Australian wunderkind Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) galloped 1200m at Flemington Monday morning in advance of a start in the G1 Turnbull S. on Oct. 7. Winx, searching for her 21st consecutive victory, carted regular jockey Hugh Bowman over the course, and will face only 10 rivals at this time, with race nominations for the A$500,000 2000-metre feature extended to Tuesday.
“She trailed approximately 200 metres behind stablemate Japonisme (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}) in her gallop to give her a lead and she worked over 1200m conservatively,” trainer Chris Waller told Racing.com. “She steadily built momentum into the work to ensure she knew what the long Flemington straight was all about and attacked the line well. Both Hugh [Bowman] and I couldn't have been any happier with the work. It was a good work out which she recovered quickly from, I am therefore happy with her fitness. She ran approximately 1.04 for the 1000 metres and the last 400m in :23 seconds.”
Regarding her further preparation for this Saturday's Turnbull, Waller said, “She will have a very light gallop on Thursday morning prior to her media commitment at Flemington which we will be in touch with later in the week. It was great to see her settle in so quickly and not take any harm from the travel.”
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