It is on this Thursday night (pre AFL Grand Final Holiday in Vic)
Emma Stewart has 7 of the 12 horse field

http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...19#KIC26091901

Personally, I cannot see how this is good for the sport
Maybe we need an Olympics Athletics type rule (a limit of 3 athletes that one country can have in an event so that we do not have All American, All Kenyan, All .... finals)

Some will say that having so many runners make the field is an achievement that should be lauded
I cannot help but think that it can actually devalue the trainers achievement

I know Bart used to have multiple runners in the Melbourne Cup but would his record be so revered if he had half the field each time?

I know one can take the view that it is all about the horses but I see the way that our races are run (in an ordered fashion compared to the gallops) that stable tactics are a far more significant factor.

I am not comfortable with a stable of 7 runners v five stables with only 1 runner in one of our major races