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Horses race on grass at the 2006 Tambo Valley Races in Swifts Creek, Victoria.
Horses race on grass at the 2006 Tambo Valley Races in Swifts Creek, Victoria.

Horseracing is the third most popular spectator sport in Australia, behind Australian rules football and rugby league, with almost 2 million admissions to the 379 racecourses throughout Australia in 2002–03. It is administered nationally by the Australian Racing Board, with the Australian Rules of Racing applying in each state.

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