West Coast the poster boy jumps racing needs

In jumps racing’s hour of need, West Coast confirmed his status as one of the best ever with yet another champion performance in Sunday’s Ben & Ryan Foote Racing Great Northern Steeplechase.

There’s no getting away from the intense scrutiny that jumps racing in this country is under right now. That was brought into focus by the NZTR release in early August of a consultation document requesting stakeholder submissions and last week’s appointment of a subcommittee to rule on those more than 200 submissions as the crucial step in deciding the discipline’s future.