Britain | Equine decline
Horse-racing in Britain is in deep trouble
The sport is attracting fewer participants and smaller crowds. Why?
The sport of kings is down on its luck. The best measure of the health of horse-racing is the average field size, the number of horses competing in a race. At 8.46 across both flat and jumps racing in 2022, this figure is at its lowest in Britain since records began in 1995.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Equine decline”
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