Cox Plate

The 2016 Cox Plate - a 2040m Group One WFA race for 3YOs & Upwards - was held at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Saturday 22 October. The race was won in breathtaking fashion by Chris Waller's superstar mare Winx, with Hartnell and Yankee Rose filling the minor placings.

The Cox Plate - also known as the 'weight-for-age championship of Australia' - is one of the highlights of the Australian racing calendar. As Australia's richest WFA race it always attracts the best horses in the land - not to mention the quality gallopers that come from distant shores. The tight-turning Moonee Valley circuit only adds to the spectacle, making it an extremely tactical race that begins in earnest at the 800m pole. It is a truly unique fixture on the racing calendar and one of the most loved races for spectators and competitors alike.

The Cox Plate will often be the main target of a given horse's Spring campaign; however, some push on to the Melbourne Cup.

Key lead-up races: Caulfield Stakes, Turnbull Stakes, Underwood Stakes, Epsom Handicap (less so in recent years)

2016 Cox Plate Results

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2015 Cox Plate Results & Replay

Cox Plate Winners

The race was first run in 1922, when English horse Violoncello upstaged the locals.

Rising Fast is the only horse to have captured the big three in the one year, taking out the 1945 Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup - an astonishingly impressive feat!

Kingston Town is the only horse to have taken out three Cox Plates - winning them consecutively, no less! An impressive 13 horses have won dual Cox Plates.

One of the most famous runnings of the race was in 1986 when Bonecrusher and Our Waverley Star fought out the finish. Both horses commenced their runs at the 800m pole, clearing out from their rivals and racing side by side most of the way to the line. As for who won, perhaps race caller Bill Collins summed it up best when saying:

"100m out, Bonecrusher and Our Waverley Star, stride for stride, there's nothing in it...Our Waverley Star the rails, Bonecrusher the outside...And Bonecrusher races into equine immortality!"

Bill Collins (racecaller), 1986 Cox Plate

Notable winners: Winx, So You Think, Maldivian, El Segundo, Fields of Omagh, Makybe Diva, Savabeel, Northerly, Sunline, Might and Power, Saintly, Octagonal, Super Impose, Better Loosen Up, Rubiton, Bonecrusher, Kingston Town, Dulcify, Surround, Gunsynd, Tobin Bronze, Tulloch, Redcraze, Rising Fast, Hydrogen, Flight, Tranquil Star, Beau Vite, Ajax, Chatham and of course Phar Lap.

Cox Plate - Past 10 Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer
2016	Winx	Hugh Bowman	Chris Waller
2015	Winx	Hugh Bowman	Chris Waller
2014	Adelaide	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien
2013	Shamus Award	Chad Schofield	Danny O'Brien
2012	Ocean Park	Glen Boss	Gary Hennessy
2011	Pinker Pinker	Craig Williams	Greg Eurell
2010	So You Think	Steven Arnold	Bart Cummings
2009	So You Think	Glen Boss	Bart Cummings
2008	Maldivian	Michael Rodd	Mark Kavanagh
2007	El Segundo	Luke Nolen	Colin Little
2006	Fields Of Omagh	Steven King	Tony McEvoy