GUN RUNNER might have taken over the baton, temporarily or otherwise, from Arrogate in the US but Winx has long been going solo as by some way the best performer in Australia and probably the best active female in the world.

She made it 19 wins in a row at Randwick at the weekend in the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes, but not without a scare along the way again, for it was only inside the final 50 metres that she ran down the long-time leader Red Excitement to win by a length.