Winx

furthermore Chris - Almond Eye beat vivlos by 1.25 lengths the year before benbatl beat the same horse by 3.5 lengths I believe.

I believe it was 34.60. Touched once with the whip

(sorry if already mentioned)

One off form lines (clashes) imo are irrelevant

WINX – QUEEN OF THE PYGMIES
April 16, 2019 8:55 am


The arrows keep coming at Winx from afar.

And again, it’s a Pom throwing them.

Matt Chapman has been the loudest critic not of Winx but the horses she beat in her five-year career at the top of Australian racing.

Now his At The Races colleague Kevin Blake has put poison pen to paper, offering a blunt appraisal both of the “lack of ambition” of Australians to pit their horses against the world’s best and the “shallow” horse ranks in Australia, where Winx won “below-standard contests by wide margins.”

Blake praised her “physical and mental soundness” and said he understood the financial rationale behind campaigning Winx exclusively at home but said “since when has maximising earning potential ever been a meaningful contributor to greatness in horse racing?

“True racing legends are made by taking on the best and overcoming adversity … it’s hard not to think that the Winx story could have been much more than it was,” he wrote.

He said the low ratings of her rivals led to “persistent international scepticism of her claims to true greatness.”

“She never had to face a rival that produced a performance rating of 123 or higher against her. Indeed, on only six occasions in her career did her nearest pursuer hit a mark of 120.

“Winx never once faced anything approaching the best in the world during her long career.”

Blake said the greatness of Ouija Board, Alexander Goldrun, Goldikova and others was earned by their travels.

“Their connections embraced the spirit of competition that horse racing is built on, travelling them out of their comfort zones …”

Blake said Winx had the talent to conquer the world – had connections dared.

“Her connections had any amount of opportunities to make it happen,” he said, saying they had a “safety first” mentality.

Blake said that the “harsh reality is that because of the way she was campaigned she will more likely be remembered by much of the rest (outside Australia) of the racing world as a giant among pygmies.”

BY: Matt Stewart RSN Racing Editor


Edited by Gay3 - 16 Apr 2019 at 12:54pm

What's the distance from Ascot to Paris? Less than the distance from Rosehill to Albury.

Oh dear! The poor old Poms. They can’t handle the fact that Winxs connections valued Cox Plates and QE11s over their races in their soggy grey island. Wonder if this knob knows Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth11 is a Winx fan? She sent Waller a message after Winxs last race. Anyway who cares what a few Poms think. Their arguments are just boring now.

Whinging poms

Tlazolteotl wrote: So this mob must rate fairly low on his scale. 147 Frankel 145 Sea-Bird 144 Brigadier Gerard, Tudor Minstrel 142 Abernant 141 Mill Reef

Yes, another whining pom.

Name me one superstar or champion Frankel beat.

Why didn't Frankel go to arc to cement his greatness?

Bet they didn't write a similar story when he retired.

kavg wrote: Yes, another whining pom. Name me one superstar or champion Frankel beat. Why didn't Frankel go to arc to cement his greatness? Bet they didn't write a similar story when he retired.

So where did Frankel travel to?

I don’t follow OS racing. How did the horses Frankel beat go when they travelled?

Baguette wrote: I don’t follow OS racing. How did the horses Frankel beat go when they travelled?