Racing Victoria seems to be toning down its attitude to jumps racing. In a TVN interview on Tuesday, RV boss Rob Hines was claiming that jumps racing was never 'suspended'. All that happened, apparently, was that several races at Moe were switched to the flat. It seems the outcry at suggestions the jumps will be scrapped has been more intense and angry than anyone at RV or the State Govt expected.Both Rob Hines and the Racing Minister Rob Hulls are not emerging from the jumps crisis with their
Racing Victoria seems to be toning down its attitude to jumps racing. In a TVN interview on Tuesday, RV boss Rob Hines was claiming that jumps racing was never 'suspended'. All that happened, apparently, was that several races at Moe were switched to the flat. It seems the outcry at suggestions the jumps will be scrapped has been more intense and angry than anyone at RV or the State Govt expected.
Both Rob Hines and the Racing Minister Rob Hulls are not emerging from the jumps crisis with their reputations boosted. Hines is being seen by some as a lackey for Hulls, and the minister is being seen as a one-eyed anti-jumps crusader who won't listen to reasonable calls for calm.