Re: Hong 'King' Kong (522 Views)
Posted by:
magicnight (IP Logged)
Date: December 10, 2014 03:07PM
Tony;
The link takes you to a PDF on the site of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. Page 40 of the PDF gives you annual flat races by country for 2013; page 42, purses; page 44, handle.
http://www.horseracingintfed.com/resources/Annual_Report_2013.pdf
Mike is correct. In 2013, Hong Kong ran 771 races, with a handle of just under 10 billion Euros (everything is converted to Euros in the chart). That works out to an average handle of 12,368,699 Euro per race. Convert that to dollars (x1.3) and you get an average of about 16 million US dollars bet per race.
Some other interesting items there. I will try to post some later.
Bob