From my Odds On spreadsheet for the last 2 months I calculate that for June and July we are averaging almost exactly 9 races per meeting
August is threatening to bring this average down as even by Saturday our August average will only be 8.2
We have a strategy in place to reduce our number of meets but increase the size of the programmes
Admittedly this is Winter!
With season's end fast approaching, the annual figures will soon be available to see how well we managed to increase program sizes.
I hope/think these figures are available state by state (not just Nationally)
Hopefully larger programmes have not been at the expense of field sizes, no doubt we want an average of 8+ per field but I imagine anything over 9 is icing and probably not a factor in improving turnover
It would be interesting to know which is better for turnover
a race split into 2 fields of 6
or a full field of 12 (or 10 with 2 emergencies on our smaller tracks)