Racing Minister Rob Hulls turned up the heat on the sport when he said would receive a review of jumps racing within a month.
Mr Hulls said Racing Victoria chairman Michael Duffy told him last night the normal appraisal of jumps racing conducted at the end of the season would be brought forward and he would receive it within a month.
"I think yesterday's tragic events confirms the need for a review,'' he told reporters today.
"Anyone who thinks that these types of incidents, these types of deaths and injuries are just a natural by-products of jumps racing really don't have much concern for either the safety of jockeys or horses.
"I think it's very important for all stakeholders to get behind this review to support it and get behind it.''
The Robert Smerdon-trained Eveready, and Charted, trained by Kathryn Durden, were put down after being injured when they fell during the Grand National Hurdle.
Only four of the 13 starters in the $252,000 race finished. Jockey Adrian Garraway, taken to hospital after falling from Pasco, has since been released.
Mr Hulls said he was not prepared to follow the RSPCA's calls for the sport to be banned but the number of deaths was worse than at any time since 2001.
"If these types of incidents were happening on the same regularity in flat racing as they do in jumps racing it would mean that you would have one death per race meeting,'' he said.
"We're having 1.1 deaths per 100 starters, at a normal race meeting there are at least 100 starters, if we had one death per race meeting people would be screaming about it.''
Opposition leader Ted Baillieu said while yesterday's events were "terrible'' they were not necessarily caused by the hurdles used in jumps races.
"We think there is a place for jumps racing,'' he told AAP.
The Australian Jumps Racing Association has defended its safety record and spokesman Rodney Rae told ABC Radio the association was continuing to look at further ways to improve the sport.
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