Cox Plate

Winners, Past Results and all the History

The Cox Plate is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 1 Australian horse race for 3 years old and over and is a weight for age event. Bonus $250 Bet That Can't Lose

The Cox Plate is contested over a distance of 2040 metres and is held annually at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne in late October during the Spring Racing Carnival.

Prize money for the Cox Plate is worth $3,000,000.

The first Cox Plate in 1922 was won by Violoncello and carried prize money of 1000 pounds. At that time the race was a Principle Race. In 1979 the race was elevated to a Group 1 event in which Dulcify won the race.

In honour of the founder of Moonee Valley, Sam Cox, the Moonee Valley Committee decided to run a weight-for-age race, the Cox Plate.

Because Cox Plate it strategically placed on the racing calendar between the Caulfield Cup, Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup, the Cox Plate immediately became a race of importance and prestige.

Now, many regard the Cox Plate as 'the greatest two minutes in sport'.

From its inauguration, the Cox Plate has been acknowledged as one of the classic events in international horse racing. Almost every winner has been an outstanding horse - Phar Lap, Kingston Town, Rising Fast, Dulcify, Gunsynd, Super Impose, Octagonal, Might and Powerand Sunline's double-header in 1999 and 2000. The list of winners reads like a Who Who's of the Australian turf.

And since 1999, the Cox Plate is the only southern hemisphere race to be included in the World Series. The World Series is horse racing's Grand Prix circuit, spanning both hemispheres and four continents.

As Australasia's most prestigious race, the Cox Plate inclusion in the series in 1999 sees it listed with the world's greatest races including the Japan Cup (Japan), the Hong Kong International Cup (HK), Arlington Million (USA), Canadian International (Canada), Breeders Cup Turf and Breeders Cup Classic (USA), Irish Champion Stakes (Ireland), Grosser Preis Von Baden (Germany), and the Kind George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot (UK).

No wonder the Cox Plate is called the 'greatest two minutes in sport' and its prize money has reacted accordingly rising to over $3 million dollars.

The Cox Plate is full of great moments including the brilliant Sunline and her seven length win in 2000 and champion Kingston Town winning three Cox Plates in a row in the early eighties, and the the list goes on.

2011 WS Cox Plate

Pinker Pinker caused a big upset to win Australasia 's premier weight-for-age race, running near the back of the field, and on the fence, until the 600 metre mark. Jockey Craig Williams stuck to the fence hoping for an inside run, and that's exactly what happened in the straight as the mare stormed home to overtake the highly-fancied Jimmy Choux, with Rekindled Interest fighting hard for third.

2011 WS Cox Plate result

1. Pinker Pinker
2. Jimmy Choux
3. Rekindled Interest

Then came:

4. Wall Street
5. Secret Admirer
6. Efficient
7. King's Rose
8. Helmet
9. Sincero
10. Glass Harmonium
11. Playing God
12. Shamrocker
13. Avienus
14. Lion Tamer