How a Sydney grandmother took the world of horse racing by storm

How a Sydney grandmother took the world of horse racing by storm

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.

  • byJonathan Drennan

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Why $10 million for Winx foal could look like a bargain 10 years from now

Why $10 million for Winx foal could look like a bargain 10 years from now

The record investment by Debbie Kepitis and her family in the champion mare’s only foal could represent the birth of a racing dynasty.

  • byChris Roots
Secret vets,private security and a US tycoon on the end of the phone:Inside filly’s $10m sale

Secret vets,private security and a US tycoon on the end of the phone:Inside filly’s $10m sale

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?

  • byAdam Pengilly andChris Roots
‘It’s the perfect story’:Winx’s part-owner buys her foal for record $10 million

‘It’s the perfect story’:Winx’s part-owner buys her foal for record $10 million

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.

  • byAdam Pengilly
‘I won’t be outbid’:American tycoon vows to spend $9 million for Winx filly

‘I won’t be outbid’:American tycoon vows to spend $9 million for Winx filly

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.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Running rings around the Allowance​​ Act
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Running rings around the Allowance​​ Act

Light years from Labrador.

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Feeling blue? Life’s a beach
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Feeling blue? Life’s a beach

O death,where is thy sting?

Multimillion-dollar baby:How Winx’s near-death scare led to the world’s most sought-after filly

Multimillion-dollar baby:How Winx’s near-death scare led to the world’s most sought-after filly

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.

  • byIain Payten
Easter money:Winx’s firstborn to go under hammer at Inglis sale

Easter money:Winx’s firstborn to go under hammer at Inglis sale

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.

  • byChris Roots
Winx is the greatest of all time. But will she also be a champion mum?

Winx is the greatest of all time. But will she also be a champion mum?

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.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Champion Winx becomes a mum for the first time

Champion Winx becomes a mum for the first time

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.

  • byChris Roots