With jumps racing given a lifeline, trainers wasted no time getting back on track with hurdle and steeplechase trials on Tuesday.Less than 24 hours after the Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) board gave the embattled sport a reprieve, 28 horses competed in eight jumps trials at Moe.The Quentin Scott-trained Latino was the only horse to fall but both the horse and his rider Stephen Pateman were unharmed."Stephen grabbled the horse after the fall and trotted him back to scale and then he rode in the n

With jumps racing given a lifeline, trainers wasted no time getting back on track with hurdle and steeplechase trials on Tuesday.

Less than 24 hours after the Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) board gave the embattled sport a reprieve, 28 horses competed in eight jumps trials at Moe.

The Quentin Scott-trained Latino was the only horse to fall but both the horse and his rider Stephen Pateman were unharmed.

"Stephen grabbled the horse after the fall and trotted him back to scale and then he rode in the next trial," steward Mark Hill said.

"The horse was vet checked and it was okay."

Jumps racing was suspended on May 7 after three horses died at the Warrnambool carnival but is set to resume at Mornington on Sunday under a new set of guidelines.

The Mornington fixture is one of the highlights of the jumps season and features the Great Southern Steeplechase as well as two hurdle races.

Former top jumper Topzoff, who hasn't raced over the jumps for four years because of a tendon injury, is among 49 entries in the three races but trainer Peter Healey is unlikely to run him.

The 12-year-old finished third in his Moe trial on Tuesday and Healey believes he needs more time.

"We didn't ask him to do a lot today and he will need another trial before he races again," Healey said.

Topzoff won the 2004 Hiskens Steeplechase at Moonee Valley and his only race start since finishing second in the 2005 Hiskens was 10 days ago at Pakenham where he finished last on the flat.

Meanwhile, Craig Durden is booked for Quilter in the Great Southern Steeplechase, July in the feature hurdle and Al Wafi in the maiden hurdle.

Trainer Chris Hyland said he had waited nearly a year to race Al Wafi over the jumps.

He bought him from a Queensland sale in June and quickly syndicated the brother to 2006 Sydney Cup winner County Tyrone.

Hyland said he was thankful the connections would get a chance to see Al Wafi in a jumps race.

"We were lucky to be able to win a couple of races with him on the flat on the way through otherwise it would have been a pretty hard slog," Hyland said.