Norwegian Trotting Association

The Norwegian Trotting Association (Norwegian: Det Norske Travselskap, DNT) is the sports federation organizing horse racing in Norway. It is an umbrella for the 13 regional federations and 185 local chapters with 17,000 members. Tote betting takes place at eleven harness race courses and one gallop races course, Øvrevoll Galoppbane, all owned by the association. The betting is organized through the association-owned company Norsk Rikstoto. In 2009 the association organized 556 race days, with 4,652 races taking place in 2008. It organizes 5,500 active racehorses, 200 professional trainers, 60 assistant trainers and 3,000 amateur trainers.[1]

Biri Travbane in Gjøvik

Horse racing in Norway has traditionally taken place on frozen lakes and home from church on Sundays. DNT was established in 1875. In 1928 horse betting was legalized and Bjerke Travbane in Oslo opened.[1] DNT became a founding member of the European Trotting Union in 1973.[2] Norsk Rikstoto was established in 1982 and opened for a national off-track betting.[1] Betting revenue totaled 3.2 billion Norwegian krone in 2008.[3] Races are broadcast on Rikstoto Direkte.

Courses
Bjerke Travbane in Oslo
Leangen Travbane in Trondheim
Drammen Travbane

The following is a list of harness racing tracks in Norway which had tote betting races in 2012. Revenue is measured in millions of Norwegian krone.

Race Municipality Race days Revenue
Bjerke Oslo 115 821
Jarlsberg Tønsberg 42 286
Leangen Trondheim 52 281
Bergen Bergen 48 261
Momarken Eidsberg 40 255
Biri Gjøvik 39 248
Forus Stavanger 41 244
Klosterskogen Skien 37 187
Drammen Drammen 42 183
Sørlandet Kristiansand 34 155
Harstad Harstad 31 40
Bodø Bodø 5 2,6
Kongsvinger Kongsvinger 1 2,0
Nossum Levanger 1 1,5
Kala Sarpsborg 1 0,8
Orkdal Orkdal 2 0,6
Haugaland Karmøy 1 0,6
Tromsø Tromsø 2 0,5
Magnor Eidskog 1 0,5

References
  1. Fyrand, Tore. "Norwegian Trotting Association" (PDF). World Trotting. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  2. "History". European Trotting Union. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  3. "Om DNT" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Trotting Association. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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