Racing: Winx lining up to extend winning run to 19

Winx ridden by Hugh Bowman. Photo / AAP

Sydney's mighty mare Winx can continue to close on the great Black Caviar's record winning streak when she contests the Group 2 $250,000 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday.

Winx will be chasing her 19th win in succession and, if successful, will move into equal second alongside Gloaming and Desert Gold on the all-time list.

Black Caviar remains the benchmark with her undefeated 25-start career.

Trainer Chris Waller said the mare has come through her amazing comeback win in the Warwick Stakes in such good order he needs to run her in the Chelmsford Stakes.

"I'm pleased to be running her on Saturday because it is about ticking all the boxes and making sure she is on song for the George Main Stakes (September 16)," Waller said.

"She will wear earmuffs and, with them on, it should ensure she jumps on terms with them."

Waller did indicate he wants to give Winx four Sydney runs this spring.

"The race he is likely to miss is the Hill Stakes at Royal Randwick on September 30.

"This year is different to others as Sydney's spring is a little earlier and Melbourne's a bit later," Waller said.

"I want to run her in the Chelmsford so she does everything 100 per cent and that will give her confidence going into the spring.

"I'm not willing to miss the George Main as that is a Group 1, which is very important to us, so that means she may have to go four weeks into the Craven Plate or the Caulfield Stakes on October 14.

"I'm leaning to the Craven Plate."

Waller will also start stayers Antonio Giuseppe, Whanganui-connected Who Shot Thebarman and Sarrasin in the Chelmsford but not Foxplay, who was second to Winx in the Warwick Stakes.

"Foxplay had a very hard run that day so I will either run her in the Tramway Stakes on Saturday or wait another week with her," Waller said.

• Sydney has such a deep pool of three-year-old talent that the $1 million Golden Rose could be the race of the spring.

Both age group races at Rosehill on Saturday were full of quality and Pariah was the headline act with his San Domenico Stakes win.

Pariah, a son of Redoute's Choice, has pedigree, physique and the racetrack performance to match.

He was exceptional in the San Domenico Stakes but so, too, was fast-finishing runner-up Chauffeur.

Pariah and Chauffeur will be better suited when they get out over further to the 1400m of the Golden Rose.

Even the run of minor placegetter, the Godolphin filly Jorda, was very good and all three look set to be major players in the feature three-year-old races this spring.

But the same can be said of the three-year-olds who fought out the finish of the Ming Dynasty Quality, when Addictive Nature held off Assimilate in a thriller.

Minor placegetter Astoria also can't be underestimated and fourth-placed Mahalangur could be the big improver.

These results came after the exciting Menari ran down Siege Of Quebec and Trekking in The Rosebud this month.