On Wednesday we ran a story which has been very well read highlighting the decline in two-year-olds seen during the spring racing which got us to wondering what’s driving it – lack of races or lack of horses?

With the end of 2025 fast approaching it’s time to turn our attention to the final G1 race of the Australian racing year, and the last of the “big three” at the Ascot Pinnacles carnival - It is of course, the $1.5 million Northerly Stakes run over 1800m at WFA, and this year marks its 50th running.