Four-time Australian Horse of the Year Winx was unable to catch when bred to top Australian sire Snitzel, and she will be given the breeding season off.
Winx's ownership group, the Tighe, Kepitis and Treweke families made the announcement on Thursday.
“It's not the update we were hoping to provide, sadly it wasn't meant to be this year for Winx and Snitzel,” read a statement from Winx's owners. “Winx is doing very well with her Pierro filly, and the decision has been made to give her this year off.”
The Pierro filly born in October was the first foal for Winx after she lost her first pregnancy in 2020, which would have been a filly by I Am Invincible. She was a given a year off from breeding before being sent to Pierro, who stands at Coolmore Australia, for the 2023 Southern Hemisphere foaling season.
A winner of 37 races (25 Group 1, including four runnings of the Cox Plate) in 43 starts, Winx was victorious in her final 33 outings.Trained by Chris Waller and ridden most often by Hugh Bowman, the daughter of Street Cry retired with earnings in excess of AUS$26 million.
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