Travers Day Field Sizes for Stakes Races:

5, 6, 8, 7, 7. Average Field Size. 6.6.

Charles Town Fields Sizes for Stakes Races Fri Night:

7, 10, 10 (+1 AE), 9, 10 (+4 AE's), 10 (+2 AE's), 10 (+1 AE), 10 (+1 AE), 10 (+3 AE's). Average Field Size: 9.55 (not counting AE's).

NYRA can only find 5 trainers it seems that get fast horses that can win graded stakes as a general rule. You can name all 5 I'm sure. And that's why field size suffers b/c it is pretty obvious it ain't worth trying to beat those 5 guys in the big races. That NYRA product at Saratoga this summer has been a real treat.

On another note, Asmussen, Clement, and Miller got in some HISA trouble? No worries, I'm sure they won't face any real consequences as HISA has already backed off some of their strong consequences with other trainers they caught violating their rules. I'll wait for the first real "JOURNALIST" in the racing game to interview any of these 3 in great detail about these Rules Violations. Or even better how about taking their workers pay to immigrant workers to pay their own attorney's fees. No worries, he is taking his NY string and moving elsewhere because the money just doesn't add up. . . I did catch that article but nary a word about the real issues these guys should be talking about and journalists should be writing about.