Harness Racing is a big sport in Sweden, with races almost every day all year round it has turned into a multi-billion dollar industry operated by STC (‘Swedish Trotting Association’) – a central administrative organization owned by the (all non-profit) Swedish racetracks. Its mission is to regulate, organize and develop Swedish trotting, act as its representative towards the government and foreign racing organizations and handle e.g. licensing, registration, racing statistics as well as regulatory and legal issues. STC also develops the annual racing schedule for all Swedish tracks.
ATG (‘Trotting & Gallop Inc.’) was established in 1974 to provide the financial basis for the future prosperity of trotting, handle the marketing of the sport and make it accessible to people around the country. ATG is regulated by the government, but organized as a private corporation. It stays in control of the gambling by being the only legal organizer of horse betting. A large portion of the turnover is withheld as tax while a certain share is channeled into the sport to keep purses at a decent level.
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