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Sports events ranked by attendance in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017
Highest attended annual sporting events in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017 (aggregate attendance in 1,000s)
by David Lange,
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Feb 26, 2019
The statistic displays the highest attended annual sporting events in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, ranked by aggregate attendance in thousands. Over the course of four days, approximately 260 thousand people attended the annual Cheltenham Festival in 2017.
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by David Lange,
last edited
Feb 26, 2019
The statistic displays the highest attended annual sporting events in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, ranked by aggregate attendance in thousands. Over the course of four days, approximately 260 thousand people attended the annual Cheltenham Festival in 2017.
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- United Kingdom
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- The above excludes free sporting events.
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- United Kingdom
- Survey time period
- 2017
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- The above excludes free sporting events.
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- Funding of Horse Sport Ireland (HSI)* for breeding in Ireland from 2008 to 2016, by source (in million euros)
- Number of stable employees in horse racing in Great Britain in 2015, by category and gender
- Number of stable employees working in horse racing in Great Britain in 2015, by age group
- Number of people employed full and part time with licensed and permitted trainers in horse racing in Great Britain in 2015, by gender
- Estimation of costs incurred by a competitive horseback rider during one season on one horse in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015, by category (in GBP)
- Annual turnover of on course horse race betting in Great Britain from April 2008 to March 2018 (in million GBP)
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- Annual turnover of off course horse race betting in Great Britain from April 2008 to March 2018 (in million GBP)
- Gross gambling yield (GGY) of off course horse race betting in Great Britain from April 2008 to March 2018 (in million GBP)*
- Annual turnover of pool betting on horse races in Great Britain from April 2008 to March 2018 (in million GBP)
- Gross gambling yield (GGY) of pool betting on horse races in Great Britain from April 2008 to March 2018 (in million GBP)
- Total number of live thoroughbred foals in Great Britain from 2010 to 2015, by type
- Total number of race horses exported from Great Britain and Ireland in 2015, by country
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- Distribution of horse owners in Ireland in 2016, by breeding objectives
- Number of people participating in equestrian sports in England from 2016 to 2018
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- Share of children participating in horse riding or pony trekking in the last 4 weeks in England from 2010/11 to 2017/18, by age group
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- Share of equestrian sports participants who received tuition in the previous 12 months in England from 2007/2008 to 2015/2016
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- Number of horses registered under the rules of racing in Great Britain from 2010 to 2015, by type
- Total number of horse races in Ireland in 2018, by race type
- Number of race horses in training in Great Britain in 2015, by type of ownership
- Number of races held by the Pony Racing Authority in Great Britain from 2012 to 2017, by type
- Number of fixtures held by the Pony Racing Authority in Great Britain from 2012 to 2017, by type
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