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We knew her level in the UK when she was beaten in 3 of her 4 G1 runs (her only win coming against her own sex in Ireland’s Pretty Polly when she beat the 112 and 113 rated Stay Alert and Above The Curve).
She was last seen on these shores when finishing runner up to King Of Steel in last year’s Champion Stakes, she subsequently moved from George Boughey’s stable to Chris Waller’s stable Down Under and since then (as a 6yr old) she has won 4 of her 6 races (all at G1 level ranging from 7f to 10f) and has just taken the Cox Plate by 8L and in the process took 2 seconds off of Aussie Legend Winx’s track record.
How do we view this?
More proof that horses just short of G1 class in the UK can clean up in Australia, remember Addeybb (as a 6 and 7 yr old) won 3 of his 4 G1s in Australia and 2 of them before he won a soft ground Champion Stakes or is it possible that these older horses have improved their form as they got even older?
Does the Cox Plate result put Winx’s G1 winning record a little more into perspective as being more of a good/very good horse beating up on an average bunch of rivals that wouldn’t cut much ice if the rocked up for a G1 in UK?
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