Racing Statistics 2005-2014 (Racing by Local Governments)

No. Categories 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1 Number of Racecourses held meetings Flat 20 18 18 18 17 16 16 16 15 13
Ban-ei 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total 24 22 19 19 18 17 17 17 16 14
2 Number of Race Days Flat 1,367 1,349 1,324 1,324 1,314 1,315 1,244 1,220 1,147 1,134
Ban-ei 153 162 157 148 150 151 154 154 153 153
Total 1,520 1,511 1,481 1,472 1,464 1,466 1,398 1,374 1,300 1,287
3 Total Attendance (on-course) Flat 5,143,598 4,837,118 4,678,904 4,510,502 4,357,224 3,878,462 3,496,589 3,186,563 3,089,432 2,951,254
Ban-ei 151,776 176,052 240,855 295,791 201,423 238,144 249,221 260,473 262,816 277,283
Total 5,295,374 5,013,170 4,919,759 4,806,293 4,558,647 4,116,606 3,745,810 3,447,036 3,352,248 3,228,537
4 Average Attendance per day (on-course) Flat 3,763 3,586 3,534 3,407 3,316 2,949 2,811 2,612 2,693 2,603
Ban-ei 992 1,087 1,534 1,999 1,343 1,577 1,618 1,691 1,718 1,812
Total 3,484 3,318 3,322 3,265 3,114 2,808 2,679 2,509 2,579 2,509
5 Total Turnover (yen) Flat 354,124,443,300 354,453,643,300 367,805,315,500 367,453,434,700 355,581,323,800 337,138,261,000 314,884,315,200 319,856,719,600 342,373,375,300 362,674,232,800
Ban-ei 14,724,220,100 14,608,251,200 13,762,987,900 11,942,170,900 10,686,400,200 10,658,662,000 10,440,111,200 10,833,668,200 11,197,220,900 12,619,547,500
Total 368,848,663,400 369,061,894,500 381,568,303,400 379,395,605,600 366,267,724,000 347,796,923,000 325,324,426,400 330,690,387,800 353,570,596,200 375,293,780,300
6 Average Turnover per day (yen) Flat 259,052,263 262,752,886 277,798,577 277,532,806 270,609,835 256,378,906 253,122,440 262,177,639 298,494,660 319,818,547
Ban-ei 96,236,733 90,174,390 87,662,343 80,690,344 71,242,668 70,587,166 67,792,930 70,348,495 73,184,450 82,480,703
Total 242,663,594 244,250,096 257,642,339 257,741,580 250,182,872 237,242,100 232,707,000 240,677,100 271,977,382 291,603,559
7 On-course Handle (yen) Flat 120,794,128,500 108,300,085,600 100,980,799,200 91,119,886,400 81,178,108,300 69,450,803,800 61,268,097,800 54,497,847,100 51,144,571,100 47,244,091,500
Ban-ei 3,181,060,600 3,257,795,500 3,497,385,500 3,169,574,700 2,723,165,100 2,690,501,100 2,220,109,400 1,665,643,600 1,580,175,500 1,564,369,800
Total 123,975,189,100 111,557,881,100 104,478,184,700 94,289,461,100 83,901,273,400 72,141,304,900 63,488,207,200 56,163,490,700 52,724,746,600 48,808,461,300
8 Off-course Handle (including telephone betting) (yen) Flat 233,330,314,800 246,153,557,700 266,824,516,300 276,333,548,300 274,403,215,500 267,687,457,200 253,616,217,400 265,358,872,500 291,228,804,200 315,430,141,300
Ban-ei 11,543,159,500 11,350,455,700 10,265,602,400 8,772,596,200 7,963,235,100 7,968,160,900 8,220,001,800 9,068,024,600 9,617,045,400 11,055,177,700
Total 244,873,474,300 257,504,013,400 277,090,118,700 285,106,144,500 282,366,450,600 275,655,618,100 261,836,219,200 274,426,897,100 300,845,849,600 326,485,319,000
9 Ratio (On-course : Off-course) Flat 34 : 66 31 : 69 27 : 73 25 : 75 27 : 73 21 : 79 19 : 81 17 : 83 15 : 85 13 : 87
Ban-ei  22 : 78  22 : 78 25 : 75 27 : 73 25 : 75 25 : 75 21 : 79 16 : 84 14 : 86 12 : 88
Total 34 : 67 30 : 70 27 : 73 25 : 75 27 : 73 21 : 79 20 : 80 17 : 83 15 : 85 13 : 87
10 Number of Races Thoroughbred 13,350 13,534 13,572 14,058 14,156 14,243 13,664 13,396 12,668 12,486
Anglo-Arab 1,417 952 583 234 93 0 0 0 0 0
Ban-ei 1,779 1,936 1,882 1,741 1,798 1,812 1,848 1,842 1,685 1,685
Total 16,546 16,422 16,037 16,033 16,047 16,055 15,512 15,238 14,353 14,171
11 Number of Overall Runners Thoroughbred 135,550 133,045 130,447 134,598 139,243 138,294 132,613 133,345 129,193 125,595
Anglo-Arab 12,783 8,389 5,145 2,639 1,387 706 264 78 5 0
Ban-ei 16,917 18,269 17,825 16,550 17,108 17,210 17,071 16,362 14,560 14,587
Total 165,250 159,703 153,417 153,787 157,738 156,210 149,948 149,785 143,758 140,182
12 Average Runners per race Thoroughbred 10.2 9.8 9.6 9.6 9.8 9.7 9.7 10.0 10.2 10.1
Anglo-Arab 9.0 8.8 8.8 11.3 14.9 - - - - -
Ban-ei 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.2 8.9 8.6 8.7
Total 10.0 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.8 10.0 9.9
13 Number of Actual Runners Thoroughbred 15,106 13,962 13,302 13,235 13,191 13,157 12,949 12,670 12,452 12,022
Anglo-Arab 1,082 628 363 177 86 45 18 6 1 0
Ban-ei 873 932 980 928 853 774 734 778 783 688
Total 17,061 15,522 14,645 14,340 14,130 13,976 13,701 13,454 13,236 12,710
14 Total Purse (yen) Thoroughbred 17,198,433,000 16,503,047,000 16,000,820,000 16,118,211,500 16,065,915,000 15,979,102,000 14,220,705,000 14,617,543,999 14,453,351,500 14,435,962,000
Anglo-Arab 640,425,000 333,637,000 211,659,000 107,417,500 35,576,000 0 0 0 0 0
Ban-ei 574,142,000 583,218,000 404,807,000 326,390,000 299,363,000 282,077,000 236,125,000 208,381,000 182,105,000 182,466,000
Total 18,413,000,000 17,419,902,000 16,617,286,000 16,552,019,000 16,400,854,000 16,261,179,000 14,456,830,000 14,825,924,999 14,635,456,500 14,618,428,000
15 Average Purse per race (yen) Thoroughbred 1,288,272 1,219,377 1,178,958 1,146,551 1,134,919 1,121,892 1,040,742 1,091,187 1,140,934 1,156,172
Anglo-Arab 451,958 350,459 363,051 459,049 382,538 0 0 0 0 0
Ban-ei 322,733 301,249 215,094 187,473 166,498 155,672 127,773 113,128 108,074 108,288
Total 1,112,837 1,060,766 1,036,184 1,032,372 1,022,051 1,012,842 931,977 972,957 1,019,679 1,031,537
16 Number of NAR Horses (Dec.31)  Thoroughbred 14,083 12,808 12,266 11,890 11,856 11,527 11,270 11,050 10,547 10,364
Anglo-Arab 1,313 811 430 270 109 51 23 7 4 0
Ban-ei 1,100 1,034 1,102 1,105 992 852 807 813 867 859
Total 16,496 14,653 13,798 13,265 12,957 12,430 12,100 11,870 11,418 11,223
17 Number of Owners (Dec.31) Total 6,200 5,943 5,694 5,449 5,273 5,041 4,851 4,720 4,613 4,614
18 Number of Trainers (Dec.1)  Flat 593 555 536 521 501 492 483 464 441 441
Ban-ei 37 38 39 39 35 33 32 32 31 30
Total 630 593 575 560 536 525 515 496 472 471
19 Number of Assistant trainers (Dec.1)  Flat 49 52 55 54 50 50 49 45 40 37
Ban-ei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 49 52 55 54 50 50 49 45 40 37
20 Number of Jockeys and Drivers (Dec.1) Flat (Jockey) 376 349 317 300 303 300 288 275 270 271
Ban-ei (Driver) 31 31 30 31 30 31 31 29 29 27
Total 407 380 347 331 333 331 319 304 299 298
21 Number of Grooms (Dec.1) Flat 2,941 2,751 2,580 2,446 2,404 2,353 2,220 2,167 2,106 2,053
Ban-ei 161 164 165 153 135 124 116 118 108 100
Total 3,102 2,915 2,745 2,599 2,539 2,477 2,336 2,285 2,214 2,153