2006 Stats Looking Ahead Regulations
The 2006 Season Statistics
The key statistics for Point-to-Pointing in 2006 remained sound and reflect an important sport in good health. For instance,
- There were 210 scheduled meetings (200 took place)
- There were 118 courses
- 943 Riders Certificates were issued (of which 182 riders had never ridden in Points before)
- The average field size was 8.16 runners (up from 8.4)
- 3,841 Hunter Certificates were issued (3,981 in 2005)
You might also be interested to know that:
- 41% of scheduled 2006 fixturs took place on Sundays
- On average, each horse was entered 8.42 times
- 57.66% of runners completed the course
- 10.25% of riders were fallers/unseated
- There were 12 walkovers (8 in 2005)
- 3 Horses tested positive for prohibited substances
- The average number of entries per meeting was 152
- 27% of Stewards enquiries related to "running and riding"
- 13% of enquiries looked at possible misuse of the whip
- 11% of enquiries were due to riders failing to weigh-in.
