Champion Winx has finished strongly to run third in a barrier trial at Randwick this morning ahead of her tilt at a third Cox Plate.
After settling her last in the 900-metre heat, Hugh Bowman took her to the outside in the straight and she went up a gear over the final 200 metres.
The trial was won by two-year-old Diamond Tathagata, who beat Comin' Through by a short half head with Winx another length and a quarter away.
