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Trevor Marshallsea

UNBELIEVABLE: Winx filly sells for world record 10m - The Untold Story

Champion racemare Winx's first foal has sold for $10 million at auction in Sydney. (Steve Christo/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian thoroughbred sale history has been made with the first live foal of former racetrack phenomenon Winx being bought at auction by one of the mare's owners for $10 million.

The price - set at the annual Inglis Easter Yearling Sale at Warwick Farm racecourse in western Sydney on Monday - doubles the previous Australian record of $5m, paid 11 years ago for a half-brother to another champion mare, Black Caviar, who ultimately never raced.

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