Racing: Winx to meet Redzel

Winx [8], wins race nine at the Ladbrokes Cox Plate during Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley Racecourse on October 28, 2017. Photo / Getty Images

Champion Winx will meet Australia's best sprinter Redzel in a barrier trial at Rosehill as the pair embark on their next campaigns.

Monday's 900m-heat on the course proper also features Group One winners Ace High (Victoria Derby) and Trapeze Artist (Golden Rose).

Winx ended the spring with her 22nd consecutive win in her record-equalling third Cox Plate while Redzel added the $10 million Everest and Group One Darley Classic to his Doomben 10,000 victory in the winter.

Redzel's programme is scheduled to begin in the Group One Lightning Stakes at Flemington on February 17 with the Group Two Apollo Stakes at Randwick a possible starting point for Winx on the same day.