Cox Plate Betting

The WS Cox Plate

Run in honour of the founder of Moonee Valley, William Samuel Cox, the Cox Plate is Australia’s premier weight-for-age race over 2040m. It was first run in 1922 and won by Violencello, a stallion imported from England, and is held in the period between the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

Since its inception, this race has attracted the very best of Australian turf. Names like Kingstown, Rising Fast, Dulcify, Gunsynd, Super Impose, Octagonal, Might and Power, Sunline, Phar Lap and recently, Makybe Diva, Maldivian, and Fields of Omagh, have been etched on the WS Cox ‘Wall of Champions’, situated strategically in the Octagonal Lounge.

Cox Plate betting is ever-popular with those punters who have an eye for thoroughbred betting on the number one weight-for-age race of Australasia. In fact, the this event is a part of Australian racing folklore because of its reputation as the best horse race in Australia.

The Cox Plate is part of the world series as a constituent of the elite group consisting of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot, the Japan Cup, the Dubai World Cup, the Arlington Million, the Hong Kong International Cup, the Canadian International, the Grosser Preis von Baden, the Irish Champion Stakes, and the Breeders' Cup Turf and Breeders' Cup Classic.

Punters from all over the world enjoy a Cox Plate bet. While some of them are in it for the money, quite a few do it for the sheer entertainment of the Cox Plate races and the adrenalin rush that comes with it. Not only is it among the greatest races in the world, it is also one of the most important social, cultural and entertainment events of Australia, much anticipated every year. In fact, a world of its own exists on the sidelines of the race every year. People relax, enjoy, network and entertain, all the while keeping an eye on the action happening on the course.

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