Thundering home to victory in the 2018 Cox Plate (Image courtesy Racing Victoria).
T
he bay filly sure didn’t look like much as she lined up at Warwick Farm Racecourse
on the 4th of June 2014. Even her
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Winx and Hugh Bowman
owners had more confidence in one of her stablemates to win or place. But three-year-old Winx won her first race that day over 1,100 metres, an event that marked the beginning of a stunning five year career as a recordbreaking racehorse, one who many have called the greatest of all time. Winx was foaled on the 14th of September 2011 near a village named
There are very few Australians who don’t know the name Winx. N. G. QUINLAN takes a closer look at the story behind the legend.
Jerrys Plains in the New South Wales Hunter Valley. She was a product of the Australian branch of the famous Irish Thoroughbred operation Coolmore Stud, and was sold as a yearling
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