TWO GOOD! Zahra wins back-to-back Melbourne Cups on Without a Fight as three horses pull up lame
Without a Fight completed the rare Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double on Tuesday as star jockey Mark Zahra went back-to-back in the big one after…
Winx has won her second Cox Plate in a row in one of the most dominant runs in Australian racing history, winning by a ridiculous eight lengths.
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The winning-streak has risen to 13 in a row for the champion mare, blowing away rival Hartnell in convincing fashion on the final stretch.
While Winx was up the front, it was Happy Trails who came through in last place after a packed finish for the remaining nine horses that were blown away by the winner.
Happy Trails was caught back in the field out of the starting jump, and just couldn’t find any galloping room through the middle of the race to work up the field.
Hartnell was nowhere near the winning post when Winx crossed the line, but he held on among a tight finish to take second place ahead of Yankee Rose.
Despite leading for a portion of the race, Vadamos slipped back on the final stretch on tiring legs.
Winx and Hartnell jumped well out of the barriers, but it was Black Heart Bart who took early control up front while the favourites nestled in among the field.
Vadamos came to the front alongside Awesome Rock to take over and find track position coming into the final turn.
As the field made their way around the fence and into the straight, Winx just blew Hartnell away around the outside line and began to gallop away with plenty of track to come.
The margin only grew as the finish closed in for the five-year-old, finishing off an incredible ride and one of the biggest winning margins in the Plate’s history.
Black Heart Bart slipped away to finish ninth, just running out of legs in the sprint finish despite a strong run.
Final results
1. Winx
2. Hartnell
3. Yankee Rose
4. Vadamos
5. Awesome Rock
6. Happy Clapper
7. Lucia Valentina
8. Hauraki
9. Black Heart Bart
10. Happy Trails
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