THOROUGHBRED RACING AND BREEDING WORLDWIDE
The following statistics demonstrate the overall strength of racing and breeding in the United States in comparison with other countries. The U.S. is the world leader in terms of mares and foals registered, as well as races run, starters, starts and purses. The U.S. trails only Japan and Great Britain in the amount of money wagered on racing annually.
Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding Worldwide 2006
| COUNTRY | RACES | PURSES‡ | BETTING HANDLE‡ | MARES | REG. FOALS | STARTS | STARTERS |
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| Algeria | 560 | 1.35 | 21.74 | 235 | 183 | 6,921 | *** |
| Argentina | 6,737 | 31.83 | 151.45 | 12,542 | 7,269 | 52,936 | 11,824 |
| Australia | 19,963 | 290.87 | 9,213.17 | 29,070 | 17,854 | 195,720 | 31,248 |
| Austria | 134 | 1.61 | *** | 75 | 42 | 1,095 | 397 |
| Bahrain | 162 | 0.66 | † | 116 | 73 | 1,439 | 268 |
| Brazil | 4,742 | 14.68 | 128.96 | 4,071 | 3,079 | 36,014 | 6,114 |
| Canada | 5,234 | 112.94 | 527.55 | 3,531 | 2,600* | 41,554 | 7,913 |
| Chile | 6,136 | 21.38 | 209.76 | 2,490 | 1,824 | 62,590 | 4,128 |
| Colombia | 768 | 0.64 | 4.02 | 238 | 130 | 4,504 | 430 |
| Croatia | 32 | 0.09 | *** | 59 | 16 | 243 | 93 |
| Cyprus | 1,002 | 9.87 | 118.09 | 804 | 387 | 9,809 | 1,444 |
| Czech Republic | 519 | 1.99 | 1.86 | 651 | 319 | *** | *** |
| Denmark | 300 | 2.61 | *** | 218 | 142 | 4,224 | 611 |
| Ecuador | 301 | *** | *** | 125 | 55 | 1,672 | 170 |
| France | 6,761 | 202.59 | 10,937.37 | 8,691 | 5,369 | 70,220 | 12,103 |
| Germany | 1,780 | 19.97 | 202.88 | 2,224 | 1,159 | 15,807 | 2,926 |
| Great Britain | 8,934 | 202.25 | 20,395.57 | 11,326 | 5,486 | 94,610 | 17,587 |
| Greece | 1,203 | *** | *** | 442 | 298 | 10,880 | 1,417 |
| Hong Kong | 726 | 87.58 | 8,179.02 | 0 | 0 | 9,083 | 1,154 |
| India | 2,854 | 12.85 | 322.95 | 2,594 | 1,517 | 23,845 | 3,676 |
| Ireland | 2,268 | 72.54 | 4,758.07 | 19,251 | 12,004 | 31,596 | 7,282 |
| Italy | 5,822 | 90.05 | 3,821.69 | 3,304 | 2,259 | 48,206 | 8,054 |
| Japan | 17,939 | 719.13 | 26,791.90 | 10,272 | 7,632 | 190,416 | 24,755 |
| Lebanon | 304 | 0.74 | 8.37 | 0 | 0 | 2,080 | 345 |
| Macau | 785 | 27.49 | 364.44 | 0 | 0 | 9,583 | 772 |
| Madagascar | 117 | 0.05 | 5.06 | 6 | 2 | 769 | 89 |
| Malaysia | 723 | 9.41 | 268.97 | 74 | 55 | 8,104 | 1,206 |
| Mauritius | 240 | 2.45 | 105.03 | 0 | 0 | 1,996 | 327 |
| Mexico | *** | 6.12 | *** | 622 | 416 | *** | *** |
| Morocco | 462 | 1.89 | 251.43 | 362 | 91 | 5,582 | 742 |
| Netherlands | 108 | 0.43 | 44.49 | 25 | 18 | 897 | 218 |
| New Zealand | 2,987 | 28.21 | 824.58 | 8,286 | 4,522 | 30,981 | 5,381 |
| Norway | 260 | 3.41 | 443.12 | 52 | 53 | 2,399 | 504 |
| Oman | *** | *** | † | 27 | 4 | *** | *** |
| Peru | 1,918 | 3.16 | 22.03 | 473 | 429 | 14,127 | 1,436 |
| Poland | 395 | 0.86 | *** | 900 | 519 | 2,879 | 705 |
| Qatar | 246 | 6.02 | † | 43 | 13 | 2,384 | 387 |
| Saudi Arabia | 422 | 5.94 | † | 1,541 | 788 | 5,617 | 1,315 |
| Singapore | 678 | 32.36 | 1,218.06 | *** | *** | 7,651 | 1,010 |
| Slovakia | 159 | 0.69 | 0.13 | 235 | 84 | 1,355 | 503 |
| South Africa | 3,883 | 36.27 | *** | 3,654 | 2,839 | 41,873 | 6,567 |
| South Korea | 1,670 | 133.19 | 5,407.24 | 1,936 | 1,028 | 18,506 | 2,866 |
| Sweden | 644 | 7.54 | 1,634.45 | 387 | 298 | 6,021 | 1,308 |
| Switzerland | 225 | 2.24 | 89.93 | 92 | 30 | ||