HARNESS RACING IN AUSTRALIA

A Paper Presented To The 1999 World Trotting Conference in Sydney, Australia on 23st November 1999
by AJ McGrath, Chairman, NSW Harness Racing Club


SUPPORTING GRAPHS/TABLES

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL & STATES TAB TURNOVER ON ALL CODES OF RACING ($M)

1972/73 TO 1997/98

YEAR

NSW

VICTORIA

QLD

SA

WA

TASMANIA

ACT

NT

AUSTRALIA

1972-73

2257

1901

754

284

461

0

78

0

5736

1973-74

2360

1909

792

309

517

0

93

0

5979

1974-75

2575

2064

822

349

549

43

105

0

6507

1975-76

2490

1968

778

347

579

108

98

0

6368

1976-77

2347

1901

709

339

553

116

85

0

6050

1977-78

2438

1812

695

309

565

125

85

0

6028

1978-79

2472

1717

708

285

563

123

75

0

5944

1979-80

2525

1673

660

298

540

127

66

0

5888

1980-81

2520

1676

695

294

572

136

67

0

5960

1981-82

2536

1611

754

293

580

136

63

0

5974

1982-83

2411

1630

765

313

543

123

57

0

5842

1983-84

2474

1814

853

358

544

129

61

0

6232

1984-85

2637

1901

885

385

558

135

66

0

6567

1985-86

2890

2005

917

388

538

137

75

29

6978

1986-87

2873

2032

914

374

510

131

68

32

6933

1987-88

3068

2121

980

439

538

149

79

39

7413

1988-89

3436

2247

1075

511

573

162

86

46

8135

1989-90

3559

2284

1088

558

576

174

85

50

8373

1990-91

3622

2281

1132

562

526

180

88

55

8446

1991-92

3607

2360

1188

554

515

204

89

56

8573

1992-93

3575

2476

1246

558

576

223

92

59

8805

1993-94

3628

2532

1361

574

636

241

95

66

9134

1994-95

3663

2394

1353

542

654

282

88

73

9050

1995-96

3622

2314

1313

508

667

257

107

73

8853

1996-97

3625

2293

1329

523

677

218

113

88

8865

1997-98

3554

2372

1474

590

733

186

113

74

9098


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL & STATES GAMING MACHINE TURNOVER ($M)

1972/73 TO 1997/98

YEAR

NSW

VICTORIA

QLD

SA

WA

TASMANIA

ACT

NT

AUSTRALIA

1997-98

30540

18098

4058

3292

0

207

1249

232

57676

1996-97

26001

15894

3505

3024

0

45

1160

181

49810

1995-96

24705

13547

3101

2657

0

0

1179

76

45265

1994-95

23750

10658

2850

1574

0

0

1094

52

39976

1993-94

20574

7878

2545

0

0

0

836

50

31884

1992-93

15683

3013

1832

0

0

0

695

50

21274

1991-92

14412

306

216

0

0

0

700

48

15682

1990-91

13669

70

0

0

0

0

600

2

14341

1989-90

12370

0

0

0

0

0

565

0

12936

1988-89

12196

0

0

0

0

0

521

0

12717

1987-88

10241

0

0

0

0

0

415

0

10656

1986-87

9825

0

0

0

0

0

331

0

10156

1985-86

9529

0

0

0

0

0

349

0

9878

1984-85

9792

0

0

0

0

0

344

0

10135

1983-84

9569

0

0

0

0

0

300

0

9870

1982-83

9735

0

0

0

0

0

253

0

9988

1981-82

10884

0

0

0

0

0

235

0

11119

1980-81

11282

0

0

0

0

0

225

0

11507

1979-80

10708

0

0

0

0

0

199

0

10908

1978-79

10563

0

0

0

0

0

189

0

10751

1977-78

10387

0

0

0

0

0

168

0

10555

1976-77

10661

0

0

0

0

0

98

0

10759

1975-76

11003

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

11003

1974-75

10708

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

10708

1973-74

8844

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

8844

1972-73

8361

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

8361


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL & STATES CASINO 'HANDLE' ($M)

1972/73 TO 1997/98

YEAR

NSW

VICTORIA

QLD

SA

WA

TASMANIA

ACT

NT

AUSTRALIA

1972-73

0

0

0

0

0

58

0

0

58

1973-74

0

0

0

0

0

152

0

0

152

1974-75

0

0

0

0

0

138

0

0

138

1975-76

0

0

0

0

0

136

0

0

136

1976-77

0

0

0

0

0

134

0

0

134

1977-78

0

0

0

0

0

129

0

0

129

1978-79

0

0

0

0

0

142

0

0

142

1979-80

0

0

0

0

0

151

0

62

213

1980-81

0

0

0

0

0

144

0

69

212

1981-82

0

0

0

0

0

150

0

129

279

1982-83

0

0

0

0

0

176

0

114

290

1983-84

0

0

0

0

0

186

0

147

333

1984-85

0

0

0

0

0

202

0

161

363

1985-86

0

0

339

217

254

198

0

175

1182

1986-87

0

0

607

357

521

183

0

256

1925

1987-88

0

0

797

411

517

214

0

255

2194

1988-89

0

0

898

581

711

250

0

401

2842

1989-90

0

0

943

694

858

241

0

810

3546

1990-91

0

0

945

494

1040

245

0

384

3109

1991-92

0

0

1011

523

1096

261

0

355

3246

1992-93

0

0

1043

508

1383

260

102

274

3569

1993-94

0

0

1211

498

1811

876

194

303

4894

1994-95

0

3091

1787

338

2105

910

202

348

8780

1995-96

1672

4046

2513

349

2073

904

143

528

12229

1996-97

2135

6534

2880

266

1787

947

86

409

15044

1997-98

2635

10571

4257

282

1709

950

83

455

20942


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL & STATES ON-COURSE BOOKMAKERS TURNOVER ON ALL CODES OF RACING ($M)

1972/73 TO 1997/98

YEAR

NSW

VICTORIA

QLD

SA

WA

TASMANIA

ACT

NT

AUSTRALIA

1972-73

2222

1348

1069

474

265

123

48

0

5549

1973-74

2298

1374

1122

501

284

114

58

0

5751

1974-75

2457

1510

1206

540

274

129

71

0

6186

1975-76

2335

1567

1152

590

287

153

75

0

6158

1976-77

2092

1593

1184

592

289

151

71

0

5972

1977-78

2113

1509

1099

571

304

141

63

0

5800

1978-79

2149

1455

1105

514

322

139

62

33

5779

1979-80

2386

1321

1101

448

269

130

61

30

5746

1980-81

2351

1241

1053

411

256

134

55

32

5533

1981-82

2389

1138

1062

375

249

108

72

29

5422

1982-83

2086

1089

966

344

247

83

67

25

4907

1983-84

2008

1101

963

375

275

77

61

21

4880

1984-85

1909

1121

845

374

284

78

61

26

4698

1985-86

1908

1177

873

360

253

83

79

51

4782

1986-87

1990

1100

701

277

246

74

79

48

4515

1987-88

1731

1053

625

244

259

72

72

38

4093

1988-89

1796

918

605

196

250

65

59

28

3918

1989-90

1628

796

584

170

242

69

62

28

3579

1990-91

1413

660

510

147

198

58

53

34

3073

1991-92

1189

551

444

120

146

44

43

23

2560

1992-93

965

415

425

109

144

37

38

24

2156

1993-94

850

375

392

156

168

30

34

22

2027

1994-95

881

479

367

137

186

21

31

27

2129

1995-96

701

448

310

88

201

16

36

69

1868

1996-97

610

365

265

81

179

17

19

64

1600

1997-98

611

384

234

77

183

15

18

74

1595


AUSTRALIAN STAKEMONEY STATISTICS

HARNESS RACING

1974/75 TO 1998/99

YEAR

TOTAL

TOTAL

TOTAL

TOTAL

CLUBS

MEETINGS

RACES

STAKES ($)

1974-75

130

1,951

13,234

10,643,176

1975-76

131

1,976

13,422

12,666,780

1976-77

134

1,960

13,507

14,088,290

1977-78

134

1,986

13,628

15,113,438

1978-79

135

2,069

14,652

16,394,573

1979-80

132

2,095

14,330

18,387,865

1980-81

131

2,146

14,748

19,388,805

1981-82

133

2,203

15,112

23,224,378

1982-83

132

2,171

15,243

25,541,056

1983-84

132

2,176

14,836

28,047,803

1984-85

129

2,216

15,751

31,069,595

1985-86

135

2,143

15,939

34,546,091

1986-87

135

2,143

15,939

38,243,974

1987-88

138

2,183

16,279

42,387,004

1988-89

139

2,248

17,212

49,689,615

1989-90

133

2,123

16,421

50,134,591

1990-91

132

2,133

16,422

53,382,999

1991-92

137

1,999

15,326

48,674,106

1992-93

137

1,945

15,041

47,310,820

1993-94

133

1,949

15,248

49,520,234

1994-95

141

1,966

15,615

55,971,984

1995-96

130

1,930

15,731

59,823,255

1996-97

131

2,015

15,638

61,950,253

1997-98

126

1,988

15,420

61,627,553

1998-99

127

2,006

15,724

66,840,225


AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL REGISTRATIONS FOR HARNESS RACING
1975/76 - 1998/99. CURRENT SEASON: 1ST SEPTEMBER TO 31ST AUGUST

PERSONNEL

BREEDING

IMPORTS

EXPORTS

YEAR

DRIVERS

TRAINERS

SIRES

SERVICES

FOALINGS

HORSES NAMED

NZ

USA/CANADA

NZ

USA/CANADA

1975-76

6213

7375

1298

14283

10816

8551

647

NA

0

158

1976-77

6216

7564

1419

15412

11945

9613

564

NA

0

127

1977-78

6992

8261

1484

16701

13234

10258

402

NA

0

231

1978-79

7007

8794

1633

16802

13335

10870

243

NA

0

330

1979-80

7411

8884

1550

17125

13658

10529

286

NA

0

195

1980-81

7345

8943

1477

18252

14785

10097

270

17

0

178

1981-82

6985

8455

1322

18132

12109

8801

298

21

0

90

1982-83

7401

8834

1164

15912

12248

8658

239

13

0

154

1983-84

7036

8572

1135

17166

9944

7843

393

13

0

113

1984-85

6815

8392

1162

17273

11217

7836

371

28

0

89

1985-86

6404

7667

1091

17466

11364

7668

352

23

0

136

1986-87

6414

8344

1049

17425

11807

7487

318

22

217

116

1987-88

5888

7515

1005

17405

12161

7593

369

36

8

53

1988-89

6105

7414

883

16263

11771

7815

540

16

51

50

1989-90

5847

7612

849

14825

10971

7274

568

31

91

53

1990-91

5920

7697

763

13464

10205

7170

400

21

56

26

1991-92

5804

7551

667

12198

9185

6575

430

9

15

9

1992-93

5708

7319

608

11906

8666

6209

453

18

41

11

1993-94

5681

7180

607

11797

8369

6635

531

26

38

11

1994-95

5492

7069

567

10425

8233

5457

545

14

33

12

1995-96

5194

6791

529

10729

7204

5702

549

8

31

10

1996-97

4959

6268

509

9378

7737

5224

552

14

27

18

1997-98

4950

6383

467

9891

7309

4569

679

6

42

15

1998-99

4734

6144

443

9713

6927

4861

775

7

36

35



 

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