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2-YEAR-OLD RACING (US AND CANADA)

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Year	2YO Starters	2YO Starts	2YO Avg.# Of Starts	All Starters	% 2YO's/All Starters	2YO Races	All Races	% 2YO's/All Races	2YO Purses
Races for 2-year-olds are traditional in Thoroughbred racing throughout the world, and the modern 2-year-old runs less frequently than ever before — just 3.2 times on average over the past five years. 2-year-old racing statistics in 2009 continued to parallel the broader industry trend of reduced starters, races and purses. Less than one-third of the registered foals of 2007 started at age 2, and those that did raced for an average purse of $33,363, down slightly from 2008.

2-Year-Old Racing

1988	14,976	59,988	4.0	90,486	16.6	6,410	78,270	8.2	86,762,000
1989	14,907	57,956	3.9	91,436	16.3	6,280	81,400	7.7	87,680,400
1990	14,685	57,538	3.9	89,716	16.4	6,189	79,971	7.7	90,028,524
1991	14,631	58,305	4.0	86,937	16.8	6,361	79,303	8.0	89,021,900
1992	13,561	55,020	4.1	83,404	16.3	6,167	77,712	7.9	89,672,800
1993	12,471	47,562	3.8	78,740	15.8	5,362	72,342	7.4	81,970,300
1994	11,838	45,066	3.8	74,955	15.8	5,275	70,699	7.5	83,261,500
1995	11,415	42,517	3.7	72,399	15.8	4,963	68,248	7.3	91,472,723
1996	10,977	40,757	3.7	70,450	15.6	4,750	64,388	7.4	96,372,058
1997	10,906	39,573	3.6	69,056	15.8	4,701	63,487	7.4	101,129,962
1998	11,056	39,588	3.6	68,697	16.1	4,639	61,293	7.6	106,820,755
1999	10,936	38,603	3.5	68,678	15.9	4,554	60,182	7.6	116,157,359
2000	11,292	39,745	3.5	69,569	16.2	4,743	60,872	7.8	126,795,123
2001	11,519	40,119	3.5	71,278	16.2	4,731	60,738	7.8	128,371,786
2002	11,964	40,827	3.4	72,825	16.4	4,791	59,896	8.0	131,477,440
2003	11,559	38,360	3.3	73,918	15.6	4,514	59,001	7.7	130,872,472
2004	10,843	35,797	3.3	74,206	14.6	4,313	58,858	7.3	129,568,288
2005	11,197	36,236	3.2	72,780	15.4	4,362	57,495	7.6	131,617,475
2006	11,695	37,468	3.2	72,729	16.1	4,465	56,902	7.8	142,582,763
2007	11,673	37,744	3.2	72,966	16.0	4,496	56,361	8.0	152,108,606
2008	11,442	36,465	3.2	72,638	15.8	4,329	55,069	7.9	147,049,270
2009	11,252	36,319	3.2	71,662	15.7	4,287	54,121	7.9	143,027,129
Figures include U.S. and Canada only Source: Equibase Company LLC

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