this is not good; more small fields and more contraction seems inevitable.
The 2020 foal crop projection is expected to
dip to 20,500 The Jockey Club issued a press release
confirming that number while also announcing a downward
revision to the 2019 foal crop projection, from 21,500 to 20,800.
The high mark for the continent’s crop was in 1986, when
51,296 Thoroughbreds were foaled.
http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com.../tdn190812.pdf
