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2011 Melbourne Cup Carnival Highlights:  See all the highlights for the 2011 Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival. (10 November 2011)

Cox Plate Review:  All the action from a super day of racing at Moonee Valley. (23 October 2011)

Audio  Moody/Nolen Audio After Black Caviar Win:  Trainer Peter Moody and jockey Luke Nolen speak to the media after Black Caviar's win at Moonee Valley. (23 October 2011)

Audio  Tommy Berry Audio:  Winning jockey Tommy Berry talks to the media after Karuta Queen's win at Moonee Valley. (22 October 2011)

Pinker Pinker fulfils a dream:  Trainer Greg Eurell realised a second lifetime dream after Pinker Pinker ran down New Zealand champion Jimmy Choux to win the Cox Plate. (22 October 2011)

Audio  Neville Layt Audio:  Queanbeyan trainer Neville Layt talks to the media after Karuta Queen's win in the Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley (22 October 2011)

Williams In The Pink After Second Plate Win:  Jockey of the moment Craig Williams won his second Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturday courtesy of a perfect ride which got the Greg Eurell-trained mare Pinker Pinker home first in the $3 million feature. (22 October 2011)

Audio  Cox Plate Interviews:  Comments from winning trainer Greg Eurell and jockey Craig WIlliams after Pinker Pinker's win in the W.S. Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. (22 October 2011)

Cox Plate Jockey Comments:  What the jockeys had to say after the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. (22 October 2011)

Reset Stocks Soar With Plate Win:  Young sire Reset's stocks as a Group One producer soared when his daughter Pinker Pinker came with a determined run to win the Australasian weight-for-age championship, the G1 W.S. Cox Plate, at Moonee Valley on Saturday. (22 October 2011)

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The History

In honour of the founder of Moonee Valley, William Samuel Cox, the Moonee Valley Racing Club Committee decided to run a weight-for-age race over 2040m.

Offering a purse of 1000 Pounds, the W.S. Cox Plate was first run in 1922 and was won by imported stallion Violencello. He was a nine-year-old who the previous year had won the Caulfield Cup at only his fifth start in Australia after being brought out from England.

Strategically placed on the racing calendar between the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, the Tatts Cox Plate has become a race of great importance and prestige. It is regarded as the best weight-for-age race in Australasia and one of the most exciting race days in the world.

Since its introduction in 1922, the Tatts Cox Plate has always attracted a field of the best horses on offer. The who's who of the Australasian turf have won this race. Phar Lap, Kingston Town, Rising Fast, Dulcify, Gunsynd, Super Impose, Octagonal, Might and Power, Sunline, Northerly and more recently champion mare Makybe Diva (pictured), have all etched their names on the W.S. Cox Plate Wall of Champions that now takes pride of place in the Octagonal Lounge.

Today the Tatts Cox Plate carries total prizemoney of $3m. It is the second richest race in Australia behind the Melbourne Cup.

The Champions

Almost every winner has been an outstanding horse - Phar Lap, Kingston Town, Rising Fast, Dulcify, Gunsynd, Super Impose, Octagonal, Might and Power, Sunline and Makybe Diva.

The list of winners reads like a Who Who's of the Australian turf.

It is hard to knock many of the winners. Last year we saw the extraordinary scenes of Bart Cummings bringing his 3yo winner from the previous year So You Think back to win it again becoming the first horse in history to do that feat.

The Group 1 Tatts Cox Plate is undoubtedly the weight-for-age Championship of Australasia.



Makybe Diva

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