Latest news with #Winx
Courier-Mail
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Courier-Mail
Winx's 2025 stallion revealed by owner Peter Tighe
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Mighty mare Winx will visit Darley's champion sire Too Darn Hot in the coming spring breeding season. Winx's ownership group of Peter Tighe, Debbie Kepitis and Elizabeth Treweeke made the much-anticipated announcement on Monday night, ending weeks of speculation about their legendary mare's next mating. 'We are thrilled to announce Too Darn Hot as the stallion of choice for Winx this season,'' said Peter Tighe on behalf of Winx's owners. 'His pedigree, performance and the early success of his progeny align with our long-term vision for Winx's breeding legacy. 'We believe this pairing has the potential to produce something very special.'' • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Hall of Fame champion Winx, winner of 37 of her 43 starts including her final 33 races in succession highlighted by a world record 25 Group 1 winners, has produced two foals to date – a filly by Pierro that is now a two-year-old named Quinceanera and a colt by Snitzel that will be a yearling next season. Too Darn Hot, a dual hemisphere shuttle stallion, is already the sire of four-time Group 1 winner Broadsiding and multiple stakes winners in his first two Australian crops to race. Winx's ownership group also noted in their press release that Too Darn Hot, a multiple Group 1-winning son of the great Dubawi, has 'quickly established himself as one of Europe's most exciting young stallions.'' 'His progeny has demonstrated early precocity, exceptional athleticism and outstanding temperament – qualities that strongly complement Winx's remarkable racing attributes and pedigree,'' the owners wrote. • 'A bit of a freak': Wootton Bassett's incredible run continues Too Darn Hot's service fee of $275,000 this spring breeding season reflects the demand for the stallion who stands at Darley Kelvinside in the Hunter Valley. Quinceanera, the first foal out of all-time great Winx, created headlines around the racing world when Debbie Kepitis, a part-owner of Winx, went to $10 million – a world record for a yearling filly – to buy back the filly at the Inglis Easter Sale last year. Trainer Chris Waller has Quinceanera in light work at his Rosehill stables but the trainer said the two-year-old would not be rushed to the races over the winter months. 'She's progressing well but she won't be racing as a two-year-old,'' Waller said last week. 'It's unlikely she will even get to a barrier trial this season. Maybe by early August she could get to a trial.'' Tighe said no decision has been made whether Winx's colt by Snitzel will be sold as a yearling next season. Originally published as Champion mare Winx to visit Darley sire Too Darn Hot in spring breeding season
Daily Telegraph
5 days ago
- Business
- Daily Telegraph
Winx's 2025 stallion revealed by owner Peter Tighe
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Mighty mare Winx will visit Darley's champion sire Too Darn Hot in the coming spring breeding season. Winx's ownership group of Peter Tighe, Debbie Kepitis and Elizabeth Treweeke made the much-anticipated announcement on Monday night, ending weeks of speculation about their legendary mare's next mating. 'We are thrilled to announce Too Darn Hot as the stallion of choice for Winx this season,'' said Peter Tighe on behalf of Winx's owners. 'His pedigree, performance and the early success of his progeny align with our long-term vision for Winx's breeding legacy. 'We believe this pairing has the potential to produce something very special.'' • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Hall of Fame champion Winx, winner of 37 of her 43 starts including her final 33 races in succession highlighted by a world record 25 Group 1 winners, has produced two foals to date – a filly by Pierro that is now a two-year-old named Quinceanera and a colt by Snitzel that will be a yearling next season. Too Darn Hot, a dual hemisphere shuttle stallion, is already the sire of four-time Group 1 winner Broadsiding and multiple stakes winners in his first two Australian crops to race. Winx's ownership group also noted in their press release that Too Darn Hot, a multiple Group 1-winning son of the great Dubawi, has 'quickly established himself as one of Europe's most exciting young stallions.'' 'His progeny has demonstrated early precocity, exceptional athleticism and outstanding temperament – qualities that strongly complement Winx's remarkable racing attributes and pedigree,'' the owners wrote. • 'A bit of a freak': Wootton Bassett's incredible run continues Too Darn Hot's service fee of $275,000 this spring breeding season reflects the demand for the stallion who stands at Darley Kelvinside in the Hunter Valley. Quinceanera, the first foal out of all-time great Winx, created headlines around the racing world when Debbie Kepitis, a part-owner of Winx, went to $10 million – a world record for a yearling filly – to buy back the filly at the Inglis Easter Sale last year. Trainer Chris Waller has Quinceanera in light work at his Rosehill stables but the trainer said the two-year-old would not be rushed to the races over the winter months. 'She's progressing well but she won't be racing as a two-year-old,'' Waller said last week. 'It's unlikely she will even get to a barrier trial this season. Maybe by early August she could get to a trial.'' Tighe said no decision has been made whether Winx's colt by Snitzel will be sold as a yearling next season. Originally published as Champion mare Winx to visit Darley sire Too Darn Hot in spring breeding season
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Champion mare Winx to visit Darley sire Too Darn Hot in spring breeding season
Mighty mare Winx will visit Darley's champion sire Too Darn Hot in the coming spring breeding season. Winx 's ownership group of Peter Tighe, Debbie Kepitis and Elizabeth Treweeke made the much-anticipated announcement on Monday night, ending weeks of speculation about their legendary mare's next mating. 'We are thrilled to announce Too Darn Hot as the stallion of choice for Winx this season,'' said Peter Tighe on behalf of Winx's owners. 'His pedigree, performance and the early success of his progeny align with our long-term vision for Winx's breeding legacy. 'We believe this pairing has the potential to produce something very special.'' • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Hall of Fame champion Winx, winner of 37 of her 43 starts including her final 33 races in succession highlighted by a world record 25 Group 1 winners, has produced two foals to date – a filly by Pierro that is now a two-year-old named Quinceanera and a colt by Snitzel that will be a yearling next season. Too Darn Hot, a dual hemisphere shuttle stallion, is already the sire of four-time Group 1 winner Broadsiding and multiple stakes winners in his first two Australian crops to race. Winx's ownership group also noted in their press release that Too Darn Hot, a multiple Group 1-winning son of the great Dubawi, has 'quickly established himself as one of Europe's most exciting young stallions.'' 'His progeny has demonstrated early precocity, exceptional athleticism and outstanding temperament – qualities that strongly complement Winx's remarkable racing attributes and pedigree,'' the owners wrote. 🇦🇰 He rewrote the record books. Now he’s back to do it again. #TooDarnHot returns to Kelvinside, NSW in 2025. Read more: — Darley in Australia (@DarleyAus) April 8, 2025 Too Darn Hot's service fee of $275,000 this spring breeding season reflects the demand for the stallion who stands at Darley Kelvinside in the Hunter Valley. Quinceanera, the first foal out of all-time great Winx, created headlines around the racing world when Debbie Kepitis, a part-owner of Winx, went to $10 million – a world record for a yearling filly – to buy back the filly at the Inglis Easter Sale last year. Trainer Chris Waller has Quinceanera in light work at his Rosehill stables but the trainer said the two-year-old would not be rushed to the races over the winter months. 'She's progressing well but she won't be racing as a two-year-old,'' Waller said last week. 'It's unlikely she will even get to a barrier trial this season. Maybe by early August she could get to a trial.'' Tighe said no decision has been made whether Winx's colt by Snitzel will be sold as a yearling next season.
Sydney Morning Herald
27-05-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Rosehill survives the vote, but will McGauran survive as ATC chairman?
Some have put their names to the campaign, others have operated via the dark arts of behind-the-scenes backstabbing and whispering, wanting others to do the knifing. That anti-V'landys block was vehemently opposed to the sale of Rosehill from the day it was first clumsily mooted by NSW Premier Chris Minns in late 2023. When others with huge influence in the industry joined the no campaign, it was all over. One of them was Chris Waller, the champion trainer of Winx, whose powerful stable is based at Rosehill and is backed by the nation's top owners. Once Waller and Gai were against it, it was dead as a dodo. The writing was truly on the wall when the final vote was delayed three times at the insistence of Racing NSW. Behind the scenes, officials scrambled to put a coherent plan together and came up with a doozy as they started throwing inducements like confetti at members. As of April 30 this year, all financial members were to be given free memberships for five years (usually costing $500) plus a $1000 food-and-beverage voucher each year. But even giving each member what basically amounted to a bribe of $7500 in contra was still not enough. Now that the sale won't go ahead, the ATC, and racing in general, are in a precarious situation. The huge price to be paid by the state government, which would then on-sell the land to developers, is predicated on an immediate sale because tunnelling for the 24 kilometre underground Metro line from Parramatta to the CBD is under way, and near Rosehill. If a Metro station is to be built at Rosehill, a decision is needed now, and it will only be built if 25,000 units and townhouses are on the site of the racetrack. So, if Rosehill is to be sold for housing in the future with no Metro station, estimates put the value of the land at about a fifth of today's price, or $1 billion. Members also ignored the fact the ATC has been living beyond its means. The club posted a $2.4 million operating loss in the 2023-24 financial year and a loss of $9.9 million the year before. It also owes Racing NSW about $50 million. That's despite the fact the club owns Rosehill, Warwick Farm and Canterbury freeholds, and leases Randwick from the state government for the peppercorn rent of only $1 a year and has a contract until the year 2107. Loading Wagering revenue is under extreme pressure in racing as it faces threats from other sports. Gambling on rugby league and NBA basketball, for instance, has boomed and shows no sign of slowing down. A sale would have guaranteed racing's future for generations, with facilities modernised and prizemoney retained at the current record levels. In 2016, the year before V'landys created The Everest, which has reinvigorated racing, total prizemoney across all races in NSW stood at $196 million. In 2024, it was $410 million. There has been incredible growth, but it will fall into a deep hole – and fast – as racing will have to go it alone. After this, no state government for a generation will help the club fix run-down facilities at Rosehill, Warwick Farm or Canterbury. And members who voted no must start attending racing at Rosehill again. The racing public simply doesn't turn up, despite the number of races Winx won there or the number of Slipper winners TJ Smith trained there back in the day. Ironically, attendance has been hurt by the government's closure of Rosehill train station. Only 12,111 people attended the Golden Slipper meeting this year, despite enormous promotion from the ATC and Racing NSW. The governing bodies also heavily back the $10 million Golden Eagle each spring, throwing everything at it, only for Rosehill to resemble a wasteland on the day, with a few thousand attending last year. In the 2023-24 racing season, fewer than 100,000 attended the 25 meetings, a figure down more than 90,000 from a decade ago.
The Age
27-05-2025
- Business
- The Age
Rosehill survives the vote, but will McGauran survive as ATC chairman?
Some have put their names to the campaign, others have operated via the dark arts of behind-the-scenes backstabbing and whispering, wanting others to do the knifing. That anti-V'landys block was vehemently opposed to the sale of Rosehill from the day it was first clumsily mooted by NSW Premier Chris Minns in late 2023. When others with huge influence in the industry joined the no campaign, it was all over. One of them was Chris Waller, the champion trainer of Winx, whose powerful stable is based at Rosehill and is backed by the nation's top owners. Once Waller and Gai were against it, it was dead as a dodo. The writing was truly on the wall when the final vote was delayed three times at the insistence of Racing NSW. Behind the scenes, officials scrambled to put a coherent plan together and came up with a doozy as they started throwing inducements like confetti at members. As of April 30 this year, all financial members were to be given free memberships for five years (usually costing $500) plus a $1000 food-and-beverage voucher each year. But even giving each member what basically amounted to a bribe of $7500 in contra was still not enough. Now that the sale won't go ahead, the ATC, and racing in general, are in a precarious situation. The huge price to be paid by the state government, which would then on-sell the land to developers, is predicated on an immediate sale because tunnelling for the 24 kilometre underground Metro line from Parramatta to the CBD is under way, and near Rosehill. If a Metro station is to be built at Rosehill, a decision is needed now, and it will only be built if 25,000 units and townhouses are on the site of the racetrack. So, if Rosehill is to be sold for housing in the future with no Metro station, estimates put the value of the land at about a fifth of today's price, or $1 billion. Members also ignored the fact the ATC has been living beyond its means. The club posted a $2.4 million operating loss in the 2023-24 financial year and a loss of $9.9 million the year before. It also owes Racing NSW about $50 million. That's despite the fact the club owns Rosehill, Warwick Farm and Canterbury freeholds, and leases Randwick from the state government for the peppercorn rent of only $1 a year and has a contract until the year 2107. Loading Wagering revenue is under extreme pressure in racing as it faces threats from other sports. Gambling on rugby league and NBA basketball, for instance, has boomed and shows no sign of slowing down. A sale would have guaranteed racing's future for generations, with facilities modernised and prizemoney retained at the current record levels. In 2016, the year before V'landys created The Everest, which has reinvigorated racing, total prizemoney across all races in NSW stood at $196 million. In 2024, it was $410 million. There has been incredible growth, but it will fall into a deep hole – and fast – as racing will have to go it alone. After this, no state government for a generation will help the club fix run-down facilities at Rosehill, Warwick Farm or Canterbury. And members who voted no must start attending racing at Rosehill again. The racing public simply doesn't turn up, despite the number of races Winx won there or the number of Slipper winners TJ Smith trained there back in the day. Ironically, attendance has been hurt by the government's closure of Rosehill train station. Only 12,111 people attended the Golden Slipper meeting this year, despite enormous promotion from the ATC and Racing NSW. The governing bodies also heavily back the $10 million Golden Eagle each spring, throwing everything at it, only for Rosehill to resemble a wasteland on the day, with a few thousand attending last year. In the 2023-24 racing season, fewer than 100,000 attended the 25 meetings, a figure down more than 90,000 from a decade ago.
