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legendary
Selling plater
Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2017 7:23 pm Posts: 93
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All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
I have followed racing for a long time but rarely do you see a horse dominate with the ease or the elegance of Winx, She simply is machanical and never misses a step
Arrogate is much the same as Winx but has a slightly lazy action to himself and always requires niggling in races but comes home like a steam train
Lady Aurelia is simply a bullet pretending to be a racehorse, She is sooooooo fast it's scary and it almost seemed like she only had to half try in the King Stand Stakes which makes her a freak, I very much look forward to her winning the Nunthorpe at York in August because it been an age since we have seen a Lochsong( A filly who who dish out a beating to anyone), As long as the trip is 5f she cannot be beaten!!!!
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Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:21 pm |
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Degaussed
Handicapper
Joined: Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:44 pm Posts: 145
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
You forgot Almanzor.
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Sat Jul 15, 2017 6:13 pm |
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legendary
Selling plater
Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2017 7:23 pm Posts: 93
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
In all fairness we haven't seen him this year????
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Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:32 am |
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NPG319
Group 1 winner
Joined: Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:39 am Posts: 2497 Location: South Australia
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
Yeah Winx is a freak! There is jockey cam of Winx winning earlier in the year in the George Ryder Stakes on a slow or heavy track. In the home straight Winx just glides past and boots away. Amazing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr0P-ilu5jUArrogate - didn't race well on the weekend - like you said, he needs to be niggled at and really only stretched out for a furlong and lost interest. Either something is amiss with him, it just wasn't his day or he's not interested in racing any more. Lady Aurelia - has to do more in my opinion - a stint in Australia for the big sprints would settle any doubt.
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Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:53 am |
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legendary
Selling plater
Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2017 7:23 pm Posts: 93
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
Arrogate looked completly uninterested in the racing game at the weekend and that might be all she wrote for his career, I hope not but he has already made it into the breeding barn so either way he's a success
Winx is a freak your very correct in that statement, surely a 3rd Cox plate is just going to happen
Lady Aurelia to me is the fastest 5f horse in the world, She will go to Australia after york (Nunthorpe thumping is very likely), but 6f is never going to show her true talent and the Everest for me is just an attempt by the owners to try and grab some place money, I cannot think of one horse who would get near her at 5f!!!!!!
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Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:11 pm |
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NPG319
Group 1 winner
Joined: Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:39 am Posts: 2497 Location: South Australia
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
I hope she comes out to Oz - plenty of money on offer to make it worth her while.
I think a third Cox Plate for Winx is just a formality.
There is talk of her heading to England after that.
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Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:17 am |
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legendary
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Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2017 7:23 pm Posts: 93
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
Not sure if Winx will come and smash our average horses up, I think she will be 7 by the time the next Royal Ascot rolls around and for me i think retirement will be more likely, would loved to be wrong about that
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Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:13 am |
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NPG319
Group 1 winner
Joined: Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:39 am Posts: 2497 Location: South Australia
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
I think she'll be 6.
After the Cox Plate there will be nothing left to chase in Australia so it will be England or retirement.
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Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:33 am |
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legendary
Selling plater
Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2017 7:23 pm Posts: 93
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
Get her to Galileo or Frankel
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Tue Jul 25, 2017 5:49 pm |
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NPG319
Group 1 winner
Joined: Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:39 am Posts: 2497 Location: South Australia
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
legendary wrote: Get her to Galileo or Frankel Well that could be the plan if they take her to England for a run or two then of to Frankel or Galileo. That foal would sell for a record amount!
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Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:47 am |
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pjrhodes1970
Group 1 winner
Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 8:48 pm Posts: 15151 Location: Republic of Ireland
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
They would have to race the foal in Europe as a 2 & 3 year old as it would be a northern hemisphere foal so I doubt that will happen
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Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:04 am |
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NPG319
Group 1 winner
Joined: Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:39 am Posts: 2497 Location: South Australia
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
pjrhodes1970 wrote: They would have to race the foal in Europe as a 2 & 3 year old as it would be a northern hemisphere foal so I doubt that will happen Australian owners - it's all about the cashola, Paul You lot race for the glory of stud....we race to be the best and for the money....then breeding
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Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:26 am |
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pjrhodes1970
Group 1 winner
Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 8:48 pm Posts: 15151 Location: Republic of Ireland
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
NPG319 wrote: pjrhodes1970 wrote: They would have to race the foal in Europe as a 2 & 3 year old as it would be a northern hemisphere foal so I doubt that will happen Australian owners - it's all about the cashola, Paul You lot race for the glory of stud....we race to be the best and for the money....then breeding Yes agree Doug but would the Owners like having a european based horse especially out of Winx who is becoming an Australian legend. Frankel & Galileo will be out in a field when Southern Hemisphere breeding season begins so if they go to either of them it will be February to May id imagine therefore the offspring could not race in Australia as a juvenile and part of its 3 year old campaign.
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Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:36 am |
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NPG319
Group 1 winner
Joined: Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:39 am Posts: 2497 Location: South Australia
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
They may bring her home while she's pregnant - but they may just keep her there and sell the foal. They may also just take her to England for Ascot and then bring her home. If she has a light campaign this spring then I think she'll travel.
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Wed Jul 26, 2017 11:00 am |
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pjrhodes1970
Group 1 winner
Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 8:48 pm Posts: 15151 Location: Republic of Ireland
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Re: All Hail Winx, Arrogate, Lady Aurelia
even if they send her home pregnant the foal will have been bred on the northern hemisphere breeding season
Sires don't breed here after June
effectively she could go to Galileo in Feb still run in prince of wales and go home carrying
but still means the offspring could not race in Aus a a 2yo or half its 3yo campaign
all highly unlikely send her to Fastnet Rock down there
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Wed Jul 26, 2017 11:54 am |
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