Winx Ready To Run In Barrier Trial

The countdown to Winx’s final campaign is set to begin with the first of two planned at Rosehill.

Winx is among 10 horses entered in the first heat on with Group One winners and among her opponents in the 900m-trial.

Although Winx has won 33 of her 39 starts, the past 29 in a row, she has only ever won two trials, neither over the abbreviated 900m.

After the mare won her fourth in October, trainer Chris Waller was cautious about whether she would come back for another preparation.

Her condition when she returned from a short spell has him she is as good as ever.

“She will have two trials and we might even give her an gallop,” Waller said.

She is scheduled to run in the Group Two on February 19 before three Group One races – the Chipping Norton George Ryder and .

Her owners Debbie Kepitis, Peter Tighe and members of the Treweeke family will head to the United States this weekend to receive an award on her behalf.

Winx was voted the most popular international horse of 2018 in an online poll and she will be honoured at on Saturday (Sunday AEDT).

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