LESS RACING
IN UNITED KINGDOM
Before the war 338 flat race meetings and 256 race meetings under National Hunt rules were held annually in the United Kingdom. In 1941 there Avere only 86 flat race meetings and 34 race meetings under National Hunt rules.
In 1941, 1385 horses were in training for flat races, while less than 700 were in training under National Hunt rules. Before the Avar runners alone numbered G7OO in flat race meetings and 4408 in races under National Hunt rules.
Figures for total numbers of horses in training before the war are not immediately available, but they were naturally considerably higher than the number of horses actually run.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 178, 10 November 1941, Page 2
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112LESS RACING Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 178, 10 November 1941, Page 2
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