Winx got back to racing last night in Australia. I'm not sure where to find a video of the replay but I think they will be playing it forever.

The mare went off at 1/9 with no place or show betting. The race was a 7F turf sprint around a turn at Randwick. She had seven (7) challengers.

When the gate opened the inside horse left like a Kawasaki Ninja super bike. Winx didn't. She had missed the start terribly. In nothing flat she trailed the field by four (4) lengths and the leaders by eight. Oh No! I heard going through my mind.

Jockey Hugh Bowman took a furlong or so to get the big girl untangled and into a gallop. There she was seemingly in no hurry to regain contact. Usually they do not go terribly fast early preferring instead to come home late like a bullet train.

The field began to stretch out around the turn while #8 Fox Play the 19/1 second choice tried to steal away. Winx the 6 y/o daughter of Street Cry who hadn't been out since April finally caught the back markers who were now beginning to do their best running as the field entered the turn. She angled out around the turn to be last exiting into the long stretch run.

Down the stretch she came, on the outside, in all her glory with an overpowing stride catching the leader by a short neck at the wire. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat as they say. Now 28-22-3-0 $13 million in earnings.

Truly Jaw Dropping!