Imo if the sport ever wants to increase foal numbers, their needs to be a massive increase in prize money for the everyday country horse. The prize money Australia wide for these horses is pathetic. How can you expect owners/breeders to keep breeding and buying horse, when most of the time their racing for on average $4000 for a win. That wouldn't even come close to covering the cost of just that preparation for the horse. Their is far to much money around for two years, which imo is ruining alot of horses by racing them to hard to early and for the whole season, because owners and trainers know their is no money in the sport after their 2-3 year old season. As a result alot of horses and burned out by the end of their 4 year old season, which imo is why alot of these horses don't go on to be any good as open age horses.