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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