^ Right on the money Bailey. I thought the job of the handicapper was to handicap the horses that the trainers decide are best suited to a particular race. No one can place a horse when the powers that be move the goal posts after nominations have closed. To my mind the handicapper is making up races that are easy to fill (the wider the classes the easier it is to get larger field sizes). But in my opinion most trainers want to race horses roughly the same class (this is where the lack of horses shows up). In my opinion.