Four-time Australian Horse of the Year Winx will be bred to leading sire Snitzel for the 2023 Southern Hemisphere breeding season.
The announcement was made Friday through the horse's social media channels, operated by her ownership.
Winx, a 12-year-old daughter of Street Cry, delivered her first foal in October 2022, a filly by Pierro. That was her second lifetime mating after losing her first pregnancy in 2020, which would have been a filly by I Am Invincible.
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, Winx retired with earnings in excess of AUS$26 million.
Winx was named Australia's Horse of the Year each racing season from 2015/16 to 2018/19, and she finished tied atop the Longines World's Best Racehorse rankings in 2018. Despite never racing in the U.S., she was voted the Secretariat Vox Populi Award winner in 2018, as well.
Snitzel, a 21-year-old son of Redoute's Choice, stands at Arrowfield Stud in Scone, Australia. He was Australia's leading sire for four consecutive seasons, from 2016/17 to 2019/20, and he is a four-time leading sire of 2-year-olds. He has sired 11 champions, including two winners of the Group 1 Golden Slipper.
During his own racing career, Snitzel won seven of 15 starts, highlighted by a victory in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate.
Happy Group 1 – Winx Stakes Day
The WINX ownership group are pleased to announce she will visit Snitzel this 2023 breeding season. pic.twitter.com/bLtYAA0v24
— Winx (Official)
(@winx_horse) August 18, 2023
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