It’s very simple- the number of horses in training has declined and there are currently only enough to support about 5 meetings per week nationwide
Number of horses have indeed declined - but I in Gauteng it makes no sense to have only 2 meetings a week - witness the meeting scheduled for Thursday programmed as a 9-race card - Race 3 has 20 runners, Race 4 has 17 runners, Race 5 has 15 runners, Race 7 has 14 runners, Race 8 has 19 runners and Race 9 has 20 runners - can't recall when we have that many runners per race - this is the 2nd week in a row where we have not had race meetings scheduled on the Monday AND the Tuesday - also the Cape has had many races filled to capacity - I think it could be planned better.
I think perhaps it comes down to can they afford to split races and thereby double spend on stakes - I think that's a big problem - I'm not sure the coffers are big enough
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