Originally Posted by
Mitch
Dot,
I just had a quick look at the field sizes for Tuesday meetings dating back to mid April. Apart from trotters races and some 2yo/3yo races the majority of races had 8-10 runners at acceptance time. I'm sure if I had the time to research this even more thoroughly it would further confirm that in general field size is not an issue at Menangle.
I believe the biggest opportunity to increase field sizes would come from centralized programming and some more effective handicapping procedures.
Mitch.