PART 3 - RACING PROGRAMMES - (F)20 to (F)46

27. Maximum number of races in a flat race programme

27.1 No more than eight races may be run on any one day at any meeting.
27.2 If the number of races potentially liable to division could produce more than eight races

27.2.1 the Authority shall nominate an order of precedence for division after those races have closed, and
27.2.2 subject to Paragraph 27.1, those races shall be divided in that order where, at the time determined in accordance with Part 6 for making declarations to run, the number of horses declared to run in any such race

27.2.2.1 exceeds whichever is applicable of the Field Size Limit, the Maximum Figure or the Safety Factor, and
27.2.2.2 is eighteen or more.

27.3 Any remaining races will be subject to elimination in accordance with Rules 102 and 103.