Last year's G1 Cox Plate winner Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) makes her first public appearance since that dominating score Saturday when she resumes in Randwick's G2 Apollo S. over 1400 metres. The 4-year-old filly has not lost in five outings since May. She collected her first Group 1 win in the Queensland Oaks May 30 and, after scoring first-up in Rosehill's G2 Theo Marks S. Sept. 12, was much the best in both the G1 Epsom H. and the Cox Plate.
Winx's Apollo opposition includes another Street Cry mare in the form of trainer Gerald Ryan's Solicit (Aus), who won the G3 Summoned S. over 1500 metres in November and will appreciate the added distance from her comeback second in the 1200 metre G2 Expressway S. Jan. 30. Also resuming here is Godolphin's Oct. 3 G1 Metropolitan H. winner Magic Hurricane (Ire) (Hurricane Run {Ire}), who has the benefit of three trials coming into this. While his optimum distance appears to be longer, he does have a win over this track and trip.
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