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Winx, the Australian superstar who gained a world following during her four Horse of the Year campaigns in her native country, has lost her first foal, according to a brief statement posted Tuesday morning in Australia on her official website.

The daughter of Street Cry, now 9 years old, was pronounced in foal last Dec. 6 to the Northern Dancer line stallion I Am Invincible, leading freshman sire in Australia for the 2013-14 season who later sired a record 28 stakes winners in a single season.

Her connections said the foal Winx lost was a filly.

Following is the full text of the statement:

“It is with great sadness that the Kepitis, Tighe and Treweeke families wish to inform everyone that unfortunately overnight Winx lost her foal.

“There are so many people involved in the Winx story from owners, staff past and present to her many fans around the world. Our thoughts and attention at the moment are on Winx ensuring that she remains healthy, as anyone in this situation would respect. It is a traumatic time for a mother and those involved and Winx is now the centre of our attention following the loss of a beautiful filly this morning.

“We wish to thank everyone for their support and understanding, please respect the connections during this sad time and we will update you as soon as appropriate.”

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, she retired with earnings in excess of AUS$26 million.

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Winx's jockey Hugh Bowman has been handed a 20-day suspension – on his first day back riding in Sydney after a six-week ban for a notorious careless riding incident in July.

Bowman's latest alleged misdemeanor came on Saturday when he was found to have gone too fast on beaten favorite Farnan, the Golden Slipper winner, in the G2 Run To The Rose at Rosehill.

The 40-year-old jockey, who pleaded not guilty, was charged under the rule stating that “a rider must take all reasonable and permissible measures throughout the race to ensure that the rider's horse is given full opportunity to win or to obtain the best possible place in the field”. He received the 20-day ban after a two-hour meeting by Racing NSW stewards on Thursday.

Bowman, who has never before been sanctioned over a 'handling' charge, vowed to clear his name. He immediately lodged an appeal against the decision, which is set to rule him out for nearly three weeks and means he will miss four G1 events – including three on the lucrative Epsom Handicap card at Randwick on Oct. 3.

Saturday's card at Rosehill marked Bowman's return to the saddle for the first time since he was banned in July for his role in the horrific fall that left fellow jockey Andrew Adkins in hospital with serious injuries including a collapsed lung and seven broken ribs.

He was called into the stewards' room for his efforts on 7-5 favorite Farnan in the Run To The Rose, the main trial for the AUS$ 1million Golden Rose on Sept. 26.

Bowman was adjudged to have gone too fast in front and not made sufficient effort to restrain the 3-year-old – trained by the Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott partnership – before folding in the closing stages to be beaten nearly four lengths into fifth behind Rothfire in the six-furlong contest.

After connections were interviewed at the track, the inquiry was adjourned while betting and sectional times were reviewed. There were no abnormal betting patterns but sectionals revealed that Farnan had travelled 12.8 lengths faster than average in the first 800 meters.

According to Racenet, chief steward Marc Van Gestel labelled the ride “as aggressive as I've seen you on a horse out of the gates” on raceday.

Bowman, whose appeal will be heard next week, strongly disagreed with the stewards' findings, saying he had ridden aggressively to try to control the race.

He will be able to ride at Randwick on Saturday and at the Golden Rose meeting seven days later before beginning his penalty on September 27.

“What can't be determined despite all the mathematical genius is how the horse is traveling underneath me,” Bowman said. “He probably wouldn't have beaten Rothfire in all seriousness but had he come back a length and relaxed for me, it wouldn't have looked so bad.

“I am doing my best to steady him and relax him and slow him back,” he added. “If I start to fight him to slow him down it's not going to help him finish the race off.”

This story has been reprinted with permission from Horse Racing Planet. Read the original here.

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