WATCH: Winx wins at Randwick for 23rd straight victory

Joshua Thomas

WATCH: Winx wins at Randwick for 23rd straight victory image

You'd be crazy to bet against her, and Winx has yet again backed up her now incredibly short odds by taking out the Chipping Norton Stakes for a 23rd consecutive win and an Australian record 16th Group 1 race.

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The champion mare was a $1.08 favourite and never had punters sweating at Randwick as she blitzed the field finishing more than two lengths ahead of the chasing pack.


Prized Icon and Classic Uniform finished second and third respectively in the 1600m race with Winx's jockey Hugh Bowman talking down the victory to some extent.

"I wouldn't say its a vintage field she's beaten here today and that's fair to say," Bowman told Channel 7. 

"She's beaten much better horses."

Despite some questionable opposition that weren't all suited to the distance, Winx put in a near faultless performance to the delight of Bowman.

"Couldn't have asked for a better return to racing could we," he said.

 

 

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Josh has been covering sport for nearly a decade now having fallen in love with football at a young age. A UTS graduate, Josh has previously worked for GOAL and now covers football closely for The Sporting News.