Archive for category: Cox Plate

• Lion Tamer euthanased after Cox Plate

  Breaking News, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 23, 2011 11:11 am

  The Cox Plate has ended in tragedy for New Zealand trainer Murray Baker with Lion Tamer euthanased after breaking a leg.

   

• Cox Plate day becomes Black Caviar day

  Australian Racing, Cox Plate October 22, 2011 7:59 pm

  Trainer Peter Moody wants to keep Black Caviar for Australia, and Australian racegoers certainly want her.

   

• Cox Plate is a family affair

  Australian Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 7:58 pm

  A lifetime passion turned to exhilaration for David Kirby and his wife Carol when Pinker Pinker stormed to victory in the Cox Plate.

   

• Americain favourite for Melbourne Cup

  Australian Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 7:56 pm

  Reigning Melbourne Cup hero Americain has firmed from $7.50 to $4.80 favourite to make it back-to-back wins in the $6 million race after the Cox Plate failed to produce a satisfactory Cup trial.

   

• Pinker Pinker fulfils a dream

  Australian Racing, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup October 22, 2011 7:53 pm

  A trainer who thought his dream had come true a quarter of a century ago and a horse with more heart than he knew combined with a jockey who pulled off a miracle to fulfil a Cox Plate dream at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

   

• What the jockeys said after the Cox Plate

  Australian Racing, Cox Plate October 22, 2011 7:49 pm

  What the jockeys said after the running of the Group One Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

   

• Somepin Anypin sets track record

  Australian Racing, Cox Plate October 22, 2011 6:53 pm

  Champion jockey Jim Cassidy put Somepin Anypin to the test on Saturday and the emerging talent answered the call to smash a decade-old course record at Rosehill.

   

• Pinker Pinker wins 2011 Cox Plate

  Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup, Results October 22, 2011 6:15 pm

  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.

   

• Mental proves himself at Rosehill

  Australian Racing, Cox Plate October 22, 2011 4:44 pm

  Josh Parr was confident progressive three-year-old Mental would relish a dogfight and the gelding proved him right at Rosehill on Saturday.

   

• Manawanui tightens Derby grip

  Australian Racing, Cox Plate October 22, 2011 4:33 pm

  Trainer Ron Leemon and jockey Glyn Schofield have no doubt Manawanui will handle the 2500m of next Saturday’s $1.5 million Victoria Derby following his come from behind win in the Mitchelton Wines Vase.