It could fairly be said that nothing new was learned about Winx on Saturday at Randwick Racecourse in Australia. We already knew she is an all-time great racehorse. But Winx added another layer to her legend by winning her 25th straight race in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The run of consecutive victories equaled that of the last Australian wondermare, Black Caviar, and barring a stunning form reversal Winx will surpass Black Caviar sometime this year. Black Caviar traveled to England and narrowly won the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, while Winx’s connections continue to resist traveling abroad. But at home Winx has amassed those 25 straight wins over seven different racecourses while winning over distances between 6 1/2 furlongs and 1 3/8 miles, a far greater distance range than that of Black Caviar, a pure sprinter. Winx, as she ages (she’s 7 now on Southern Hemisphere time, but 6 for us northern types), might be showing a preference for longer trips. Win 24 in her streak, in the 7 1/2-furlong George Ryder Stakes on March 24, came by just three-quarters of a length, but she ran a corker capturing her second straight Queen Elizabeth, which is 2,000 meters, or about 1 1/4 miles. Last for much of the race, Winx was pulled wide on the turn by jockey Hugh Bowman before delivering a devastating turn of foot after spinning into the homestretch about eight paths from the fence. She blistered her second-to-last 200 meters in less than 11 seconds, and Gailo Chop, the pacesetter who had opened daylight with 400 meters to run, was made to look like a rocking horse. The race was over with a furlong still to run, and Winx, going her final 600 meters (about three furlongs) in 33.48, crossed the finish in front by 3 3/4 lengths. Gailo Chop held second while Happy Clapper, who raced with Winx at the tail of the field but got through along the inside, was third. Time for the 2,000 meters on good ground was 2:01.15. Last year, Winx beat Hartnell by 5 1/2 lengths in the Queen Elizabeth, clocking 2:07.22 over soft ground. Soft, firm, seven furlongs, 10 furlongs – Winx continues to produce regardless of circumstances. She now has won 18 Group 1s while compiling an overall record of 29-3-0 from 35 starts and accumulating a bankroll of $14.36 million. Winx is by Street Cry out of Vegas Showgirl, by Al Akbar. It’s getting on toward winter in Australia, and Winx is expected to get a break from racing before returning for the spring season, during which her focus will be on winning the Cox Plate for the fourth year in a row. Winx’s triumph was part of an even more memorable day for her trainer, Chris Waller, who saddled three straight Group 1 winners on Randwick’s blockbuster card. In the race before the Queen Elizabeth, the Waller-trained filly Unforgotten (by Fastnet Rock out of Memories of You, by Galileo) won the Australian Oaks, and in the race after 9-year-old Who Shot Thebarman won the Sidney Cup by a nose. In the Group 1 Legacy Stakes, a Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” race linked to the BC Filly and Mare Turf, Godolphin’s Alizee (by Sepoy out of Essaouria, by Exceed and Excel) was a sharp two-length winner over Prompt Response.