
4
|
Average Attendance per day
(on-course) |
Flat
|
5,075
|
4,766
|
4,392
|
4,300
|
4,349
|
4,133
|
3,958
|
3,763
|
|
Ban-ei
|
1,465
|
1,298
|
1,264
|
1,357
|
1,255
|
1,113
|
984
|
992
|
||
|
Total
|
4,842
|
4,551
|
4,203
|
4,092
|
4,113
|
3,885
|
3,694
|
3,484
|
||
|
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
|
432,556,886,700
|
382,398,357,200
|
354,124,443,300
|
|
Ban-ei
|
25,211,807,600
|
21,121,804,200
|
18,853,291,000
|
20,443,526,700
|
18,647,641,900
|
17,309,906,300
|
14,473,382,500
|
14,724,220,100
|
||
|
Total
|
661,190,011,300
|
638,315,428,700
|
560,580,699,700
|
529,276,186,700
|
494,568,761,800
|
449,866,793,000
|
396,871,739,700
|
368,848,663,400
|
||
|
6
|
Average Turnover per day (yen)
|
Flat
|
281,905,200
|
270,936,600
|
252,553,600
|
259,079,800
|
268,427,000
|
258,088,835
|
244,656,658
|
259,052,263
|
|
Ban-ei
|
161,614,200
|
140,812,000
|
136,618,100
|
136,290,200
|
127,723,600
|
115,399,375
|
95,219,622
|
96,236,733
|
||
|
Total
|
274,125,200
|
262,897,600
|
245,545,600
|
250,367,200
|
257,722,100
|
246,367,357
|
231,412,093
|
242,663,594
|
||
|
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
|
183,149,225,200
|
149,939,641,000
|
120,794,128,500
|
|
Ban-ei
|
8,073,472,300
|
6,728,387,700
|
5,580,740,900
|
5,949,474,600
|
5,010,151,800
|
4,348,481,400
|
3,380,130,700
|
3,181,060,600
|
||
|
Total
|
410,483,265,300
|
369,284,881,700
|
308,513,266,000
|
265,258,309,800
|
230,873,660,600
|
187,497,706,600
|
153,319,771,700
|
123,975,189,100
|
||
|
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
|
249,407,661,500
|
232,458,716,200
|
233,330,314,800
|
|
Ban-ei
|
17,138,335,300
|
14,393,416,500
|
13,272,550,100
|
14,494,052,100
|
13,637,490,100
|
12,961,424,900
|
16,093,251,800
|
11,543,159,500
|
||
|
Total
|
250,706,746,000
|
269,030,547,000
|
252,067,433,700
|
264,017,876,900
|
263,695,101,200
|
262,369,086,400
|
243,551,968,000
|
244,873,474,300
|
||
|
9
|
Ratio
(On-course : Off-course) |
Flat
|
63 : 37
|
59 : 41
|
56 : 44
|
51 : 49
|
47 : 53
|
42 : 58
|
39 : 61
|
34 : 66
|
|
Ban-ei
|
32 : 68
|
32 : 68
|
30 : 70
|
29 : 71
|
27 : 73
|
25 : 75
|
23 : 77
|
22 : 78
|
||
|
Total
|
62 : 38
|
58 : 42
|
55 : 45
|
50 : 50
|
47 : 53
|
42 : 58
|
39 : 61
|
34 : 67
|
||
|
10
|
Number of Races
|
Thoroughbred
|
15,233
|
15,647
|
15,317
|
14,841
|
14,580
|
14,874
|
14,569
|
13,350
|
|
Anglo-Arab
|
7,867
|
7,626
|
6,867
|
5,664
|
4,375
|
3,077
|
2,114
|
1,417
|
||
|
Ban-ei
|
1,702
|
1,695
|
1,592
|
1,682
|
1,704
|
1,751
|
1,798
|
1,779
|
||
|
Total
|
24,802
|
24,968
|
23,776
|
22,187
|
20,659
|
19,702
|
18,481
|
16,546
|
||
|
11
|
Number of Overall Runners
|
Thoroughbred
|
148,060
|
153,041
|
151,972
|
149,967
|
148,182
|
151,468
|
148,947
|
135,550
|
|
Anglo-Arab
|
73,118
|
70,472
|
63,180
|
52,833
|
41,669
|
29,768
|
19,889
|
12,783
|
||
|
Ban-ei
|
16,516
|
16,330
|
15,409
|
16,308
|
16,727
|
17,060
|
17,177
|
16,917
|
||
|
Total
|
237,694
|
239,843
|
230,561
|
219,108
|
206,578
|
198,296
|
186,013
|
165,250
|
||
|
12
|
Average Runners per race
|
Thoroughbred
|
9.7
|
9.8
|
9.9
|
10.1
|
10.2
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
|
Anglo-Arab
|
9.3
|
9.2
|
9.2
|
9.3
|
9.5
|
10
|
9
|
9
|
||
|
Ban-ei
|
9.7
|
9.6
|
9.7
|
9.7
|
9.8
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
||
|
Total
|
9.6
|
9.6
|
9.7
|
9.9
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
||
|
13
|
Number of Actual Runners
|
Thoroughbred
|
16,017
|
15,995
|
15,828
|
16,324
|
16,580
|
16,573
|
16,075
|
15,106
|
|
Anglo-Arab
|
6,628
|
6,228
|
5,497
|
4,530
|
3,505
|
2,433
|
1,643
|
1,082
|
||
|
Ban-ei
|
911
|
912
|
900
|
921
|
925
|
905
|
879
|
873
|
||
|
Total
|
23,556
|
23,135
|
22,225
|
21,775
|
21,010
|
19,911
|
18,597
|
17,061
|
||
|
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
|
22,800,005,200
|
20,507,665,200
|
17,198,433,000
|
|
Anglo-Arab
|
9,716,301,600
|
8,763,039,200
|
7,075,641,600
|
4,878,900,000
|
3,384,199,600
|
2,279,997,000
|
1,396,351,200
|
640,425,000
|
||
|
Ban-ei
|
1,284,668,000
|
1,168,687,000
|
1,097,158,000
|
1,146,453,000
|
945,488,000
|
766,609,000
|
692,729,000
|
574,142,000
|
||
|
Total
|
40,800,867,600
|
40,167,454,200
|
37,670,653,200
|
34,156,295,000
|
28,742,809,600
|
25,846,611,200
|
22,596,745,400
|
18,413,000,000
|
||
|
15
|
Average Purse per race (yen)
|
Thoroughbred
|
1,956,300
|
1,932,400
|
1,925,800
|
1,895,500
|
1,674,400
|
1,532,877
|
1,407,623
|
1,288,272
|
|
Anglo-Arab
|
1,235,100
|
1,149,100
|
1,030,400
|
861,400
|
773,500
|
740,981
|
660,526
|
451,958
|
||
|
Ban-ei
|
754,800
|
689,500
|
689,200
|
681,600
|
554,900
|
437,812
|
385,278
|
322,733
|
||
|
Total
|
1,645,100
|
1,608,800
|
1,584,400
|
1,539,500
|
1,391,300
|
1,311,878
|
1,222,701
|
1,112,837
|
||
|
16
|
Number of NAR Horses
(Dec.31) |
Thoroughbred
|
16,160
|
15,778
|
15,610
|
15,879
|
16,178
|
16,191
|
15,175
|
14,083
|
|
Anglo-Arab
|
7,110
|
6,831
|
6,156
|
5,172
|
3,963
|
2,834
|
1,827
|
1,313
|
||
|
Ban-ei
|
1,772
|
1,593
|
1,467
|
1,502
|
1,492
|
1,324
|
1,219
|
1,100
|
||
|
Total
|
25,042
|
24,202
|
23,233
|
22,553
|
21,633
|
20,349
|
18,221
|
16,496
|
||
|
17
|
Number of Owners
(Mar.31) |
Total
|
7,711
|
7,583
|
7,402
|
7,183
|
7,000
|
6,800
|
6,624
|
6,243
|
|
18
|
Number of Trainers
(Mar.31) |
Flat
|
855
|
861
|
846
|
834
|
753
|
715
|
661
|
586
|
|
Ban-ei
|
37
|
40
|
40
|
42
|
39
|
38
|
38
|
38
|
||
|
Total
|
892
|
901
|
886
|
876
|
792
|
753
|
699
|
624
|
||
|
19
|
Number of Assistant trainers
(Mar.31) |
Flat
|
43
|
35
|
35
|
36
|
43
|
49
|
47
|
48
|
|
Ban-ei
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
|
Total
|
43
|
35
|
35
|
36
|
43
|
49
|
47
|
48
|
||
|
20
|
Number of Jockeys and Drivers
(Mar.31) |
Flat (Jockey)
|
602
|
587
|
573
|
557
|
481
|
441
|
416
|
376
|
|
Ban-ei (Driver)
|
36
|
36
|
36
|
37
|
37
|
33
|
31
|
32
|
||
|
Total
|
638
|
623
|
609
|
594
|
518
|
474
|
447
|
408
|
||
|
21
|
Number of Grooms
(Apr.1) |
Flat
|
4,815
|
4,762
|
4,717
|
4,499
|
3,853
|
3,540
|
3,292
|
2,821
|
|
Ban-ei
|
205
|
214
|
203
|
201
|
161
|
160
|
130
|
161
|
||
|
Total
|
5,020
|
4,976
|
4,920
|
4,700
|
4,014
|
3,700
|
3,422
|
2,982
|
||