Cox Plate History

The W.S. Cox Plate was named in honour of W.S. Cox, the Monee Valley club's founder. The race is run over 2,040 metres on turf, and it is one of Australia's richestraces with total prize money over $3 million.

The Cox Plate is rated by many to be the truest test of horses' abilities in Australia, and in 1999 it was included in the Emirates World Series Racing Championship. The series includes other world famous races including 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, and Breeders' Cup Turf and Breeders' Cup Classic.

Image is public domain showing jockey Darby Munro on Rogilla in the 1933 Cox Plate.