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W S Cox Plate

W.S. Cox Plate
Group One race
Rogilla 1932 VATC Caulfield Cup Return to Scale Jockey George Robinson Trainer Les Haigh.jpg
1933 Cox Plate winner – Rogilla
Location Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
Inaugurated 1922 (list of Cox Plate winners)
Race type ThoroughbredFlat 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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