Named with a nod and a wink to Vegas burlesque

1 Unbeaten Black Caviar's winning streak of 25 races is without parallel for an Australian horse, but on her latest start, in last weekend's Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick, Winx surpassed the previous record for the longest winning sequence at metropolitan tracks in Australia - 18 in a row by the great miler Ajax, including the Newmarket Handicap and WS Cox Plate in 1938.

2 Foaled on September 14, 2011, the queen of the Australian turf is the second foal of the mare Vegas Showgirl, a Listed winner in New Zealand who won seven of 35 starts altogether. Her first foal, called Miss Atom Bomb, had a wind issue and never made it to the track; her third foal, named Win Win Raider, is an unraced five-year-old in Hong Kong. Four-year-old half-brother El Divino, by Snitzel, has won a couple and been tried at Group 1 level; another colt by Snitzel last year sold for A$2.3m last year.

3 Winx was bred in Australia by businessman John Camilleri's Fairway Thoroughbreds and sold as a yearling for A$230,000 (about £150,000 at the time) at the 2013 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale – as part of a Coolmore draft, the Irish behemoth acting as agent. Camilleri is managing director of Baiada Poultry, a family business best known for the Steggles brand as purveyors of "quality Australian turkey and chicken products".