Cox Plate

Callsign Mav taking time out at beach

Posted on March 26, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One winner Callsign Mav is enjoying an easy time at the beach before a decision is made on his immediate future. The son of Atlante was successful three-times at the highest level for Hastings horseman and part-owner John Bary and remained in Australia after he ran seventh in last year's Group 1 Cox[...]

Posted on March 2, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

With 51 Group One wins to his credit, nine of them with wife Debbie, evergreen New Zealand trainer Graeme Rogerson has no intention of settling for an easier life. The Tuhikaramea-based horseman has enjoyed a colourful and hugely successful career and collected his latest top-flight tile with Mascarpone in the Group 1 Otaki WFA Classic[...]

Posted on October 25, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The 101st running of the W.S. Cox Plate went to the Irish, after State Of Rest gave Joseph O'Brien his third Australian major. Trained by the son of the great Aidan O'Brien and ridden by fellow Irishman John Allen, the four-year-old won the Moonee Valley feature in a nail-biter against three-year-old colt Anamoe, before once[...]

Posted on October 25, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Jamie Richards admits he hasn't had a lot of luck with star mare Probabeel and her bid for feature race success at The Valley after her second attempt at the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) was thwarted by rain on the day. The four-time Group One winning daughter of Savabeel looked a solid chance[...]

Posted on October 22, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A decade and a half after Todd Pollard entered the racing industry as an enthusiastic schoolboy, he now finds himself front and centre of one the world's most famous races, the Group 1 W.S. Cox Plate (2040m). Pollard's first taste of racing was as a 12-year-old working weekends and holidays as a stablehand for Matamata[...]

Posted on October 21, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Two horses set to line up in Saturday’s $5 million Cox Plate at Moonee Valley will have to undergo a second fitness check on Friday morning, after Racing Victoria (RV) vets found both Gold Trip and Callsign Mav to be lame on Thursday.

Posted on October 21, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

At 31, trainer Jamie Richards makes most people seem like under-achievers. The Matamata horseman has 47 Group One wins to his name and will send out a live chance in the AUD$5 million Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) on Saturday for the third year in succession. Four-time Group One winner Probabeel will represent Richards for[...]

Posted on October 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

As we get set for the 101st edition of the best two minutes in Australian sport, we take a look back at our top five Cox Plate champions over the past 30 years.

Posted on October 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The final field for this Saturday’s running of the 101st W.S. Cox Plate was announced on Tuesday morning, and it is not without some controversy.

Posted on October 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

John Bary is hopeful Callsign Mav won't find himself setting the pace for Saturday's AUD$5 million Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley. The versatile son of Atlante won the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) when leading throughout and followed up with victory in the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) when sitting off[...]

Posted on October 9, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The saying that cream rises to the top lived up to its word in Saturday’s Caulfield Guineas, as the three Group 1-winning colts filled the trifecta in the 1600m event with Anamoe taking first place.

Posted on October 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Zaaki will be shooting for his third Group 1 win in Saturday’s Might And Power Stakes at Caulfield in what will be his final lead-up run before the Cox Plate in two weeks.

Posted on October 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Both the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate fields got one step closer to being finalised on Tuesday, and there were some notable absentees as the third round of acceptances were taken.

Posted on October 3, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Hometown hero Callsign Mav booked his ticket for a shot at the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley later this month when he took out the second leg of the Hawke's Bay triple crown on Saturday, the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings. The John Bary-trained son of Atlante had scored[...]

Posted on October 1, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Hastings trainer John Bary is confident Callsign Mav can make his final race on New Zealand soil a winning one in Saturday's Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings. Bary revealed the dual Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) winner would join Melbourne trainer Danny O'Brien after his final start for his stable in the[...]

Posted on September 28, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

While Zaaki is generating all the hype ahead of the 2021 Cox Plate, Ciaron Maher is hoping that his stable can go back-to-back in the Moonee Valley feature with Gold Trip.

Posted on September 21, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cox Plate favourite Zaaki had his first gallop at Sandown this morning, with Craig Williams jumping on board as the horse prepares for his first Melbourne run on Saturday in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m).

Callsign Mav taking time out at beach

Rogerson continuing to look to the future

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