Cox Plate News

MiracleMan (AKA Miracle Mal Johnston) stole the show at the New Zealand Bred Advantage & 2040club Cox Plate Lunch last Friday. Flying in from Sydney (literally) for breakfast with the best last Tuesday at Moonee Valley, MiracleMan got all the late mail from all the big name jocks and trainers. We captured it all on [...]

A number of clues as to the makeup of the likely field for the $3m Tatts Cox Plate (2040m) emerged Sunday. As it stands, it appears there will be at least sixteen acceptors for Australia’s weight for age championship. There is a maximum field size of fourteen runners, with four emergencies. Of the sixteen acceptors, [...]

The Cox Plate has become an even greater puzzle following a mystifying weekend, both on and off the track. Star three year old Helmet surged to favouritism for our best race after a tough win in the Caulfield Guineas. In what was considered a vintage edition of the time-honoured race, Helmet managed to hold off [...]

“There’s a fall! There’s a fall in the Cox Plate! And Naturalism lost the rider… Sydeston is out of the race and so is Palace Reign … Rough Habit has been knocked out of it now … And as they race to the five hundred metres now and its Kinjite and here comes Let’s Elope. Let’s Elope with a mighty run out wide…”

Miracle Mal Johnston will be joined by Tom Waterhouse, Francesca Cumani and many more special guests at this years Cox Plate Lunch. With less than three weeks to go until Australasia’s weight for age championship, the $3m Tatts Cox Plate, excitement is building for the social event of the Spring Racing Carnival – the New [...]

The last Moonee Valley meeting before the Cox Plate takes place tonight. But incredibly, the best guides for Australia’s weight for age championship will take place at Randwick tomorrow and Flemington on Sunday, as well as across the Tasman at Hastings. Tonight’s Moonee Valley meeting is headlined by the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m), featuring [...]