Winx an underdog who ‘just clicked’

CHRIS Waller has likened Winx to Richmond winning the AFL premiership as he described the champion mare as “an underdog” who came good.

Waller said yesterday Winx had never been in better condition and was “picture perfect” as she attempts to take her winning streak to 21 in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.

Waller said at the start of Winx’s career she won “one in every two or three starts then something just clicked. She went to a whole new level”.

“We definitely did not know this was what she was going to do,” he said on SEN.

“Just like with the Tigers winning the flag, how often do you see the underdogs come good?

“Yesterday would have been the best I have seen her. A horse goes through different stages, but yesterday she looked in the best possible condition.

“She was picture perfect, a horse that looks good on the outside, they say, is all good on the inside.”

Waller even suggested Winx went that fast on Thursday morning that the satellite tracking device might have been broken.

“We think it might have been faulty because it was a really quick time,” he said.

Waller said Winx had to overcome many obstacles during her winning streak which people wouldn’t remember or understand.

“In her 20 wins she’s overcome falls, big names and picks herself up and gets the win.

“The runs this time in have been different – she missed a start, second run she just about broke a track record, so not worried about that one.

“Last up, firm track and great speed up front, she’s done more than we would have expected or hoped.”