Bren O'Brien

One of the key arguments made by the Australian Turf Club in its pitch to members to sell Rosehill is that racing’s popularity is on the decline. But the varying data on this crucial point reveals a much broader challenge for the racing industry.

Racetrack stars Bella Nipotina and Amelia's Jewel will be the headline attractions during the Inglis' Chairman's Sale in Sydney on Thursday.

ATC members will receive free membership for five years and up to $1000 a year to spend at the races as part of a huge incentive push for the Australian Turf Club to secure the approval of the sale of Rosehill racecourse.

Records continued to tumble on the closing day of the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale with a Too Darn Hot colt selling for $775,000.

Unloved and unvarnished for 25 years, Warwick Farm, under the gun from the very start of Peter V’landys’ tenure in charge of Racing New South Wales, has remarkably emerged as the possible saviour of the Australian Turf Club’s plan to sell Rosehill.

While Godolphin’s Australian operation is undergoing a period of change, globally it was one of the most significant weekends in the Blue Army’s long history, including a long-awaited Kentucky Derby victory. Run The Numbers charts Godolphin’s extraordinary Group 1 record.

Robert Crabtree may have completed the sale of his Dorrington Farm but giving up a filly he bred before being sold in unison with Noorilim Park wasn’t an option at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale.