The future of jumps racing will hang in the balance until Monday after the Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) board failed to arrive at a decision on Wednesday on whether the sport will continue.RVL earlier said it would make an announcement at 3pm (AEST) on Wednesday but the board will now make its decision known at the same time on Monday."The Racing Victoria Limited board has not yet reached a decision on the future of jumps racing in Victoria and therefore is not in a position to make an announce

The future of jumps racing will hang in the balance until Monday after the Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) board failed to arrive at a decision on Wednesday on whether the sport will continue.

RVL earlier said it would make an announcement at 3pm (AEST) on Wednesday but the board will now make its decision known at the same time on Monday.

"The Racing Victoria Limited board has not yet reached a decision on the future of jumps racing in Victoria and therefore is not in a position to make an announcement today," RVL said in a statement.

"It (the RVL board) has received submissions from stakeholders and interested parties and from the Jumps Review Panel which it needs more time to consider."

A rally of jumps racing supporters outside the RVL offices at Flemington on Wednesday attracted hundreds of jumps enthusiasts.

Two busloads from Warrnambool, jumps jockeys, flat jockeys including Craig Williams and the recently-retired Greg Childs, trainers including Ross McDonald, David Hayes and Fran Houlahan, and members of racing club committees all gathered to give their support to the sport.

They well and truly outnumbered the 24 anti-jumps protesters who were blocked by police from entering the grounds.

The two groups began trading insults as the jumps supporters began to leave, waving their signs and placards in the faces of the protesters.

Police formed a protective line in front of the anti-jumps demonstrators to separate the two groups.

Margaret Lucas, who chairs the Warrnambool Racing Club, said people in the town were in tears following the announcement last week that jumps racing had been suspended.

"This is not a lunatic fringe, this is an international sport," she said.

"We should not be apologists."

RVL made the decision to suspend jumps racing following the death of five horses in the first 10 weeks of the season.

Three horses were killed at Warrnambool's May racing carnival last week including Clearview Bay in the Grand Annual Steeplechase.

Top trainer Hayes was among those who spoke at the rally saying he was "here for the horses".

"I'm just very worried about the consequences of the actions of the do-gooders," he said.

"The shocking thing is ... a lot of horses get sent to the knackery, which I hate the thought of."

Anti-jumps campaigner Lawrence Pope said he was happy with the way the demonstrators conducted Wednesday's protest.

"We've really, I think, represented the views of the broader community on this issue," he said.

"We hope Racing Victoria will accept the fact that jumps racing is seriously tarnishing the image of all racing.

"There's simply no saving jumps racing from itself."

Australian Jumping Racing Association (AJRA) president Rodney Rae said he was happy with the submission his association put to the RVL board on Wednesday and said he had no problems with the board deferring its decision.

Rae said the AJRA was overwhelmed by the success of the rally and felt the RVL board could not help but be impressed by it.

"It was a fantastic show of strength from all sections of the racing industry, and also from the public. To get more than 500 people to a rally at that time of the morning, when a lot of racing people are working, I believe was a significant endorsement of jumping racing," he said.