Probably not but as I check the form via the newspaper at about 7am in the morning and then set and forget, it would still be included. It did return a profit anyhow and that is the main thing. Less runners means less risk but in this case I think I got lucky as the winner was 3rd fav and paid around $7. From my observation, less runners = more likely 1st fav will be low odds = more likely 3rd, 4th and 5th will extend out and pay more.