Winx

Slight query in the Cox Plate though, was today a guy buster?
She will probably still win though.

PoP - she will win but you're right...it was a tough run.

Good win today though.

She'll be fine I'd say. Having 1 less run than last Cox Plate prep. Was probably good for her.

Her only danger would be The Autumn Sun and I think they're not brace enough to run him. If I owned him he would be going there.

Prince of Penzance wrote: Tend to agree. She just finds a way to win.

Did you back Winx months ago? $1.70 was good odds about five moths ago.

Broke 11 for the last 200 and inside 22 for the last 400, she'll let fly at the school and go whooska , floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee is our Queen.

Passing Through wrote:

That was actually one of Hughy's better rides imo. He really did run out of luck and did not panic, that was the key. 

I think she rewrote her genetic code soon after that win in Queensland because she simply cannot be  beaten. She's freaking amazing. How many times has Winx defied the odds to win!? I've lost count. I love the front on footage of today's race as Winx bulldozes her way into daylight after Hugh manoeuvres her ala Lonhro Australian Cup style out from behind traffic. That is pure gold. Her will to win is priceless. I'm luvin' the ride she's been taking us on. Never a dull moment.

Those sectionals can't be right.  It has Ventura Storm running a faster last 600 than Winx.  He was 3L in front of Winx at the 600 and was beaten just under 2L at the post.

She hits that flat spot between the 400-300 and today it really looked like she was going nowhere, but then she finds that next gear and it's all over. 

maccamax wrote: jacko1 wrote: She hits that flat spot between the 400-300 and today it really looked like she was going nowhere, but then she finds that next gear and it's all over.  I was surprised where he had her, bottled up on the rails . She wasn't going anywhere until her stablemate surprised us, with a quick sprint that allowed Winx to find a gap around Young Star's heels. Super run at the weights & slow pace by Kings Will Dream for the coming Handicaps.    Even the Best need those breaks in the run.

Sneck wrote: I wouldn't mind seeing her back up next week before the Cox Plate, doubt it'll happen though.

Her edge is that devastating Sprint she can find .    More Runs may not suit that side of her.
She does go to the Cox Plate , better weighted.

Yesterday was only the second time I would credit the majority (65/35) of the win to Hugh.

The other would be her first Cox Plate when he knocked Criterion into the shadow realm & took that inside run. I reckon that one was 70/30 Hugh.

I only give him partial credit for the prep work leading into second Cox Plate, when he used that slug as a penotrometer in one of the earlier races on the card. Inside was definitely off.

Didn't Waller say words to the effect that it was a perfect ride and he had her in a perfect spot, but there are different expectations around her?