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Mighty mare Winx canters to 30th straight victory in Apollo Stakes

Winx and jockey Hugh Bowman
Winx, seen here during an exhibition gallop at Randwick racecourse earlier this month, has become the first Australian racehorse to win thirty consecutive races. Photograph: Jeremy Piper/AAP

Mighty mare Winx has won her 30th consecutive race, blasting past a field of eight in the Apollo Stakes at Randwick Racecourse on Saturday.

The seven-year-old finished comfortably down the outside, passing front-runner Tom Melbourne and challenger Happy Clapper with a few hundred metres to race, winning by two lengths.

It was a tight start, with Winx out marginally last, but jockey Hugh Bowman kept her out of trouble further back in the field, before opening up on the home straight to win a third Apollo Stakes in race-record time.

Winx becomes the first Australian horse to win thirty consecutive races, but remains a little behind the world’s best ever run, Puerto Rico’s Camarero who boasts 56 wins in a row.

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