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3: BUYING YOUR FIRST RACEHORSE
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Not all horses are winners, but once your thoroughbred makes it to the racetrack, statistics show that it has a better than even money chance of winning prizemoney.
Below are some facts & figures relating to the 2002-2003 Australian racing season.
- Total prizemoney $331 million
- Average prizemoney per race $16,000
- 31,639 horses competed in 20,525 races
- 413 race clubs conducted 2,907 meetings
- 4,653 metropolitan races & 16,049 country races
- 21,512 horses earned prizemoney
- 428 horses earned prizemoney greater than $100,000
- 42 horses earned prizemoney greater than $500,000
- 10 horses earned prizemoney greater than $1Million Dollars
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