Winx is a Goat

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#76
I was suspended so I’m only responding to this now. Would you take a champion horse you owned overseas and risk injury and future preps for a big race overseas? I wanted Winx to go overseas but squibbing it is a bridge too far. They kept her in Australia because it was nearly guaranteed that she would win them another $15m.
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Jugada

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#77
I was suspended so I’m only responding to this now. Would you take a champion horse you owned overseas and risk injury and future preps for a big race overseas? I wanted Winx to go overseas but squibbing it is a bridge too far. They kept her in Australia because it was nearly guaranteed that she would win them another $15m.
Who cares about the $15 million. They don't need or even keep the money
 

bigpapagman

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#78
If it was about the money, she could have gone to Dubai and earned boatloads.

It had nothing to do with money, nor about squibbing it. In the end it was about protecting the country’s jewel of racing so we could enjoy her as long as possible.
 

iluvparis

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Nah owners and Waller squibbed it. Weren't happy to risk losing to take on the best races in the world
Be better Jug - they weren't worried about losing - she would have faced extremely weak years had she headed over there in either 2017 or 2018. I have no doubt their primary concern was for the health of the horse and to break the Cox Plate record. If she hadn't already won 2 I am sure they would have gone to Europe in 2017
 

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FallingLiefs

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it's an irrelevant debate.

she could only get beat due to bad luck in any race she contested and couple that with a horse doing their best to beat her with perfect run. most would agree with that statement.

that's a fact, and one you can not say about many horses, ever.
 

FallingLiefs

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#91
The same people always on the same side, they always say the Winx lovers do not pay history respect, interesting as if history has shown us one thing, it is how good winx is.

Coming out of the depression, the general feeling towards Phar Lap was he had not beaten much. that in a time out of the war and not much money around the quality/volume of horses around had fallen. Really what they were seeing was a horse that was that much better then the rest that he made them look like BM58 scrubbers.

Years later Black caviar had the same questions and punished anything around her with ease. while Phar Lap's pure record lasted the test of time, as will Caviars as will Winx's. our 3 best we've had.
 
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