Winx gets a photo spread in Vogue

[JBJake]

Does anyone have a good barometer of the quality of horses she faced versus what level they would be running at in US racing?

Is it Grade 2, Grade 3, or something else?

Not discounting what she did because it really is truly amazing. Just wondering. I could never imagine a horse doing this in the US. So many different ways to lose a race.

[knickslions2]

Originally Posted by JBJake

Does anyone have a good barometer of the quality of horses she faced versus what level they would be running at in US racing?

Is it Grade 2, Grade 3, or something else?

Not discounting what she did because it really is truly amazing. Just wondering. I could never imagine a horse doing this in the US. So many different ways to lose a race.

Winning 33 straight at any level is quite the feat especially since most of the field sizes were 8 and above. Not sure how it compares to US but 24 of the 33 were Grade 1 races out there. Here is the overview on this horse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winx_(horse)

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by knickslions2

Winning 33 straight at any level is quite the feat especially since most of the field sizes were 8 and above. Not sure how it compares to US but 24 of the 33 were Grade 1 races out there. Here is the overview on this horse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winx_(horse)

Agreed. She won about $10M Aus$, which is about $7M US$, so she wasn't running for peanuts. Yeah, I, too, wish she'd traveled to Europe or the US, but those international flights run in both directions, so anyone thinking she and her competitors were lightweights had ample opportunity to test her.

[richard burch]

I will miss that horse. Congrats to all involved!

[Alabama Stakes]

Sad to report that Winx lost her first foal last night. Hopefully Winx will be ok .