Winx’s $10 million foal has just been retired. She never raced
Craig Kerry
The first surviving foal of the great Winx, a $10 million yearling, has been retired to the broodmare barn without making it to the trials.
Owner Debbie Kepitis’ Woppitt Bloodstock on Wednesday said that Quinceanera, a daughter of champion stallion Pierro, would not be raced.
The Bloodstock statement said the tough decision to retire the three-year-old was made following veterinary advice and in consultation with trainer Chris Waller.
“Although disappointing, it’s in her best interest to now begin her career as a broodmare,” it read.
Quinceanera, named after the traditional Latin American celebration of a girl’s 15th birthday, which marks her transition from childhood to womanhood, is the second foal of the legendary Winx, which won 25 group 1 races and 33 consecutive victories under the guidance of Waller.
Her first foal, a filly by I Am Invincible, did not survive and her third, a colt by Snitzel, was to be sold at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale last month before it was withdrawn because of a setback from a paddock accident.
Quinceanera was the focus of a fierce bidding war between American billionaire John Stewart and Winx part-owner Kepitis, who eventually paid the record price for a filly to secure her at the 2024 Easter sale.
Kepitis, a multimillionaire daughter of the late Bob Ingham, a giant in the poultry industry and the thoroughbred racing and breeding world along with brother, Jack, was one of three owners that paid a total $230,000 for Winx, which went on to make more than $26.4 million on the track with 37 wins in 43 starts.
Her filly had been in and out of Waller’s Rosehill stable after setbacks, including a temperature and minor bout of colic early in 2025.
Winx, a daughter of Street Cry and Vegas Showgirl, is now 14. It was confirmed last month that she is in foal to stallion Too Darn Hot.
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