Good decision I say, you have a dog in the emergency list called Cawbourne Miami who has only ever won once over 645m, and not beyond that distance, so the rest of the nominations could not have been that hot to see out the Extreme distance at Wanganui
The Distance dogs are weak in NZ at the moment and I am struggling to see a field of distance dogs that could run beyond 700 without looking as though they have broken down in a heap
Winning over 645 is a cop out, and these dogs have virtually no chance to win a 700 metre race
And 14 nominations does not cut the mustard for 2 heats, because I can see there being scratchings and no emergencies available