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02042aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 5F84456C26B811E994CCD44997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190202010039 007 ta 008 180523t20182018xnaacf e 001 0deng d 020 $a 1760631086 020 $a 9781760631086 035 $a (OCoLC)1037057979 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d AUPTL $d YDXIT $d AUPTL $d NZAUC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a u-at--- 050 4 $a SF355 W56 R85 2018 100 1 $a Rule, Andrew, $e author. 245 10 $a Winx : $b the authorised biography / $c Andrew Rule. 246 3 $a Winx : $b the authorized biography 264 1 $a Sydney, NSW : $b Allen & Unwin, $c 2018. 300 $a xiv, 464 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; $c 25 cm 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a Andrew Rule, her owners, her breeder, her trainer and her rider tell the real story behind the story of the world's greatest racehorse. 'She just exploded,' Bowman recalls of that moment, the wonder not dimmed by time and retelling. 'She put the race to sleep in three strides. It was like a fairy tale. A star was born that day.' She wins that first Cox Plate by nearly five lengths, running away. The performance makes her name. A win with X factor. Australia's world champion racehorse Winx has become a sporting giant, transcending racing in the same way that Muhammad Ali transcends boxing and Bradman transcends cricket. She is described by her trainer, Chris Waller, as a supreme athlete -- a world-class sprinter with a freakish ability to dominate longer distances 'like Usain Bolt running in 1500-metre races'. She is the Phar Lap of the modern age, and one of the greatest racehorses in 300 years of thoroughbred racing. 650 0 $a Winx (Race horse) 650 0 $a Race horses $z Australia. 650 0 $a Horse racing $z Australia. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190305053352.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5F84456C26B811E994CCD44997128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search