Cox Plate
| Group One race | |
1933 Cox Plate winner – Rogilla
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| Location | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia |
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| Inaugurated | 1922 (list of Cox Plate winners) |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Sponsor | William Hill (2015) |
| Website | Moonee Valley Racing Club |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,040 metres |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Horses three years old and older |
| Weight | Weight for age |
| Purse | A$3,000,000 (2015) |
The W.S. Cox Plate is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 2040 metres, held at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late October. The race is Australia's second richest weight-for-age race with stakemoney of A$3,000,000, behind the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (ATC).
The race is named in honour of W.S. Cox, the racing club's founder.
Between 1999–2005 the event was included in the Emirates World Series Racing Championship, a global "grand prix" of horse racing. The series included the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, the Japan Cup, the Dubai World Cup, the Arlington Million, the Hong Kong Cup, the Canadian International Stakes, the Grosser Preis von Baden, the Irish Champion Stakes, the Breeders' Cup Turf and the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Front cover of the 1948 W.S.Cox Plate racebook.
Inside cover showing raceday officials.
Starters and results of the 1948 W.S.Cox Plate showing the winner,Carbon Copy.
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