Australian Horse of the Year and Hall of Fame inductee Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) will trial on Monday ahead of her upcoming 6-year-old season. Winx, who rides a 17-race win streak that began in May 2015 and has encompassed 12 Group 1 wins, including two G1 Cox Plates and the G1 Queen Elizabeth S. on Apr. 8, is expected to target a third Cox Plate win in October.
“She's good and we're getting close now to her first-up run,” trainer Chris Waller told Sky Racing. “It'll probably be four weeks to Saturday so she has her first trial on Monday at Randwick. It'll just be a soft trial. I don't expect her to win or do anything special, she'll just follow them around. Two weeks later she'll have a second trial where she'll do a little bit more and then be ready for the Warwick S.”
Like she did last year, Winx is set to start out in the G2 Warwick S. in late August.
“I couldn't be happier,” Waller said. “It's just a matter of maintaining her, making sure she stays safe and holds her form.”
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