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Where NSW is losing trainers: the numbers behind a 15 per cent fall in country stables in two years
Country stables accounted for 38 of the 46 trainer licences lost in NSW in 2025/26, according to Racing NSW’s annual report, which links the fall to tougher business conditions and increased welfare expectations.
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Flightline mare Zee Drop tops second Keeneland November session at US$1 million
Al Ruwais Stables paid US$1 million for Zee Drop, a mare in foal to Flightline, on day two of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. Session turnover fell 16.5 per cent on 2025, but cumulative gross remains almost 13 per cent ahead.
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Straight Talk – A review of an historic Melbourne Cup feat. Will Bourne, plus off-track drama and stallions minted
This week, we dissect a history-making Melbourne Cup. chat to bloodstock agent Will Bourne about sourcing the future Cup winner from King Charles, examine the fallout from Cup week in the stewards’ room, and discuss Frankel’s growing Cup influence and the wagering headlines.
Point Of Law gives Frankel the Melbourne Cup sire honour that eluded Galileo
Point Of Law’s Melbourne Cup win gives Frankel his first winner of the race from 11 starts by his progeny, an honour his sire Galileo never achieved from 39 starts, and makes him Frankel’s fifth individual Australian Group 1 winner.
The workforce behind Flemington’s biggest Melbourne Cup crowd in a decade
Flemington drew nearly 100,000 racegoers to Melbourne Cup Day, its largest crowd since 2016. The VRC’s most recent workforce figure, more than 14,000 accredited staff across the 2024 carnival, gives the scale of the caterers, builders, security, cleaners, turf staff and broadcast crews behind the event.
Rowe On Monday – Hatton savours Derby victory as Kieran and Tom Moore complete rare family double
In this week’s Rowe On Monday, Ross Hatton’s reveals his broodmare band of 30 at his South Australian farm includes Rose Memory and Seracena, who are the dams of first and second in this year’s Victoria Derby, while Kieran and Tom Moore are enjoying their rare Derby connection and Louis Mihalyka says Militarize has proven to be a good moneyspinner despite his infertility.
