Back to Contents Entries, Runners, Eliminations and Prize Money by Type of Race Entries, Runners, Eliminations and Prize Money by Distance of Race Flat Races Type of Race No. of Races Entries Total Average Runners Total Average Eliminations Total Average Value £ % of Total Value HANDICAPS Sellers Apprentices Amateurs Others Sub-Total 18 202 95 3,611 3,926 337 4,122 2,019 77,326 83,804 18.7 20.4 21.3 21.4 21.3 180 2,024 1,114 36,087 39,405 10.0 10.0 11.7 10.0 10.0 8 180 213 5,446 5,847 0.4 0.9 2.2 1.5 1.5 49,500 711,994 356,856 24,202,373 25,320,723 0.1% 1.1% 0.6% 38.8% 40.6% 223 268 1,329 46 13 3 144 318 2,344 6,270 3,456 4,350 30,939 700 189 70 4,824 8,781 53,309 137,113 15.5 16.2 23.3 15.2 14.5 23.3 33.5 27.6 22.7 21.9 1,648 1,863 12,402 227 111 36 1,367 2,533 20,187 59,592 7.4 7.0 9.3 4.9 8.5 12.0 9.5 8.0 8.6 9.5 38 31 477 0 0 13 3 249 811 6,658 0.2 0.1 0.4 <0.1 <0.1 4.3 <0.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 593,986 744,166 5,839,144 257,806 32,550 7,500 20,963,789 8,653,534 37,092,474 62,413,197 1.0% 1.2% 9.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 33.6% 13.9% 59.4% 100.0% WEIGHT FOR AGE Sellers Claimers Maidens Novices Apprentices Amateurs Pattern Others Sub-Total TOTAL The average field size across all Flat Racing in 2011 was 9.5 runners Notes The above prize money figures have been rounded up or down as necessary. Consequently, the total prize money may not equate to the sum of the individual parts. Jump Races Type of Race No. of Races Entries Total Average Runners Total Average Eliminations Total Average Value £ % of Total Value HURDLE RACES - HANDICAPS Novices' 137 3,222 Sellers 17 371 Conditional Jockeys 109 2,524 Amateurs 25 536 Others 738 18,119 HURDLE RACES - WEIGHT FOR AGE Novices' 547 14,643 Maidens 203 6,143 Sellers 64 1,201 Conditional Jockeys 24 550 Amateurs 2 45 Others 144 2,576 National Hunt Flat Races 306 8,135 Sub-Total 2,316 58,065 1,326 179 1,090 274 7,687 9.7 10.5 10.0 11.0 10.4 63 8 78 25 451 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.6 642,280 46,682 451,988 80,040 5,242,437 2.0% 0.1% 1.4% 0.3% 16.7% 26.8 30.3 18.8 22.9 22.5 17.9 26.6 25.1 5,359 2,222 495 210 14 1,157 3,290 23,303 9.8 10.9 7.7 8.8 7.0 8.0 10.8 10.1 407 228 0 1 0 3 271 1,535 0.7 1.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 0.9 0.7 3,107,754 678,849 183,550 77,215 7,706 2,924,475 945,554 14,388,530 9.9% 2.2% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 9.3% 3.0% 45.7% Entries, Runners, Eliminations and Prize Money by Distance of Race Flat Races Entries Distance of Race No. of Races Total Runners Average Total Eliminations Average Total Average Value % of Total £ Value HANDICAPS 5 Furlongs 507 8,991 17.7 4,743 9.4 409 0.8 2,768,531 4.4% 6 Furlongs 652 14,163 21.7 6,876 10.5 1,559 2.4 4,322,812 6.9% 7 Furlongs 610 13,695 22.5 6,397 10.5 1,235 2.0 3,763,228 6.0% 8 - 9 Furlongs 845 18,738 22.2 8,842 10.5 1,426 1.7 5,417,399 8.7% 10 - 11 Furlongs 541 12,252 22.6 5,283 9.8 454 0.8 3,546,805 5.7% STEEPLE CHASES - HANDICAPS 12 - 13 Furlongs 455 9,440 20.7 4,225 9.3 393 0.9 2,967,699 4.8% Novices' Sellers Conditional Jockeys Amateurs Hunters Others 14+ Furlongs 316 6,525 20.6 3,039 9.6 371 1.2 2,534,247 4.1% 3,926 83,804 21.3 39,405 10.0 5,847 1.5 25,320,723 40.6% 345 6,180 17.9 2,746 8.0 41 0.1 3,367,133 5.4% 186 1 33 10 1 815 3,026 16 515 240 18 14,874 STEEPLE CHASES - WEIGHT FOR AGE Novices' 359 5,223 Maidens 9 123 Amateurs 3 98 Hunters 109 2,159 Others 35 513 Sub-Total 1,561 26,805 TOTAL 60 23.5 21.8 23.2 21.4 24.6 3,877 84,870 Fixtures, Races and Prize Money 16.3 16.0 15.6 24.0 18.0 18.3 14.5 13.7 32.7 19.8 14.7 17.2 21.9 1,282 7 238 94 9 6,720 1,865 55 33 954 224 11,481 34,784 6.9 7.0 7.2 9.4 9.0 8.2 5.2 6.1 11.0 8.8 6.4 7.4 9.0 23 0 0 25 1 160 0 0 0 32 0 241 1,776 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 2.5 1.0 0.2 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 0.3 <0.1 0.2 0.5 1,144,663 3,000 137,534 114,950 4,742 8,993,596 3,073,385 32,400 92,000 368,176 3,126,750 17,091,196 31,479,726 3.6% 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 28.6% 9.8% 0.1% 0.3% 1.2% 9.9% 54.3% 100.0% Sub-Total WEIGHT FOR AGE 5 Furlongs 6 Furlongs 552 13,397 24.3 4,897 8.9 284 0.5 6,998,119 11.2% 7 Furlongs 496 12,065 24.3 4,564 9.2 203 0.4 5,323,233 8.5% 8 - 9 Furlongs 488 11,115 22.8 4,273 8.8 189 0.4 7,384,499 11.8% 10 - 11 Furlongs 256 5,996 23.4 2,094 8.2 52 0.2 6,195,972 9.9% 12 - 13 Furlongs 175 3,947 22.6 1,356 7.7 30 0.2 5,704,194 9.1% 32 609 19.0 257 8.0 12 0.4 2,119,324 3.4% 14+ Furlongs Sub-Total 2,344 53,309 22.7 20,187 8.6 811 0.3 37,092,474 59.4% TOTAL 6,270 137,113 21.9 59,592 9.5 6,658 1.1 62,413,197 100.0% Fixtures, Races and Prize Money 61