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TRENDS IN US RACES, PURSES AND FOAL CROPS

Year	Total US Foal Crop	Number Of US Races	Total US Purses	Total US Starters	Avg. Purse Per Starter	Avg. Purse Per Race
Trends in US Races, Purses and Foal Crops

1988	45,258	71,014	676,797,744	83,021	8,152	9,530
1989	44,250	74,071	706,940,245	83,893	8,427	9,544
1990	40,333	72,664	714,480,213	82,314	8,680	9,833
1991	38,149	71,689	698,654,071	80,238	8,707	9,746
1992	35,049	70,393	709,565,534	76,943	9,222	10,080
1993	33,819	65,354	692,123,219	72,567	9,538	10,590
1994	32,111	64,118	718,439,110	69,583	10,325	11,205
1995	31,884	61,969	761,582,751	67,021	11,363	12,290
1996	32,243	58,259	792,704,873	65,108	12,175	13,607
1997	32,118	57,832	851,462,820	64,099	13,284	14,723
1998	32,948	55,894	904,014,631	63,798	14,170	16,174
1999	33,844	54,644	962,853,553	63,547	15,152	17,620
2000	34,728	55,486	1,030,879,290	64,443	15,997	18,579
2001	34,721	55,127	1,067,490,193	65,829	16,216	19,364
2002	32,987	54,304	1,074,247,738	67,009	16,031	19,782
2003	33,976	53,503	1,055,496,849	68,249	15,465	19,728
2004	34,805	53,595	1,092,085,465	68,569	15,927	20,377
2005	35,052	52,257	1,085,005,415	66,903	16,218	20,763
2006	34,906	51,668	1,120,350,012	66,733	16,789	21,684
2007	34,360	51,304	1,180,587,881	67,261	17,552	23,012
2008	32,334	50,119	1,165,042,722	67,061	17,373	23,246
2009	29,619	49,368	1,098,194,699	66,104	16,613	22,245
2010	25,955	46,379	1,031,317,175	62,994	16,372	22,237
2011	22,655	45,418	1,061,230,738	59,896	17,718	23,366
2012	21,471	45,086	1,127,801,116	57,331	19,672	25,014
2013	21,432	43,139	1,127,221,718	54,187	20,802	26,130
2014	21,427	41,277	1,111,716,495	51,695	21,505	26,933
2015	21,529	38,941	1,093,670,369	49,960	21,891	28,085
2016	21,119	38,284	1,083,695,594	48,612	22,293	28,307
2017	20,673	37,628	1,079,738,209	47,384	22,787	28,695
2018	19,774	36,586	1,117,743,340	46,144	24,223	30,551
2019	19,139	36,207	1,167,920,667	45,180	25,850	32,257
2020	18,521	27,700	869,771,206	42,534	20,449	31,400
2021	17,867	33,567	1,180,855,677	42,256	27,945	35,179
2022	17,219	33,453	1,309,856,951	41,636	31,460	39,155
2023	16,748	31,746	1,305,755,625	41,267	31,642	41,131
2024	16,675*	30,852	1,312,188,358	40,189	32,650	42,532
2025	16,025*	33,410	1,375,689,396	42,674	32,237	41,176
*Estimated Figures - US foal crop numbers are from Feb. 3, 2026. For numbers updated daily, see Annual North American Registered Foal Crop. Source: Equibase Company LLC

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