You'd be sitting on a seven-figure sum by backing Winx with £20 and rolling over your winnings 27 times.
The Cox Plate is one of the most prestigious events on the Australian horse racing calendar, and the star of the show this year yet again is the imperious Winx.
But how much money would you have if you rolled a £20 bet over on the Chris Waller-trained horse? The simple answer is that you’d be a comfortable millionaire.
In fact, the total return on your original investment of £20 would be an eye watering £1,167,982, if you kept rolling it over every time Winx won.
That’s from the start of her unheralded run beginning 16th May 2015, when the seven-year-old romped home to win at Sunshine Coast.
Winx was touted as a 2.6 (SP) shot to win that day, landing you £52 from your original stake, and sparking a 28 race unbeaten streak.
The highest price available on Winx to win throughout her unblemished streak was 4.6 at Moonee Valley, with the shortest price available coming in at 1.09.
Oddschecker spokesperson George Elek: “Despite some UK racing fans doubting the quality of Winx's form, nobody can argue with the immense profit one would enjoy if they had backed her from the word go.
“Anyone who follows her in every time would have had their heart in their mouth in her thrilling last-to-first victory last time out, and will hope it's a less dramatic win in the upcoming Cox Plate.“
Winx winning record making you a million:
| Track | Stake | Odds to win (SP) |
| Sunshine Coast | £20.00 | 2.6 |
| Doomben | £52.00 | 1.95 |
| Rosehill | £101.40 | 3.4 |
| Randwick | £344.76 | 3.1 |
| Moonee Valley | £1,068.76 | 4.6 |
| Randwick | £4,916.28 | 1.6 |
| Randwick | £7,866.04 | 1.35 |
| Rosehill | £10,619.16 | 1.9 |
| Randwick | £20,176.40 | 1.8 |
| Randwick | £36,317.53 | 1.25 |
| Randwick | £45,396.91 | 1.09 |
| Caulfield | £49,523.90 | 1.25 |
| Moonee Valley | £61,904.87 | 1.8 |
| Randwick | £111,428.80 | 1.14 |
| Randwick | £127,347.20 | 1.22 |
| Rosehill | £155,363.50 | 1.27 |
| Randwick | £196,793.80 | 1.12 |
| Randwick | £219,946.04 | 1.2 |
| Randwick | £263,935.20 | 1.18 |
| Randwick | £311,923.50 | 1.09 |
| Flemington | £340,280.20 | 1.15 |
| Moonee Valley | £392,630.90 | 1.25 |
| Randwick | £490,788.70 | 1.09 |
| Rosehill | £535,405.80 | 1.15 |
| Randwick | £617,776.00 | 1.25 |
| Randwick | £772,220.00 | 1.25 |
| Randwick | £965,274.90 | 1.1 |
| Flemington | £1,061,802.00 | 1.1 |
| Total | £1,167,983.00 |
