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HORSE TRAINING PROPERTY ACQUISITION PROJECT
"CO-PURCHASERS REQUIRED."
Metropolitan Melbourne
Vic, 3175
Melbourne based group wish to purchase this premier horse training facility and fully realise the comprehensive state of the art improvements already in place on this spectacular 120 acre property.
Additional capital is required to purchase the property. Any funds advanced will be on a secured basis strictly managed by an independent licensed solicitor.

Here's some interesting and little known stats and facts about the Australian Thoroughbred Racing Industry.

Did you know that Australia ...
  • has more racecourses than any other country (479)
  • has the second largest number of individual starters behind the USA (31,639)
  • accounts for 13% of the total races of leading racing countries
  • offers the third largest amount of prizemoney in the world (331,472,66)
  • accounts for 8.29% of total world purses
Australia's Gambling Turnover

Australia's gambling turnover for 2002/03 is shown below.(Figures in millions)

Total of all betting in Australia is $128,400.

This total consists of:
  •     Gaming (non racing) (lottery, lotto etc) $112,890
  •     Thoroughbred Racing $10,525
  •     Harness & Greyhound $3,401
  •     Sports $1,585
During 2003/04 a total of $11,960.95 mil was bet on the TAB (Pari-Mutual) with Win type betting forming 46.8% of the total.

International Comparisons:2003

Country....................BettingTurnover:($AUD)
  • Japan.................$42,962,342,310
  • Great Britain........$24,408,112,513
  • USA...................$23,659,197,626
  • Australia.............$14,653,982,458
  • France...............$12,160,749,049
  • Hong Kong..........$11,128,526,047

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Betting

Australia's Wagering turnover for Thoroughbred Horse Racing for 2003/04 totaled $11.15 billion, an increase of 5.5% on the previous year.

Off-course wagering increased to 85.68% of total wagering. New South Wales was the leading wagering State accounting for 34.71% of total wagering.

The TAB accounted for 75.3% of total wagering turnover compared to 24.7% by bookmakers.

Employment

Some 249,000 people participate in the industry servicing in excess of 5 million customers. The equivalent of 77,000 full time jobs. That's 1 job for every 73 Australians.

Thoroughbred Racing is the second most popular sport in Australian. And 1.7 million people attend a race meeting at least once a year (measured by attendances)

A Total of 22,000 races are held each year and that average 60 races a day

The racing Industry contributes 1.6 to State and Federal Governments and has a direct economic benefit of 7.7 billion to the Australian economy

Information from: http://www.bettinghorses2win.com/horse-racing-statistics-facts.html
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Contact Rex Philip
Tel: 0400 111 990
E: rex@cppro.com.au
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