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.
The record investment by Debbie Kepitis and her family in the champion mare’s only foal could represent the birth of a racing dynasty.
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?
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.
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.
Light years from Labrador.
O death,where is thy sting?
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.
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.
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.
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.