The bookies said the Queensland Oaks 2015 win would be an easy one for Chris Waller’s progressive filly Winx and they had it spot on as the Sydney raider came from back in the field to thrash her rivals with an impressive Group 1 victory at Doomben.

Unlucky when running second in the Group 1 ATC Oaks (2400m) two back, Waller took his classy daughter of Street Cry to the Sunshine Coast on May 16 for a lead-up run in the Group 3 Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m).

Winx handled the drop back in distance and class and her first Queensland run in a last-to-first romp in the Guineas before backing up at Doomben Racecourse in the $500,000 Group 1 Treasury Casino & Hotel Queensland Oaks (2200m) to give Waller his incredible 13^th Group 1 win of the season.

“I didn’t even expect to win,” the humble trainer said.

“You don’t think like that you just think and hope they can do their best and she showed that she was dominant today.

“We make a lot of excuses for horses, but when you’ve got that bit of class and turn of foot it doesn’t matter where you sit or where you draw they can overcome things like that.

“A good horse makes things look easy, makes trainers look good, jockeys look good.”

She started near odds-on territory in the Oaks markets at Ladbrokes.com.au with Hugh Bowman riding her form barrier 10 of 16 in a capacity field for the three-year-old fillies’ classic.

While Bowman said post-win he would have been happy to settle up in the first five on speed, the Oaks field led around by the Ben Currie-trained Col ‘N’ Lil coming off a second to the Gai Waterhouse-trained Bohemian Lily in last weekend’s Group 2 The Roses (2020m), Winx went back fourth last.

“I would have been happy to sit up in the first five if I could have got there without pressure,” Bowman said.

“But she was comfortable so therefore I was.”

Bowman then didn’t push forward, allowing the others to do the hard work early while his filly enjoyed a rest before her late finish.

Throughout the run it was the Toowoomba-trained Col ‘N’ Lil leading from the New Zealand Oaks runner-up Platinum Witness and the Peter Moody-trained Imperial Lass who got in as the first emergency after an elbow injury saw The Roses winner Bohemian Lily scratch out.

Platinum Witness then dropped back to fourth with Waller’s other runner, Princess Stakes winner Ballet Suite finally getting over from the outside alley to move up closer.

With 900m left to travel Winx still only had three behind her in the 16-starter field but as they approached the turn she started to make her way forward, Bowman timing the ride beautifully getting out at the right time aboard the right horse for the job.

Col ‘N’ Lil led into the straight with Moody’s Tavistock filly Imperial Lass, last seen running fifth to Ballet Suite in the Princess Stakes at the track on May 9, issuing the challenge on the outside.

Over the final 300m however Winx pulled to the outside and stormed home, winding up inside the 200m to race away and lead from Imperial Lass and the Robert Smerdon-trained Ungrateful Ellen who also came with a big run in the closing stages with Craig Williams aboard.

On the line Winx ($2.05) had three lengths to spare over Smerdon’s Grey Swallow filly Ungrateful Ellen ($15), who came into the race off a third in Morphettville’s Group 3 SA Fillies Classic (2500m) from a fortnight ago, with roughie chance Imperial Lass ($41) holding for third after her inside alley put her in the race.

Ungrateful Ellen was brave in defeat but just lacked the quality and acceleration of the winner who put in an exciting Queensland Oaks finish, Winx displaying one of the biggest finishes in racing and a turn of foot that impressed Bowman greatly.

“It was a strong affair and while it probably wasn’t a vintage Oaks, she’s certainly done the job and has got plenty of upside,” he said.

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2015 Queensland Oaks Results & Finishing Order

Doomben Race 7 – 30/05/2015

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	SP
1	2	WINX	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	–	10	56.5kg	$1.95F
2	13	UNGRATEFUL ELLEN	Robert Smerdon	Craig Williams	3.5L	9	56.5kg	$12
3	17e	IMPERIAL LASS (NZ)	Peter G Moody	Blake Shinn	4L	1	56.5kg	$51
4	15	ZARZALI	Bart & James Cummings	Tommy Berry	5.3L	6	56.5kg	$15
5	5	RUSTIC MELODY	Kris Lees	James McDonald	5.7L	13	56.5kg	$18
6	14	NO TRICKS (NZ)	Wayne Walters	Michael Cahill	7L	2	56.5kg	$151
7	4	BALLET SUITE	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	7.2L	16	56.5kg	$9.50
8	16	YULONG BABY	Mick Price	Craig Newitt	7.5L	15	56.5kg	$51
9	11	SEBRINA	Bjorn Baker	Glen Boss	9.3L	5	56.5kg	$8.50
10	7	WHATALOVELYDAY	Jon Walk	Tegan Harrison	9.5L	8	56.5kg	$91
11	6	COL ’N’ LIL	Ben Currie	Luke Tarrant (a)	11L	4	56.5kg	$31
12	3	PLATINUM WITNESS	Lisa Latta	Damian Browne	11.8L	11	56.5kg	$15
13	8	EXQUISITE JEWEL (NZ)	Sue Walsh	Jim Byrne	12L	3	56.5kg	$19
14	12	ANAPHORA	Tony Noonan	Timothy Bell	16L	14	56.5kg	$71
15	10	SWIFT LADY (NZ)	John Sargent	Tye Angland	16.8L	12	56.5kg	$26
16	9	HEAVENS ABOVE	Tim Martin	Glyn Schofield	18.8L	7	56.5kg	$31
–	20e	MINE WITH LIME	Matt Kropp	–	–	0	–	–
–	21e	STEWBALL	Phyllis Kalinowski	Kelvin Wharton	–	0	–	–
–	19e	SHANDAARA (NZ)	Robbie Laing	–	–	0	–	–
–	1	BOHEMIAN LILY (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse	Blake Shinn	–	0	–	–
–	18e	CHAMPION STAGE (NZ)	John Sargent	–	–	0	–	–