Who won the 2012 Cox Plate?
Ocean Park
2012 Cox Plate winner Ocean Park defeated the Team Hawkes-trained three-year-old All Too Hard by a quarter-length, while the trifecta was rounded out by Gai Waterhouse’s star colt Pierro who ran four lengths off the winner for third….2012 Cox Plate Results & Finishing Order.
| Jockey | Glen Boss |
|---|---|
| Margin | – |
| Br. | 9 |
| Wgt. | 57.5kg |
| SP | $6 |
What time is Cox Plate on?
The 2021 Cox Plate will take place on Saturday 23rd October at Moonee Valley Racecourse. Set to jump at 5:10pm , the Cox Plate is the ninth of 10 races on the card. The Cox Plate is considered the second of the ‘Big 3’ Melbourne Spring Majors, following the Caulfield Cup and preceding the Melbourne Cup.
How much is Cox Plate worth?
There is a lot of money on offer for the Cox Plate, which is one of the richest racing events on the Australian calendar. In 2019, the total value of prize money and trophies will be around $5 million, with horses from around the world competing for a piece of this substantial pie.
What is the Cox Plate in horse racing?
The W. S. Cox Plate is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 2040 metres (approximately 1m 2f), that is held by the Moonee Valley Racing Club at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late October. The race has a purse of A$ 5,000,000.
What is the distance of the Cox Plate?
Following Australia’s adoption of the Metric system in 1972 the race distance became 2,000 metres. In 1974 the distance was changed to 2,050 metres and in 1986 to today’s distance of 2,040 metres. † The 1946 Cox Plate was run in two divisions.
Who won the 1969 Cox Plate?
The 1969 Cox Plate was won by the New Zealand three-year-old colt Daryl’s Joy, who went on to race successfully in the USA. The popular Goondiwindi grey, Gunsynd, was trainer Tommy Smith’s third winner of the Cox Plate in 1972, and the New Zealand Derby winner Fury’s Order staggered to victory on a bog track in 1975.
How many horses have won the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup?
The double with the Melbourne Cup has only been achieved by seven horses: Makybe Diva, Might and Power, Saintly, Nightmarch, Phar Lap, Delta and Rising Fast. Only three horses have ever won the Melbourne Cup and then gone on to win the Cox Plate the following year: Phar Lap, Might and Power and Makybe Diva.