ABC News Online 27 Nov 2009

The board of Thoroughbred Racing SA says a Victorian move to ban jumps events
will make the survival of the sport in South Australia extremely difficult, but
does not plan to copy Victoria.
The board says it will try to attract trainers and horses from across the
border.
The controlling body of horse racing in South Australia says Victoria's
decision is disappointing.
Chairman Philip Bentley said Victoria's move "will go down in history as the
beginning of the end of a proud tradition".
Mr Bentley said SA had no intention of ending jumps racing, but he expressed
fears for the industry's survival. The popular Oakbank Easter Carnival may have
to be limited to flat races in the years ahead if jumps racing cannot be
protected, he said.
Barry Dunn for the South Australian Trainers Association says at least half
Victoria's trainers and riders would need to move to South Australia to keep
jumps racing alive in the state.
"I can't see South Australia lasting more than one year afterwards
anyway," he said. "There wouldn't be a big enough
base for horses here, unless the Victorian horses come here straight away to
give us a base of horses. You can't have four or five horses going around week
after week. People wouldn't bet on them."

The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses thinks South Australia will be forced to follow
Victoria .
Lobby group member Colin Thomas doubts the sport can survive in South
Australia beyond 2010.
"The majority of horses that race in South Australia, in jumps racing that
is, are from Victoria. We have always said that once jumps racing folds in
Victoria, South Australia will have no reason to
continue."