Back Yourself!
Sign-up and start betting with Ladbrokes in 2 minutes!
Back A Winner with Neds!
Sign-up and start betting with Neds in 2 minutes!
Daily Racing Specials!
Sign-up and bet with Australia's best new bookmaker!
#1 Ranked New Bookie
Sign-up and bet with Australia's #1 ranked new bookmaker!
Best Of The Best Odds!
Bet With Palmerbet and get Paid Top Fluc or Top Tote!
Massive Odds on All Races!
Sign-up and start betting with PlayUp in 2 minutes!
Imagine what you could be buying instead.
Set a deposit limit.
Search
 

Chris Waller concedes he is training Winx with an added sense of responsibility as the Cox Plate winner returns to racing as an overwhelming Apollo Stakes favourite.

Winx has taken over as Australia’s best racehorse and also ranks as the nation’s most popular.

Winx

Winx

And it’s not lost on Waller that Winx’s reputation is on the line when she resumes at Group Two level at Randwick on Saturday.

Waller is mindful of what lies ahead but is certain Winx is in the right form to justify her odds-on quote for the Apollo while leaving enough to work with to have the mare at her absolute best for $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes in April.

“I feel it’s important to try and keep her winning,” Waller said.

“And at the same time it’s important not to do anything different than we normally do to ensure she’s there at the end of the campaign as well.”

Thoroughbred people like to say how their racehorses return to training bigger and better than before.

In Winx’s case, Waller is happy to announce the mare is a bigger racehorse than one which went unbeaten during a three-start spring campaign.

But it might be wishful thinking to say she has improved.

“You can’t say she has come back better. She’s won a Cox Plate by four lengths. You can’t go any better than that,” Waller said.

“We’ve got to make sure she comes back as good as that.”

If it wasn’t for an unplaced run in the Light Fingers Stakes at the corresponding meeting last year, Winx would take an unblemished first-up record into the Apollo in which she is one of five Group One winners resuming.

The most breathtaking of her three first-up wins came in the spring when she gave away an impossible start before getting a photo-finish result in the Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill.

Odds-on favouritism in the Apollo has been reserved for an elite few and at $1.55 bookmakers are rating Winx on the same level as Sunline and Lonhro, both of whom won the weight-for-age race at $1.24 and $1.30 respectively.

With the exception of second favourite Solicit ($4.80), Winx’s opposition comprises handicap stayers expected to figure much later in the autumn carnival.

 
*Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T’s & C’s apply. Gamble responsibly.
Imagine what you could be buying instead.
Set a deposit limit.
Featured News

FREE BETS – Claim $1000’s in Bonus Bets at the TOP Betting Sites

We take a look at the BIGGEST and BEST Free Daily Racing Offers and Betting Promotions from Australia’s leading online...

Golden Slipper Likely Field – 2024

The biggest two-year-old race of the year will jump this Saturday in arguably one of the best fields in recent...

Former trainer handed a five-year ban for pulling stewards pants down

Former trainer Todd Balfour has been handed a five-year disqualification by Racing SA stewards after a misconduct incident at the...

Melbourne Cup champion Verry Elleegant passes away

Verry Elleegant, one of the great mares in the history of Australian racing, has died while giving birth to her...

Watch 📺 Jockey banned from all racing premises over ride

Jockey Dylan Kitts has been penalised with a disciplinary officer exclusion directive due to non-compliance with an inquiry regarding his...

Group 1 winner returns positive swab

Racing Victoria stewards are investigating a positive swab from Group 1-winning mare Prowess, the racehorse trained by Roger James and...

Alligator Blood injured, career in doubt

Cult galloper Alligator Blood may have run his last race, with trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott confirming the star galloper had...

Nikita Beriman returns to the saddle

July 1, 2023 to January 26, 2024 … that period represents the just shy of seven months that Nikita Beriman...

Australia's Best Betting Sites

New Betting Sites Australia + Top List Bookmaker Apps $$$

Betting in Australia has never been more popular thanks to a large increase in new betting Agencies and Apps available...

Top 10 – Funniest Race Horse Names

Horse racing. Known as the ‘Sport Of Kings’, an industry worth billions, a very serious business…but to some, it’s a...

Best Horse Betting Sites in Australia

Best Horse Racing Betting Apps and Betting Sites – March 2024

We take a look at the best online betting apps to bet on horse racing in Australia for the month...

Golden Slipper

The Golden Slipper is one of the biggest and most prestigious horse races in Australia. Taking place each April at...

Australian Bookmaker Reviews – Online Bookie Ratings $$

Which bookmaker should you bet with? We Review each of the leading online Australian Bookmakers and rate them in order...

 
 
Imagine what you could be buying instead.
For free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au