Here is the link to the Seven News report this evening on the annual Warrnambool (western Victoria) Grand National Steeplechase. The report’s video shows two heavy falls by horses. They were apparently uninjured this time. But in the five years to 2011, more than sixty horses have lost their lives in jumps racing events In Victoria and South Australia as the last two States in which jumps racing is conducted. The Panel is opposed to jumps racing and you can read more here.The Warrnambool  event is 5,500 metres in length with some 33 jumps. The Melbourne Cup for stayers by comparison is a 3,200 metres (2 miles) flat race.