WINX brought the curtain down on her phenomenal career last Saturday when she extended her winning run to 33 consecutive victories, capturing the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick. Here is a look at her career in number and statistics.
Born – September 14th, 2011
Pedigree – By Street Cry out of Vegas Showgirl, by Al Akbar. Half-sister to Group 3 winning juvenile El Divino, the only runners out of a dual stakes winning racemare who was voted broodmare of the year in 2016 and 2017
Breeder – Fairway Thoroughbreds
Sold at auction – $230,000 at the 2013 Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale
Owners – Magic Bloodstock Racing, Richard Treweeke and Debbie Kepitis
Trainer – Chris Waller
Race record – 43 starts: 37 wins, 3 seconds.
Career prizemoney earnings – $26,336,674
25 Group 1 wins, a world record – Cox Plate (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), George Ryder Stakes (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), Chipping Norton Stakes (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2017, 2018, 2019), George Main Stakes (2016, 2017, 2018), Turnbull Stakes (2017, 2018), Winx Stakes (2018), Doncaster Mile (2016), Caulfield Stakes (2016), Epsom Handicap (2015) and Queensland Oaks (2015)
Other multiple race wins – Warwick (Winx) Stakes (2016, 2017, 2018 – Group 2 until 2018 when upgraded to Group 1) and Apollo Stakes (2016, 2017, 2019)
Winning jockeys – Hugh Bowman (32 wins), Jason Collett (2), James McDonald (1), Larry Cassidy (1) and Tommy Berry (1)
Winning racecourses – Randwick (20 wins), Rosehill (7), Moonee Valley (4), Flemington (2), Caulfield (1), Doomben (1), Sunshine Coast (1) and Warwick Farm (1)
Winning distances – 1600m (11 times), 2000m (10), 1400m (7), 1500m (5), 1100m (1), 1200m (1), 1300m (1) and 2200m (1)
Winx’s biggest winning margin – 8 lengths
Winx’s shortest winning margin – 0.2 lengths
Winx’s combined winning margin – 96.75 lengths
Average winning margin of 37 wins – 2.61 lengths
Horses that finished second to Winx multiple times – Happy Clapper (5 times), Hartnell (4), Hauraki (2) and Le Romain (2)
Last horse/jockey/trainer to beat Winx – Gust Of Wind/Tye Angland/John Sargent in the Australian Oaks 2015
Horses that beat Winx multiple times – First Seal (3 times)
Jockeys beaten on Winx – Jason Collett (3 times), Hugh Bowman (1), Tommy Berry (1) and Joao Moreira (1)
Titles won – Horse of the Year (2016, 2017, 2018), Champion grass horse (2016, 2017, 2018) Champion middle-distance horse (2016, 2017), Champion older horse (2016, 2017), Champion miler (2018) and Champion older mare (2018).