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No leading horse travelled less in its lifetime than Frankel did but it is supposedly the best ever. So you can't expect Winx to travel
However Aussie racing has degenerated into a joke at the top level the last few years. It was very competitive at the top up until a few years ago. But then Black Caviar goes 25 unbeaten and now Winx is almost 25 in a row. No way you should be able to win 20+ starts in a row if your top racing is genuinely competitive. Something has gone badly wrong with Aussie racing these last few years
Looking back into the past the longest winning streaks in Australian racing occurred between 1915 and about 1950 which covered World War One, the Great Depression and World War Two which would explain why the racing ranks were somewhat thinner and less competitive in those years. Even so no horse got to 20+ consecutive wins in this time period (19 wins in a row was the biggest streak)
Winning streaks of top horses in Australia then got smaller and smaller as the years went by up until about 2010 suggesting the racing was getting more competitive at the top. Biggest streak for the modern day horses until Black Caviar was the New Zealand mare Sunline with 8 straight wins. A topliner like Might and Power only got to 4 straight wins
Then Black Caviar and Winx come along and string 25 and 24 in a row unbroken. It is a totally different ball game from the era that preceded up to about 2010. Winning these days is embarrassingly easy in Australia if you are top of the heap
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