Racing: Winx rated third in the world, Cox Plate second-best race of 2016

By Michael Lynch
Updated January 31 2017 - 1:09pm, first published January 25 2017 - 12:40pm
Third-best galloper on the planet: Winx and jockey Hugh Bowman after winning Cox Plate at Moonee Valley in October 2016. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Third-best galloper on the planet: Winx and jockey Hugh Bowman after winning Cox Plate at Moonee Valley in October 2016. Photo: Vince Caligiuri

In a massive boost for Melbourne's spring carnival the Moonee Valley Cox Plate won last year by Winx has been declared the second-strongest race run anywhere in the world in 2016 while the Australian wonder mare has been ranked the third-best galloper on the planet, behind the American duo Arrogate and California Chrome.

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