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Kentucky Equine Economy
- $4 billion Estimated economic impact of Kentucky's horse economy
- 80,000 - 100,000 Direct and indirect jobs generated by the state's horse industry
- #1 The horse industry is Kentucky's top agricultural cash crop (30% of the state's economic activity is agriculture-related)
- $8.8 billion Economic impact of the state's tourism industry, which features the horse industry as its signature promotional attraction.
- 14,600 Tourism-related jobs attributed to the equine industry
- 128,800 Participants in Kentucky horse farming, racing and equine-related businesses
- 2.3 million Estimated attendance at Kentucky Thoroughbred and Standardbred racetracks
- 320,000* Horses in Kentucky
- $240 million Economic impact of the Kentucky Horse Park
- $217 million Economic impact of the Kentucky Derby
- $650 million Value of horses sold at auction in Kentucky in 2003
- 140,000 acres Acres preserved through the state's Thoroughbred industry
- $127 million Estimated Kentucky horse industry exports
- * According to Deloitte
