Clubs could benefit if jumps submission is successful | Inside Racing

The submission was needed after Racing South Australia announced earlier this month that jumps racing will not be programmed in that state in 2022.

AJRA chairman Sandy McGregor said an early proposal for Warrnambool to host an all jumps meeting on Good Friday was in doubt.

"We don't want to risk anything going wrong at the three day Warrnambool May Carnival, so it looks like we will not run a meeting at Warrnambool on Good Friday," McGregor said.

"We're looking at a major upgrade of jumping facilities at Hamilton and making its early April meeting a big day for jumps racing and we've also got a jumps meeting earmarked for Easter Sunday at Pakenham.

"The prizemoney levels for jumps racing in Victoria are also being reviewed.

"Racing South Australia staged 12 jumps races last year and we're looking at trying to place most of those races in the Victoria calendar for 2022."

Meanwhile, passionate South Australia jumps fan Frances Nelson is leading a proposal to overturn the Oakbank Racing Club committee after it decided not to have feature jumping races at its Easter carnival meeting.

Popular Warrnambool trainer Simon Ryan will push ahead with plans to run his filly Morrissette in the $1 million VRC Oaks at Flemington on November 4, following her fourth placing in the Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield last Saturday.

Morrissette, with Declan Bates in the saddle, finished just over three lengths behind Daisies in Saturday's group 3 race over 2000 metres.

"Saturday's run by Morrissette was better than it looked," Ryan said.

"I was very happy and so was Declan after the Ethereal.

"She's an honest, quality filly who is crying out for the 2500 metres of the Oaks.

"Declan was really positive following the race.

"He said Morrissette finished the race off strongly and should be in the finish of the Oaks.

"Declan added Morrissette is a clean winded filly who will stay all day.

"Morrissette has pulled up really well.

"We're down in the line of entry to get into the Oaks but I'm hoping her fourth placing in the Ethereal will lift her rating."

The former jumps jockey, who has five horses in work, said it's exciting to train a horse like Morrissette.

"She's been a slow maturing horse who needs distance races," he said.

"It's a real thrill for a small stable to have a horse which is on the cusp of running in one of the feature filly races on the Australian racing calendar.

"There's only a handful of horses in the stable and a couple of those are jumpers.

"We've paid the $1100 nomination fee for the Oaks and will pay the final acceptors fee of $8000 on November 1 before heading to Flemington to chase our dream of winning an Oaks."

From her five starts, Morrissette has failed to win a race.

However, she has picked up $9000 in prizemoney for her connections, with Saturday's fourth placing in the Ethereal.

Her total stakemoney is just over $18,000.

Punters should forget the performance of the Symon Wilde trained Gundec in Saturday's Neds Classic at Caulfield, according to his foreman Liam Hoy.

Gundec ran sixth in the traditional lead-up race to the $2 million VRC Derby on October 30 but Hoy said the lightly raced colt struggled on the wet track.

"Just put a line through Gundec's run on Saturday," he said.

"Gundec was not happy at any stage in the going and just failed to handle Caulfield.

"We're not convinced Gundec handles wet tracks.

"We'll look at making a change to his headgear but we're still on track to run in the Derby.

"Simon is confident the big track at Flemington and the 2500 metres of the Derby will suit Gundec."

Meanwhile, the Wilde stable was disappointed with the run of Pride Of Jenni in the $300,000 Tristarc Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.

Pride Of Jenni ran fifth in Saturday's seven-horse field, racing below expectations.

"We thought she would have been competitive but she failed to fire," Hoy said.

"She'll have her bloods tested and we'll have a clearer idea as to how she's going after we get them back from the vet.

"It might be that Pride Of Jenni doesn't back up in her races.

"She may be a better mare who races on the fresh side."

Pride Of Jenni has won over $155,000 in stakemoney from her 10 starts.

Apprentice jockey Matthew Cartwright was outed for eight meetings on a careless riding charge at Wodonga on Sunday.

The charge related to an incident near the 175 metre mark, when Cartwright rode Yanacocha onto the heels of Just Stellar before checking off that mare's heels.

Cartwright's suspension commences midnight October 18.

The suspension ends at midnight on October 24.

Stewards took into account his guilty plea and also considered his good record in relation to this rule before handing down the penalty.