My understanding is our rules clearly say 8 dogs plus reserves,yet our racing committee in greyhound newzealand cannot give a answer to wether it is 8 or 10 dogs.-------so why worry? Well it makes a hell of a difference to selections and wether dogs get a start-- if its 8 then you can not be made reserve if you had a second prefrence,your second prefrence comes into play-------- if its 10 they can then say as reserve you have been selected in a field and your other prefrences dont count,even to the degree if there is another combined race and you have better form you are still dembed to have been selected ie a c5 race and a combined c4/5 c4 dogs get a start before the c5 reserves from the first race.--------- the major point here is waikato was on thursday selected on the basis 8 starters make a field,so in that case all reserve dogs if any should have had there second preferences reconised and got a start in those races,intresting to see if this was the case.?----------The worst thing out of this even in the definition of a field it clearly states field plus reserves,they allow a club to select outside our rules, in my opinion