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Thoroughbred racing in Australia
Thoroughbred horse racing
is an important
spectator sport
in
Australia
, and
gambling
on horse races is a popular pastime with
A$
14.3 billion wagered in 2009/10 with bookmakers and the
Totalisator Agency Board
(TAB). The two forms of
Thoroughbred
horseracing
in Australia are
flat racing
, and races over fences or hurdles in Victoria and
South Australia
.
Thoroughbred
racing is the third most attended spectator sport in Australia, behind
Australian rules football
and
rugby league
, with almost two million admissions to 360 registered racecourses throughout Australia in 2009/10. Horseracing commenced soon after European settlement, and is now well-appointed with
automatic totalizators
,
starting gates
and
photo finish
cameras on nearly all Australian racecourses.
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