Ray Chaplin has produced an analysis of Regional Racing in Vic so far which includes:
Inner West (Melton& Ballarat) $676,000 stakes allocated (including 15 x $12,000 races)
Central (Bendigo) $495,500 stakes allocated (including 5 x $12,000 races)
East (Kilmore & Cranbourne) $440,000 stakes allocated (including 3 x $12,000 races)
North West (Shepparton) $355,000 (including 4 x $12,000 races)
North West (Mildura) $321,000 (including 4 x $12,000 races)
West (Terang & Stawell) $319,000 (including 6 x $12,000 races)
The top 3 regions have been allocated $1,611,000 or 62% of the total $2,606,000 stake money allocated for April 2020 whilst the bottom three regions have been allocated $995,000 or 38%
The top 3 regions ran 23 $12,000 races (62%) whilst the bottom three ran 14 (38%)
One of the key concerns is that many participants are unable to race their good horses for many of the $12,000 events due to the regional racing model and its restrictions which prohibits same
Possibly the regions should not be all the same as these geographical groupings may have very different size horse populations and very different classes of horses
(A bit like Council Shires eg Horsham shire is half the land size of neighbouring Yarriambiack shire but Horsham has twice the population)
The above figures are only up until April 24 so that after last night and projecting to the end of the month (Regional racing started on April 2)
Inner West will have had 19 $12k races
but the West (who is last for prizemoney in the above article) will have had 8 $12k races (second most)
This is wrong - Ray's figures were until the end of the month
Let's trust there is method/reason behind these differences