Winx, the brilliant Australian supermare, won her 26th consecutive start in a race named in her honor at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Saturday.

The Grade 1 Winx Stakes at seven furlongs, known in past years as the Warwick Stakes, was the first start for Winx since the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes in April. Saturday's win moves Winx closer to a start in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Oct. 27.

The Cox Plate is Australia's leading weight-for-age race. Winx has won the last three runnings of the Cox Plate. No horse has won the Group 1 race four times.

In the $362,200 Winx Stakes, Winx (1-4) rallied from midpack to win by two lengths over 150-1 Invictus Prince. Kementari, her main rival and a 5-1 chance, could only finish fourth in the field of 11.

The win broke the previous mark of 25 consecutive wins by an Australian-based horse held by the brilliant sprint mare Black Caviar, who was unbeaten in her career from 2009 to 2013. 

By comparison, Winx has won 30 of 36 starts. She is owned by a partnership and trained by Chris Waller. 

For the record, Winx, a 7-year-old mare by Street Cry, was last beaten when second in the Group 1 Australian Oaks in April 2015.