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Plan for Paris

After Winx’s win in the Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes, I believe the mare can win at 2400 metres.  
To seal Wink’s greatness, there really is only one race left that she should, and must, contest ... the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on October 1, 2017, where she would meet the best of the best. It is the world’s greatest and most prestigious race.
Yes, Winx can easily head to the Melbourne carnival and win a third Cox Plate against mediocre horses. But a mare of her calibre deserves a chance at winning the Arc.
So You Think finished fourth in the the fastest ever Arc in 2011. I think Winx would win on October 1. My advice to connections is plan for Paris rather than Melbourne. The French would be ecstatic.

 

Mervyn Sullivan
Leanyer (NT)
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