Winx may be the punters favourite but it’s not the case with bookmakers, with TAB having paid out more than $8.2 million during her 12-race winning streak.
Punters are once again expected to clean up during tomorrow’s Cox Plate where the defending champion is the $1.80 favourite.
It looms to be the worse Winx result yet, with a payout above the $1,466,491 paid during her 2015 Epsom win expected to be eclipsed.
“Winx opened $2.80 when nominations were received and her price has never been higher than that throughout betting where she is now odds-on at $1.80,” TAB”s Nick Quinn said.
“As a result of this relentless support for Winx, her biggest rival Hartnell has eased from $3 to $3.50 and could even touch $4 by race time.”
In all 12 of Winx’s races during her winning streak, 49.3% of the market has been on her with 83.9% in her last start in the Caulfield Stakes the highest and 17.7% in the Theo Marks Stakes on September 9 2015 the lowest.
Winx’s winning streak
Date – Race Money bet on Winx TAB’s loss on Winx
16/5/15 – Sunshine Coast Guineas $116,209 $207,531
30/5/15 – Queensland Oaks $406,530 $391,101
12/9/15 – Theo Marks Stakes $101,427 $269,736
3/10/15 – Epsom Handicap $504,017 $1,466,491
24/10/15 – Cox Plate $1,001,926 $3,619,495
13/2/16 – Apollo Stakes $661,168 $240,059
27/2/16 – Chipping Norton Stakes $509,584 $258,229
19/3/16 – George Ryder Stakes $689,715 $517,616
2/4/16 – Doncaster Mile $1,795,490 $1,095,416
20/8/16 – Warwick Stakes $455,939 $77,538
17/9/16 – George Main Stakes $394,093 $20,576
8/10/16 – Caulfield Stakes $794,698 $173,778
TOTAL $7,430,797 $8,296,414
*figures not including multis
TAB.com.au prices
Cox Plate
$1.80 Winx
$3.50 Hartnell
$15 Vadamos
$15 Yankee Rose
$19 Hauraki
$21 Black Hart Bart
$21 Lucia Valentina
$71 Awesome Rock
$71 Happy Clapper
$126 Happy Trails