It's all systems go for Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) ahead of her next appearance in Saturday's G1 George Main S. over 1600m at Randwick. It will be the mare's last spring appearance in Sydney before she travels to Melbourne to defend her G1 Cox Plate title. Winx will face a maximum of six other horses on Saturday, two of which are also trained by Chris Waller and he is quite happy with her condition ahead of what should in theory be a straightforward task.
“She's done everything right since her first-up run,” Waller told racing.com. “We missed running in the [G2] Chelmsford, but that was by choice with the wet track. I didn't want her having a tough run. She had a trial at Warwick Farm last Friday, eight days prior to her race. Hugh [Bowman] was very happy with the way she moved and the way she recovered from the trial suggests she's spot on.”
Unbeaten in her last 10 starts, Waller is almost mentally preparing for the day that Winx meets defeat such is the weight of public expectation that the mare carries. “Winx will get defeated, that day will come but we won't worry about that – we'll bounce back. As long as it's not Cox Plate Day or any race leading up to it, it won't matter,” he said.
Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.
