Wonderful Winx joins legends with Moonee Valley blitz

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 22: Hugh Bowman riding Winx winning Race 9, William Hill Cox Plate during Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley Racecourse on October 22, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)

Winx overwhelms her rivals with a Cox Plate tour de force in October, when she beat Hartnell by eight lengths at Moonee ValleyCredit: Vince Caligiuri (Getty Images)

Report: Australia, Saturday

Moonee Valley: William Hill Cox Plate (Group 1) 1m2f44y, turf, 3yo+

The race was billed as a match but in the end it was a one-horse demolition job as Winx put up one of the greatest performances in the history of Australia's most prestigious weight-for-age race and grabbed a second consecutive Cox Plate.

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Mark ScullyRacing Post Reporter

Published on 22 October 2016inReports

Last updated 13:22, 22 October 2016

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