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Originally Posted by VigorsTheGrey
Now if only we can get Winx, wouldn’t that be something...any word on Winx coming over...?
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VERY, VERY unlikely.
In an interview with a jockey who has ridden against both Winx and Enable in Australia and Europe he was asked which would win if they ran against each other. He said that it would be Enable because he feels that Euro racing is on a higher level than Aussie racing.
More to the point he doesn't think Winx's connections would make the trip anyway since they feel that Aussie racing is already top drawer and there is no need to ship to Europe to prove it. A ship to the US would be even less likely.
Personally, I think that while that's part of it, since Aussie champions rarely if ever have made the long ship since Phar Lap (I think there was only one attempt in Europe). The tragedy of Phar Lap's ill-fated trip to the U.S. is forever burned into the memory and minds of all Aussies who fear a repeat of what happened to him.
Interestingly, Japan, which is almost as far as Australia, has sent several horses to race to Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S. They do feel that they have something to prove regarding the quality of Japanese racing and have had several successful attempts with no Phar Lap-like tragedies.
