Moonee Valley Racing Club

Humidor Left On Outer As Cox Plate Reserve

Posted on October 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ciaron Maher is naturally disappointed dual Cox Plate placegetter Humidor has been snubbed by the Moonee Valley Racing Club committee for a spot in this year's field. But all hope is not lost, with Humidor the first reserve to get a start should any of the 14 runners be scratched before Saturday. The MVRC committee[...]

Posted on October 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The committee of the Moonee Valley Racing Club has agonised over the composition of the final field for the Cox Plate before settling on the 14 runners. Club chairman Don Casboult said there were a number of different scenarios the committee considered when 18 horses were paid up for Saturday's $5 million race. The choice[...]

Posted on August 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

High-class Japanese mare Lys Gracieux is set to compete in the Cox Plate and chase a lucrative bonus after being granted a special dispensation from the Australian government's Department of Agriculture to travel to Melbourne for the race. Because Lys Gracieux ran in Hong Kong in late April in the QEII Cup, she had been[...]

Posted on August 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Moonee Valley Racing Club has dangled a big carrot to lure the winner of the Juddmonte International to the Cox Plate. Besides the Cox Plate first prize of $3 million, a bonus of $2 million is on the table if the Juddmonte International victor takes out the Cox Plate at The Valley on October[...]

Posted on July 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A Group One victory in the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis in Germany has clinched a Cox Plate invitation for Danceteria. The Moonee Valley Racing Club announced on Tuesday it had issued two more invitations for this year's Cox Plate, to the David Menuisier trained Danceteria, who is owned by Australian Bloodstock, and the Kevin Prendergast-trained three-year-old Epsom[...]

Posted on June 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Moonee Valley Racing Club has unveiled an international bonus attached to the Cox Plate, with the winners of selected top-level overseas races eligible for an even bigger pay-day should they win Australasia's weight-for-age showpiece. The MVRC outlined some of the details on Tuesday of the Cox Plate International Bonus sponsored by Ladbrokes. The club[...]

Humidor Left On Outer As Cox Plate Reserve

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Japanese Star Poised To Contest Cox Plate

Cox Plate Bonus Offer For Juddmonte Winner

Mvrc Issue Two More Cox Plate Invitations

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