Originally Posted by
Amlin
One could ask the question at the moment - where are the horses? The last week or so have seen field sizes quite small across Victoria - a six race card last Sunday twilight and another this weekend for good measure.
Recent figures (races-acceptors). I have excluded the Maryborough carnival due to higher stakes, feature races, particular events (non-standard country meets in other words!)
Mildura 25/7 8-67
Kilmore 24/7 8-76
Charlton 24/7 8-81
Melton 23/7 7-64
Echuca 23/7 8-65
Terang 22/7 8-67
Warragul 21/7 7-67
Mildura 20/7 6-54
Bendigo 18/7 8-75
Cobram 17/7 8-81
Ballarat 17/7 8-72
People might be able to come up with some excuses (Redwood etc) but rather than looking at why things have dropped off short term, I am interested to hear what strategies must be/should already be in place for the longer term?