Fiddling around with people's lives again...Racing Victoria has put a big question mark over the future of steeplechasing while giving a tentative OK for hurdle racing to continue. The RVL board met on Thursday afternoon to consider the future of jumps racing. Various reports were considered. It was decided hurdle racing can continue for the next 3 seasons, but it stopped short of a green light for steeplechasing. So another spanner is thrown into the jumps racing game. The people who make it w

Fiddling around with people's lives again...Racing Victoria has put a big question mark over the future of steeplechasing while giving a tentative OK for hurdle racing to continue. The RVL board met on Thursday afternoon to consider the future of jumps racing. Various reports were considered. It was decided hurdle racing can continue for the next 3 seasons, but it stopped short of a green light for steeplechasing. So another spanner is thrown into the jumps racing game. The people who make it work are left up in the air again. Will it go on or won't it?A decision will be made at the board's next meeting. Jumps racing faces a slow death.