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TRENDS IN US RACES, PURSES AND FOAL CROPS

Year	Total US Foal Crop	Number Of US Races	Total US Purses	Total US Starters	Avg. Purse Per Starter	Avg. Purse Per Race


Trends in US Races, Purses and Foal Crops

1988	45,258	71,014	676,797,744	83,021	8,152	9,530
1989	44,250	74,071	706,940,245	83,893	8,427	9,544
1990	40,333	72,664	714,480,213	82,314	8,680	9,833
1991	38,151	71,689	698,654,071	80,238	8,707	9,746
1992	35,051	70,393	709,565,534	76,943	9,222	10,080
1993	33,822	65,354	692,123,219	72,567	9,538	10,590
1994	32,118	64,118	718,439,110	69,583	10,325	11,205
1995	31,884	61,969	761,582,751	67,021	11,363	12,290
1996	32,243	58,259	792,704,873	65,108	12,175	13,607
1997	32,119	57,832	851,462,820	64,099	13,284	14,723
1998	32,947	55,894	904,014,631	63,798	14,170	16,174
1999	33,844	54,644	962,853,553	63,547	15,152	17,620
2000	34,728	55,486	1,030,879,290	64,443	15,997	18,579
2001	34,721	55,127	1,067,490,193	65,829	16,216	19,364
2002	32,984	54,304	1,074,247,738	67,009	16,031	19,782
2003	33,975	53,503	1,055,496,849	68,249	15,465	19,728
2004	34,800	53,595	1,092,085,465	68,569	15,927	20,377
2005	35,046	52,257	1,085,005,415	66,903	16,218	20,763
2006	34,901	51,668	1,120,350,012	66,733	16,789	21,684
2007	34,352	51,304	1,180,587,881	67,261	17,552	23,012
2008	32,310	50,119	1,165,042,722	67,061	17,373	23,246
2009	29,556	49,368	1,098,194,699	66,104	16,613	22,245
2010	25,808	46,379	1,031,317,175	62,994	16,372	22,237
2011	23,150*	45,418	1,061,210,889	59,896	17,718	23,365
2012	22,500*	45,086	1,127,775,188	57,331	19,671	25,014
*Estimated Figures Source: Equibase Company LLC

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