Winx
How a Sydney grandmother took the world of horse racing by storm
Debbie Kepitis paid a world-record $10 million for the firstborn foal of champion racehorse Winx to keep the filly in the family and in Australia.
- by Jonathan Drennan
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Why $10 million for Winx foal could look like a bargain 10 years from now
The record investment by Debbie Kepitis and her family in the champion mare’s only foal could represent the birth of a racing dynasty.
- by Chris Roots
Secret vets, private security and a US tycoon on the end of the phone: Inside filly’s $10m sale
It’s the most amount of money ever paid for a filly in the world, but does it guarantee she will be any good as a racehorse?
- by Adam Pengilly and Chris Roots
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‘It’s the perfect story’: Winx’s part-owner buys her foal for record $10 million
Debbie Kepitis outbid American tycoon John Stewart to secure the only surviving foal from Australia’s champion racehorse, which will now be prepared for racing by Winx’s trainer Chris Waller.
- by Adam Pengilly
‘I won’t be outbid’: American tycoon vows to spend $9 million for Winx filly
The only foal from Australia’s champion racehorse will be offered for sale on Monday and an American has vowed to do almost anything it takes to secure her.
- by Adam Pengilly
Multimillion-dollar baby: How Winx’s near-death scare led to the world’s most sought-after filly
Winx smashed records aplenty as a champion racehorse, and now her firstborn foal is set to follow suit when she goes under the hammer over Easter.
- by Iain Payten
Easter money: Winx’s firstborn to go under hammer at Inglis sale
There will be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to buy legendary four-time Cox Plate winner Winx’s first filly at the Inglis Easter Sale next year.
- by Chris Roots
Winx is the greatest of all time. But will she also be a champion mum?
Australia’s greatest racehorses of the last decade have predominantly been mares. But it doesn’t necessarily guarantee their progeny will be successes on the track.
- by Adam Pengilly
Champion Winx becomes a mum for the first time
The next generation in the legacy of Australia’s most successful racehorse has arrived, with Winx giving birth to a filly by former sprint king Pierro on Friday.
- by Chris Roots
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