HARNESS RACING IN AUSTRALIA

A Paper Presented To The 1999 World Trotting Conference in Sydney, Australia on 23st November 1999
by AJ McGrath, Chairman, NSW Harness Racing Club

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL & STATES TAB TURNOVER ON ALL CODES OF RACING ($M)
1972/73 TO 1997/98
YEAR	NSW	VICTORIA	QLD	SA	WA	TASMANIA	ACT	NT	AUSTRALIA
1972-73	2257	1901	754	284	461	0	78	0	5736
1973-74	2360	1909	792	309	517	0	93	0	5979
1974-75	2575	2064	822	349	549	43	105	0	6507
1975-76	2490	1968	778	347	579	108	98	0	6368
1976-77	2347	1901	709	339	553	116	85	0	6050
1977-78	2438	1812	695	309	565	125	85	0	6028
1978-79	2472	1717	708	285	563	123	75	0	5944
1979-80	2525	1673	660	298	540	127	66	0	5888
1980-81	2520	1676	695	294	572	136	67	0	5960
1981-82	2536	1611	754	293	580	136	63	0	5974
1982-83	2411	1630	765	313	543	123	57	0	5842
1983-84	2474	1814	853	358	544	129	61	0	6232
1984-85	2637	1901	885	385	558	135	66	0	6567
1985-86	2890	2005	917	388	538	137	75	29	6978
1986-87	2873	2032	914	374	510	131	68	32	6933
1987-88	3068	2121	980	439	538	149	79	39	7413
1988-89	3436	2247	1075	511	573	162	86	46	8135
1989-90	3559	2284	1088	558	576	174	85	50	8373
1990-91	3622	2281	1132	562	526	180	88	55	8446
1991-92	3607	2360	1188	554	515	204	89	56	8573
1992-93	3575	2476	1246	558	576	223	92	59	8805
1993-94	3628	2532	1361	574	636	241	95	66	9134
1994-95	3663	2394	1353	542	654	282	88	73	9050
1995-96	3622	2314	1313	508	667	257	107	73	8853
1996-97	3625	2293	1329	523	677	218	113	88	8865
1997-98	3554	2372	1474	590	733	186	113	74	9098

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL & STATES GAMING MACHINE TURNOVER ($M)
1972/73 TO 1997/98
YEAR	NSW	VICTORIA	QLD	SA	WA	TASMANIA	ACT	NT	AUSTRALIA
1997-98	30540	18098	4058	3292	0	207	1249	232	57676
1996-97	26001	15894	3505	3024	0	45	1160	181	49810
1995-96	24705	13547	3101	2657	0	0	1179	76	45265
1994-95	23750	10658	2850	1574	0	0	1094	52	39976
1993-94	20574	7878	2545	0	0	0	836	50	31884
1992-93	15683	3013	1832	0	0	0	695	50	21274
1991-92	14412	306	216	0	0	0	700	48	15682
1990-91	13669	70	0	0	0	0	600	2	14341
1989-90	12370	0	0	0	0	0	565	0	12936
1988-89	12196	0	0	0	0	0	521	0	12717
1987-88	10241	0	0	0	0	0	415	0	10656
1986-87	9825	0	0	0	0	0	331	0	10156
1985-86	9529	0	0	0	0	0	349	0	9878
1984-85	9792	0	0	0	0	0	344	0	10135
1983-84	9569	0	0	0	0	0	300	0	9870
1982-83	9735	0	0	0	0	0	253	0	9988
1981-82	10884	0	0	0	0	0	235	0	11119
1980-81	11282	0	0	0	0	0	225	0	11507
1979-80	10708	0	0	0	0	0	199	0	10908
1978-79	10563	0	0	0	0	0	189	0	10751
1977-78	10387	0	0	0	0	0	168	0	10555
1976-77	10661	0	0	0	0	0	98	0	10759
1975-76	11003	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11003
1974-75	10708	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10708
1973-74	8844	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8844
1972-73	8361	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8361

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL & STATES CASINO 'HANDLE' ($M)
1972/73 TO 1997/98
YEAR	NSW	VICTORIA	QLD	SA	WA	TASMANIA	ACT	NT	AUSTRALIA
1972-73	0	0	0	0	0	58	0	0	58
1973-74	0	0	0	0	0	152	0	0	152
1974-75	0	0	0	0	0	138	0	0	138
1975-76	0	0	0	0	0	136	0	0	136
1976-77	0	0	0	0	0	134	0	0	134
1977-78	0	0	0	0	0	129	0	0	129
1978-79	0	0	0	0	0	142	0	0	142
1979-80	0	0	0	0	0	151	0	62	213
1980-81	0	0	0	0	0	144	0	69	212
1981-82	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	129	279
1982-83	0	0	0	0	0	176	0	114	290
1983-84	0	0	0	0	0	186	0	147	333
1984-85	0	0	0	0	0	202	0	161	363
1985-86	0	0	339	217	254	198	0	175	1182
1986-87	0	0	607	357	521	183	0	256	1925
1987-88	0	0	797	411	517	214	0	255	2194
1988-89	0	0	898	581	711	250	0	401	2842
1989-90	0	0	943	694	858	241	0	810	3546
1990-91	0	0	945	494	1040	245	0	384	3109
1991-92	0	0	1011	523	1096	261	0	355	3246
1992-93	0	0	1043	508	1383	260	102	274	3569
1993-94	0	0	1211	498	1811	876	194	303	4894
1994-95	0	3091	1787	338	2105	910	202	348	8780
1995-96	1672	4046	2513	349	2073	904	143	528	12229
1996-97	2135	6534	2880	266	1787	947	86	409	15044
1997-98	2635	10571	4257	282	1709	950	83	455	20942

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL & STATES ON-COURSE BOOKMAKERS TURNOVER ON ALL CODES OF RACING ($M)
1972/73 TO 1997/98
YEAR	NSW	VICTORIA	QLD	SA	WA	TASMANIA	ACT	NT	AUSTRALIA
1972-73	2222	1348	1069	474	265	123	48	0	5549
1973-74	2298	1374	1122	501	284	114	58	0	5751
1974-75	2457	1510	1206	540	274	129	71	0	6186
1975-76	2335	1567	1152	590	287	153	75	0	6158
1976-77	2092	1593	1184	592	289	151	71	0	5972
1977-78	2113	1509	1099	571	304	141	63	0	5800
1978-79	2149	1455	1105	514	322	139	62	33	5779
1979-80	2386	1321	1101	448	269	130	61	30	5746
1980-81	2351	1241	1053	411	256	134	55	32	5533
1981-82	2389	1138	1062	375	249	108	72	29	5422
1982-83	2086	1089	966	344	247	83	67	25	4907
1983-84	2008	1101	963	375	275	77	61	21	4880
1984-85	1909	1121	845	374	284	78	61	26	4698
1985-86	1908	1177	873	360	253	83	79	51	4782
1986-87	1990	1100	701	277	246	74	79	48	4515
1987-88	1731	1053	625	244	259	72	72	38	4093
1988-89	1796	918	605	196	250	65	59	28	3918
1989-90	1628	796	584	170	242	69	62	28	3579
1990-91	1413	660	510	147	198	58	53	34	3073
1991-92	1189	551	444	120	146	44	43	23	2560
1992-93	965	415	425	109	144	37	38	24	2156
1993-94	850	375	392	156	168	30	34	22	2027
1994-95	881	479	367	137	186	21	31	27	2129
1995-96	701	448	310	88	201	16	36	69	1868
1996-97	610	365	265	81	179	17	19	64	1600
1997-98	611	384	234	77	183	15	18	74	1595

AUSTRALIAN STAKEMONEY STATISTICS
HARNESS RACING
1974/75 TO 1998/99
YEAR	TOTAL	TOTAL	TOTAL	TOTAL
	CLUBS	MEETINGS	RACES	STAKES ($)
1974-75	130	1,951	13,234	10,643,176
1975-76	131	1,976	13,422	12,666,780
1976-77	134	1,960	13,507	14,088,290
1977-78	134	1,986	13,628	15,113,438
1978-79	135	2,069	14,652	16,394,573
1979-80	132	2,095	14,330	18,387,865
1980-81	131	2,146	14,748	19,388,805
1981-82	133	2,203	15,112	23,224,378
1982-83	132	2,171	15,243	25,541,056
1983-84	132	2,176	14,836	28,047,803
1984-85	129	2,216	15,751	31,069,595
1985-86	135	2,143	15,939	34,546,091
1986-87	135	2,143	15,939	38,243,974
1987-88	138	2,183	16,279	42,387,004
1988-89	139	2,248	17,212	49,689,615
1989-90	133	2,123	16,421	50,134,591
1990-91	132	2,133	16,422	53,382,999
1991-92	137	1,999	15,326	48,674,106
1992-93	137	1,945	15,041	47,310,820
1993-94	133	1,949	15,248	49,520,234
1994-95	141	1,966	15,615	55,971,984
1995-96	130	1,930	15,731	59,823,255
1996-97	131	2,015	15,638	61,950,253
1997-98	126	1,988	15,420	61,627,553
1998-99	127	2,006	15,724	66,840,225

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL REGISTRATIONS FOR HARNESS RACING 1975/76 - 1998/99. CURRENT SEASON: 1ST SEPTEMBER TO 31ST AUGUST
	PERSONNEL		BREEDING				IMPORTS		EXPORTS
YEAR	DRIVERS	TRAINERS	SIRES	SERVICES	FOALINGS	HORSES NAMED	NZ	USA/CANADA	NZ	USA/CANADA
1975-76	6213	7375	1298	14283	10816	8551	647	NA	0	158
1976-77	6216	7564	1419	15412	11945	9613	564	NA	0	127
1977-78	6992	8261	1484	16701	13234	10258	402	NA	0	231
1978-79	7007	8794	1633	16802	13335	10870	243	NA	0	330
1979-80	7411	8884	1550	17125	13658	10529	286	NA	0	195
1980-81	7345	8943	1477	18252	14785	10097	270	17	0	178
1981-82	6985	8455	1322	18132	12109	8801	298	21	0	90
1982-83	7401	8834	1164	15912	12248	8658	239	13	0	154
1983-84	7036	8572	1135	17166	9944	7843	393	13	0	113
1984-85	6815	8392	1162	17273	11217	7836	371	28	0	89
1985-86	6404	7667	1091	17466	11364	7668	352	23	0	136
1986-87	6414	8344	1049	17425	11807	7487	318	22	217	116
1987-88	5888	7515	1005	17405	12161	7593	369	36	8	53
1988-89	6105	7414	883	16263	11771	7815	540	16	51	50
1989-90	5847	7612	849	14825	10971	7274	568	31	91	53
1990-91	5920	7697	763	13464	10205	7170	400	21	56	26
1991-92	5804	7551	667	12198	9185	6575	430	9	15	9
1992-93	5708	7319	608	11906	8666	6209	453	18	41	11
1993-94	5681	7180	607	11797	8369	6635	531	26	38	11
1994-95	5492	7069	567	10425	8233	5457	545	14	33	12
1995-96	5194	6791	529	10729	7204	5702	549	8	31	10
1996-97	4959	6268	509	9378	7737	5224	552	14	27	18
1997-98	4950	6383	467	9891	7309	4569	679	6	42	15
1998-99	4734	6144	443	9713	6927	4861	775	7	36	35