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Horse Recreation in New Zealand 


  • 3% of New Zealand young people (including 1% of boys and 6% of girls), and 5% of New Zealand adults (4% of all men and 6% of women) have participated in equestrian sports at least once in the past 12 months; 2% of adults participate regularly (i.e. in the past four weeks).
  • Two-thirds of adult equestrians (65%) are women; over half (56%) are aged under 35 years of age.
  • Just over seven out of ten adult equestrians (71%) participate in equestrian sports outdoors in a natural setting, with 36% participating in equestrian sports outdoors at a track or course, and 18% doing so at their homes.

source: SPARC - Equestrian Facts Brochure  
 

The Horse in New Zealand 


Based on Agribase's biosecurity database there are 120,000 horses currently registered, and approx 40,000 of those are racehorses. That leaves 80,000 registered recreational or sport horses. 

Annual Expenditure
 
On average survey respondents so far spend just under  $13,000 per year per horse (excluding large capital expenses).  80,000 x $13,000 = 1 billion dollars of annual economic input from recreational horse owners.  This figure does not include capital expenses, export of horses, or downstream economic inputs from businesses. 
 
The biggest single expenditure is on feeding\housing (grazing fees or livery), however when similar expenses are categorised - travel (vehicle expenses and maintenance), recreation and education costs are the biggest category averaging just under $5,000 per year per horse.


Equine Statistical Data

  • Rider Numbers.pdf   91k - Sep 13, 2011, 4:15 PM by Viv Dostine (v1)
    ‎Summary of stats available on different disciplines‎
  • NZTRfactbook2009_web.pdf   2996k - Sep 13, 2011, 4:11 PM by Viv Dostine (v1)
    ‎Racing FactBook 2009‎
  • WFEP Rider Survey 2010.docx   12k - Sep 13, 2011, 3:55 PM by Viv Dostine (v1)
    ‎Highlights of Woodhill Riders Survey 2010‎
  • RacingBIMOctober2005.pdf   359k - Sep 13, 2011, 3:54 PM by Viv Dostine (v1)
    ‎Racing Industry Summary‎
  • OtagoRailTrailEconomicImpactsReport2008.pdf   745k - Sep 13, 2011, 3:53 PM by Viv Dostine (v1)
    ‎Otago Rail Trail Economic Impacts‎
  • Economic Impacts - The Equestrian Sector.pdf   208k - Sep 13, 2011, 3:50 PM by Viv Dostine (v2)
    ‎Summary Data (pivot Table) of Equine Economic Survey responses to July 2011‎
Showing 6 files from page Equine Data.

Event Values

Horse Of the Year (HOY)

Hawkes Bay
 
Space Used
100 acres
Duration
6 days
Equestrian Disciplines
18
Horses
2600
Riders
1800
Trade Sites
170
Visitors to Hawkes Bay
32 000 (1500 from Australia)
HoY Spectators
70 000
Income returned to region
$27M
Regional GDP Impact
$11M
 
 Equitana (Australia)
 

Equitana is an equestrian sport world fair concept and format which includes trade fair, exhibitions and shows for the public, industry symposiums and sometimes the inclusion of FEI national or international events. After being held in Melbourne in recent years,

 

Equitana Australia will be held in Sydney in 2011. Equitana Australia attracts over 50,000 visitors over 4 days and over 350 exhibitors.

 

EquiDays

 

The first ever EquiDays event was held in 2011  www.equidays.co.nz

Over 12,000 visitors attended the 3 day event. A great success that will be repeated in 2012.



 

 


   

 
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