Today's Jumps Racing Association meeting in Melbourne will be a good one to attend.

It won't be tea and tiny cakes - more like bullets at 10 paces.

If you thought Racing Victoria's Friday announcement that jumps racing would end at the completion of the 2010 winter, you haven't been talking to the Jumps Association team.

It's chief executive Rodney Rae says there will be no rest until the decision is overturned.

"Both Michael Duffy [Chairman of Racing Victoria Ltd] and his chief executive Rob Hines are clearly incompetent and must be replaced because once again they have failed racing, failed its employees and failed the public at large.

"How they arrived at this decision to finish jumps racing is staggering. But, trust me, through the courts and through RVL board positions we will have this decision over-ruled.

"We will not stand by and let an incompetent group of men ruin 150 years of jumping history."

Industry icons ridiculed Racing Victoria's compensation package.

"They're going to put A$1 million into the Warrnambool carnival to make up for taking away the jumping races," said New Zealand trainer John Wheeler, who has a long history of success in the Australian jumping scene.

"I don't care of they make it A$10 million, it won't work."

Australian Trainers Association president Colin Alderson scoffs at RVL suggesting they will put forward a package to re-house redundant jumping horses with young people.

"It's like putting a 10-year-old in charge of a V8 and expecting them not to kill themselves."

Alderson said most thoroughbreds are too strong and dangerous for youngsters to ride.

He agrees with Wheeler that half of the horses, 200 to 300 will end up in the knackery.

Not if Rodney Rae has his way.

Having the rail out 10m at Ellerslie on Saturday might have changed the racing pattern to essentially, but not exclusively, suit on-pace runners, but it didn't stop all the cream rising to the top.

Martial Art looked good beating the 3-year-olds in the Auckland Airport over 1600m for Michael Coleman, landing a $14,000 single bet.

One of those most affected by the racing pattern was Salvatore, who was simply terrific storming home into second under 58kg top weight.