SIZE OF FIELD AND STARTS PER HORSE

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Year	Starters	Races	Starts	Avg. Field	Avg. Starts/ Runner
Size of Field and Starts Per Horse

1950	22,388	26,932	244,343	9.07	10.91
1955	25,924	31,757	287,775	9.06	11.10
1960	29,798	37,661	337,060	8.95	11.31
1965	37,386	47,335	406,646	8.59	10.88
1970	47,778	56,676	488,326	8.62	10.22
1975	58,816	68,210	601,780	8.82	10.23
1980	64,506	68,243	593,849	8.70	9.21
1985	82,548	75,687	683,667	9.03	8.28
1990	89,716	79,971	712,494	8.91	7.94
1991	86,937	79,303	693,614	8.75	7.98
1992	83,404	77,712	669,967	8.62	8.03
1993	78,740	72,342	618,974	8.56	7.86
1994	74,955	70,699	587,404	8.31	7.84
1995	72,399	68,248	559,669	8.20	7.73
1996	70,450	64,388	534,861	8.31	7.59
1997	69,056	63,487	520,880	8.20	7.54
1998	68,697	61,293	500,710	8.17	7.29
1999	68,678	60,182	493,926	8.21	7.19
2000	69,569	60,872	493,682	8.11	7.10
2001	71,278	60,738	496,604	8.18	6.97
2002	72,825	59,896	495,228	8.27	6.80
2003	73,918	59,001	489,503	8.30	6.62
2004	74,206	58,858	487,428	8.28	6.57
2005	72,780	57,495	469,644	8.17	6.45
2006	72,729	56,902	462,937	8.14	6.37
2007	72,966	56,361	460,492	8.17	6.31
2008	72,638	55,069	450,095	8.17	6.20
2009	71,662	54,121	446,196	8.24	6.23
2010	68,235	50,918	417,192	8.19	6.11
2011	64,625	49,794	400,408	8.04	6.20
2012	61,863	49,381	389,568	7.89	6.30
2013	58,138	46,814	367,567	7.85	6.32
2014	55,198	44,640	343,397	7.69	6.22
2015	53,365	42,219	329,974	7.82	6.18
2016	53,245	43,294	334,565	7.73	6.28
2017	51,747	42,137	323,183	7.67	6.25
2018	50,474	41,083	313,225	7.62	6.21
2019	49,542	40,798	305,954	7.50	6.18
2020	46,683	31,053	245,506	7.91	5.26
2021	46,496	37,467	276,566	7.38	5.95
2022	45,840	36,300	275,434	7.59	6.01
2023	45,380	35,989	266,328	7.40	5.87
Before 2016, figures included U.S. and Canada only Source: Equibase Company LLC