Winx primed to celebrate 21st in Turnbull

Friday 6 October 2017, 5:33pm

WHO IS WINX?

* A six-year-old bay mare, foaled September 14, 2011 by Street Cry out of Vegas Showgirl

* Bought at the 2013 Magic Millions yearling sale for $230,000

* Owned by Magic Bloodstock Racing (Peter and Patty Tighe), Richard Treweeke and Debbie Kepitis

* Trained by Chris Waller

* Prize money of $13,475,425 with 24 wins in 30 starts

WHEN DID WE START TO TAKE NOTICE?

* Came from last to win the Sunshine Coast Guineas on May 16, 2015 and has been unbeaten in 19 starts since

JOCKEYS TO WIN ON WINX

* Hugh Bowman (19), Jason Collett (2) and Larry Cassidy (1), James McDonald (1), Tommy Berry (1)

LAST JOCKEY TO LOSE ON WINX

* Hong Kong star Joao Moreira had the ride when Winx finished second in the Australian Oaks at Randwick on April 11, 2015

WHERE HAS SHE WON?

* Randwick (13), Rosehill (5), Moonee Valley (2) and Warwick Farm (1), Sunshine Coast (1), Doomben (1), Caulfield (1)

WHAT HAS SHE WON?

* 13 Group One races including the past two Cox Plates, and most recently the George Main Stakes

WHAT WILL A FLEMINGTON WIN MEAN?

* Winx will equal Kingston Town with 14 Group One wins if she claims the Turnbull

WHAT ABOUT THE RACE?

* The Turnbull Stakes is worth $500,000 and is run over 2000m

* It will be Winx's first run at Flemington, the home of the Melbourne Cup

* Winx's presence has spooked competition with just six horses taking her on including the $301 outsiders Magicool and Skyfire

* Humidor, rated a leading chance in the Caulfield Cup later this month, is considered the horse most likely to test Winx

– AAP

Latest News

Prime Thoroughbreds - We have a Host of Leaders in our Team

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Prime Thor­ough­bred’s cur­rent rac­ing team is putt­ing to­gether quite a re­cord. We have 22 hors­es that have raced in our team at pre­sent. Six­teen of th­ese are win­n­ers in­clud­ing the Stakes win­n­ing trio Ru­bisa­ki, Fituese and Xtreme­time with Miss Di­vine Em and Miss In Charge run­n­ing 4th in Stakes races. This sees a stakes win­n­er to win­n­er ra­tio of 18.75% with a stake’s per­formed to win­n­er ra­tio of 31.25%. Th­ese are ex­cep­tio­n­al fig­ures.   More »

Freedmans land maiden Group One win

Saturday, 27 February 2021

Un­der-rat­ed fil­ly For­bid­den Love has emerged as an au­tumn car­ni­val smokey with a bril­liant per­for­mance to win the Sur­round Stakes at Rand­wick.  More »

Capriccio completes Damian Lane treble

Saturday, 27 February 2021

In a big day for coun­try-trained hors­es, War­r­nam­bool fil­ly Capric­cio has tak­en out the In­glis Dash for Daniel Bow­man.  More »

More news headlines »