Owners and punters to benefit from enhanced jump-outs production

Racing Victoria (RV) is pleased to announce that all Victorian jump-outs have now been integrated into a new enhanced and standardised industry production and broadcast model, delivering important benefits to owners and punters.

This follows the addition this month of all jump-outs conducted by the Victoria Racing Club at Flemington and thus completes the full network of Victorian tracks now on the new standardised platform.

All jump-outs in Victoria are now filmed consistently by Racing.com to ensure standardised professional vision, whilst race callers have also been introduced to each set to narrate the action and make it easier for viewers to identify horses and track their performance.  

Process enhancements over recent months now mean that the colours worn by each horse in jump-outs are accurately reflected in results on Racing.com given they often differ from racing colours. Jump-out results and form are now also accessible within horse profiles on the Racing Australia website, as per official trials.

The broadcasting enhancements are all part of an improved, centralised industry service being produced by RV through Racing.com in response to owner and punter feedback. There are also efficiency benefits and cost savings for the industry as part of the new solution.  

As part of the upgrade, Racing.com has launched a dedicated online hub which serves as a gateway to the replays of all Victorian jump-outs. The jump-outs hub is accessible from the home page on both the Racing.com website and app.

Jump-outs are available to view on Racing.com as replays shortly after they have been conducted. The vision is accessible via three primary options – initially via the jump-outs hub and then via the racing calendar and a horse’s form profile once the results are loaded.

With jump-out entries, fields and results administered by the host Club and then communicated to RV, the expectation is that the formal results of each set are published on Racing.com before 5pm on the day of their conduct.

RV’s jump-outs model helps to minimise costs for owners, whilst at the same time providing important insight into a horse’s preparation to assist punters. 

Quotes attributable to RV Chief Executive, Aaron Morrison

“There are over 350 sets of jump-outs across Victoria annually. They are an important part of a horse’s training regime and provide valuable insight into how a horse is progressing in its preparation. 

“The jump-out model is a strong feature of Victorian racing, which is highly valued by participants and owners given the flexibility benefits and cost-efficiency as compared to more expensive official trials. 

“We have worked hard to deliver a cost-effective jump-outs service that minimises costs to owners, whilst maximising opportunities for punters and connections to engage with the progress of their favourite horses.

“We’ve been working with our Clubs, Racing.com and TRP across the past year to enhance the presentation of jump-outs and reached an important milestone in building an enhanced, centralised industry model with the introduction of Flemington jump-outs last week.

“We will continue to review our presentation to ensure it remains a value-add for owners and punters. This includes some upcoming enhancements to our web platforms which will allow us to feature new and more engaging content, new features, and personalisation, based on input from stakeholders and customers. I look forward to providing further updates in coming months.”