Cox Plate is part of the prestigious Grand Prix circuit
Cox Plate was founded in the honour of the founder of Moonee Valley, Sam Cox. The Moonee Valley wanted to honour Sam Cox and decided to run a weight-for-age race and call it the Cox Plate. The race was placed in between the
Caulfield Cup,
Victoria Derby and
Melbourne Cup on the Australian racing calendar. It quickly became a prestigious race. Today many horse racing fans regard the Cox Plate as the greatest two minutes in racing! And it's prize money has reached over $3 million.
Almost every Cos Plate winner has been an impressive horse, inlcuding Phar Lap, Dulcify, Kingston Town, Gunsynd, Rising Fast, Super Impose, Might and Power, Octagonal, and Sunline. The Cox Plate is the only southern hemisphere race to be included in the World Series, which is the horse racing's Grand Prix circuit.
With the Cox Plate inclusion to the Grand Prix circuit it is now listed with the world's greatest races including the Japan Cup, the Hong Kong International Cup, Arlington Million), Canadian International), Breeders Cup Turf and Breeders Cup Classic, Irish Champion Stakes, Grosser Preis Von Baden, and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot.
Cox Plate being part of the Melbourne Cup Carnival is by many horse racing fans regarded as the greatest two minutes in racing! : Aussiepunter
