For Immediate Release, Thursday July 7 2022

SA Jumps Ban Official: Now Victoria must end it!

The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR) is ecstatic to see jumps racing is now finally illegal in South Australia.

“This is undoubtedly great news and will place Racing Victoria under greater pressure to do the same because blatant animal cruelty is no longer acceptable” said Elio Celotto, Campaign Director for CPR.
 
“We’ve been campaigning with Animal Liberation SA for a ban on jumps racing for the last 13 years and finally we’ve seen our hard work vindicated. Now it’s only a matter of time before Racing Victoria also comes to its senses and rids itself of one of the ugliest spectacles in horse racing -that is jumps racing.”
 
“This has come to pass due to the work of so many individuals and organisations who have refused to accept this blatant animal abuse. We are grateful to each and every one of them – in particular those who took part in and supported our joint campaign with Animal Liberation SA for well over a decade”.

“We all knew we’d make it to this point – it was only a matter of when” Mr Celotto said.

Whilst Racing SA decided to discontinue programming jumps races, there was always a chance the old guard would be successful in their push to have it reinstated. This legislation will now make that impossible! 

“Victoria is now officially ON NOTICE! as the last state in this country to still support this horrid form of entertainment for gambling profits. How shameful for our state government and Racing Victoria” Mr Celotto said. 

CPR is calling on the public to take action by signing the petition to ban jump racing in Victoria here.