Jane’s idea involves a hardware solution within an equine development program, aimed at developing the core strength required to race effectively with a significant reduction forecast in the prevalence of illness and injury in the thoroughbred racing industry. Jane’s solution focuses on revolutionising training and rehabilitation practices. She is very passionate about advocating for the horse. She believes she has uncovered a novel approach with her ongoing studies of biomechanics, research into muscle strengthening and performance, and lameness issues in horses, focussing on. lateral balance and stability.

Jane was a dedicated participant who was able to focus on the customer discovery and validation components of the HatchTEK program. She was able to start stepping out of the “solutions focus” and into the problem and customer focus in order to ensure an adequate fit between these components. Jane spent time one on one at the track and at rehabilitation facilities interviewing trainers, owners and jockeys to validate her assumptions and some of the finding were quite interesting, such as the impact on racing stable reputations and potential loss of revenue through poor animal performance causing considerable mental health impacts on trainers and the willingness for the industry to try novel approaches to address these issues.
Jane’s key customer segments are Victorian based:
- Mid-size racing trainers, and;
- Racing rehabilitation centres.