Quote Originally Posted by gutwagon View Post
I notice that todays Cranbourne meeting has two 5 horse fields. So they must have changed the minimum field size from 6 to 5 . There's an indicator for the industry. At least owners get more chance to race their horses but if they can't turn the lack of owners and breeders around quickly we are in big trouble.
I would say five horse fields would be used only where the meeting may fall over otherwise, though I may be wrong