Average field size was 7.10 starters per race at last years meet.
While low - that number was pretty inflated because PA bred MSW races would carry a purse of $50,000 and each starter was guaranteed $1,000. Thus sometimes inflating the total purse to as high as $56K
While you would often see fields of 12 in those races .. more than half of the horses in those races were either like career maidens with one zero Beyer figure after another - or other hopeless sorts who'd be lucky to break a 20 with a perfect trip.
They only care about slots. It's really that simple.
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