The end may well be in sight for Winx but Hugh Bowman, someone who has become synonymous with the champion mare, insists she's going as well as ever.
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Seven-year-old Winx got through an easy gallop at her home track of Rosehill on Thursday morning with Dunedoo product Bowman aboard, two days out from the Group One George Ryder Stakes (1500m) at the same track.
The race is expected to be the penultimate one of Winx's career with a final start likely to be in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick three weeks later.
Bowman described her as "amazing" after getting through Thursday morning's work.
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The leading jockey, as has become the case each type Winx steps out, also spoke about the pressure created by being involved with such a famous racehorse.
"The hardest thing is doing all the interviews, to be honest," Bowman told the waiting media on Thursday morning.
"There's no doubt that I feel it on race day when we get closer to her race. The anxiety, to a degree, becomes higher.
"But it does help having a few other rides on the day. There's five Group Ones so there's plenty of other things to think about.
"When I get on Winx the attention on her is absorbing but when we get out on the track she relaxes and I relax.
"It literally is like a weight off my shoulders when I get out on the track."
Victory on Saturday will extend Winx's winning run to 32 straight and her Group One tally to 24.
Bowman insisted she was ready for the George Ryder, a race where she faces seven rivals including her fellow Chris Waller-trained gallopers, Ringerdingding and Prompt Response.
"She feels as good as she looks," Bowman said.
"She wasn't out there to do a whole lot this morning ... she's ready for Saturday."
With recent rain in Sydney, a rain-affected surface is expected on Saturday but that is no concern.
"She ticks all the boxes and I think one of her best runs came in this race two years ago when it was a vert heavy track," Bowman said.
"With an expected wet track on Saturday it just gives us more confidence than we already have."
The George Ryder Stakes jumps at 3.05pm at Rosehill on Saturday.