It's not just you. So far, since the beginning of the inner track meet on 12-12, there have been 135 races with a total of 992 starters, for an average of just 7.35 starters per race. There has only been one 12-horse field and one 11-horse field, the rest have all been 10 or less. It actually hadn't been that bad until Sunday, when just 53 horses ran in 9 races, and today, when 57 ran in 9 races. Up until then, they were averaging 7.54 starters per race, which is down from Belmont but still not bad.
Sometimes we live in a "what have you done for me lately" world and since the last two race days have undoubtedly had very short fields it makes it seem like an ongoing problem, but hopefully these two days are just an aberration and fuller fields are coming.
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