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  Bel Esprit row over Cox Plate - theage.com.au
While the prestige involved in tackling a Cox Plate was an obvious lure for connections, Duffy said there was next year and possibly even next season to consider with the horse.
The Cox Plate on October 26 promises to be the best field assembled for many years with the likes of Sunline, Northerly, Grandera, Defier and Lonhro but the race might be run without a three-year-old contesting it.
The most likely three-year-old to progress to the race in 10 days is champion filly of last season Victory Vein, but her Cox Plate ambitions are on hold until after she contests the group one Thousand Guineas later today, for which she is favourite.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/10/15/1034561159133.html   (619 words)

  
  Cox Plate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The W.S. Cox Plate is a Group 1 thoroughbred horse race held annually in late October by the Moonee Valley Racing Club in honour of W.S. Cox, the club's founder.
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, a global "grand prix" of horse racing.
In 1946 the Cox Plate was run in two divisions with the great mare Flight winning the stronger division, and became a dual winner following her victory a year earlier.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cox_Plate   (1153 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
The W.S. Cox Plate is a Group 1 thoroughbred horse race held annually in late October by the Moonee Valley Racing Club in honour of W.S. Cox, the club's founder.
The first Cox Plate was run in 1922 and won by the imported English horse Violoncello, who also won his next three starts during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
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.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Cox_Plate   (1154 words)

  
 "All I can say is wow..."   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Tattersalls W S Cox Plate is Australia's most prestigious race and one of the top events in the world of horseracing.
The Cox Plate, unlike the better-known Melbourne Cup which reputedly stops Australia on the first Tuesday of November, is a weight-for-age conditions contest as opposed to a handicap.
The Cox Plate, in which he set a new record time of 2m 3.54s for the distance, was his seventh Group One success, also taking in the Caulfield Cup and the Melbourne Cup in 1997 - the other two legs of the Australian grand slam.
www.godolphin.com /big_race_focus73.asp   (970 words)

  
 Cox Plate on agenda for Grandera - theage.com.au
The international profile of the Cox Plate could soar to new heights with a strong indication at the weekend that the world's best 2000-metre galloper, Grandera, would compete in the $3 million race at Moonee Valley next month.
Likely to line up against the world's best galloper in the Cox Plate are two-time winner Sunline, last year's winner Northerly, as well as brilliant four-year-olds Lonhro and Magical Miss.
The make-up of the Cox Plate field could take yet another turn as early as this Saturday, when Magical Miss has her first run at Moonee Valley in the Feehan Stakes.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/09/08/1031115973091.html   (638 words)

  
 SI.com - MLB - Cox fined, suspended two games - Monday September 22, 2003 3:27PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Braves manager Bobby Cox was suspended for two games and fined Monday by the commissioner's office for prolonged arguing during a game against Philadelphia on Sept. 11.
Cox was ejected for the ninth time this season after arguing with third-base umpire Chuck Meriwether in the bottom of the first inning when Marcus Giles was called out trying to steal third.
Cox was managing Monday against Florida and will start the suspension Tuesday, when the Braves open a two-game series against Montreal.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2003/baseball/mlb/09/22/bc.bbn.braves.coxsuspen.ap   (206 words)

  
 Arthritis Research & Therapy | Full text | Cyclooxygenases and prostaglandin E2receptors in growth plate ...
The epiphyseal growth plate of the tibiae was separated by cleaning the cartilage plate of muscular tissue, periosteum and perichondrium.
Col I is not believed to be characteristically expressed in the growth plate and costochondral cartilage, but rather in the superficial layer of mandibular and articular cartilage [35].
From a therapeutic point of view, the long term effects of COX inhibitors and EP antagonists with respect to the integrity of the growth plate in the paediatric population is of special interest.
arthritis-research.com /content/8/3/R78   (6104 words)

  
 The Carlton Draught Cox Plate
The Carlton Draught Cox Plate is the only Southern Hemisphere race to be included in the World Series Racing Championship, which includes thirteen races in eleven different countries.
The Carlton Draught Cox Plate is seen as one of the most prestigious and classic events in Australian horse racing and is undoubtedly the weight-for-age championship of Australiasia worth a Group 1 prize pool of over $3,000,000.
Another great chapter in Cox Plate history written on October 23rd 2004 with Savabeel joining the small ranks of three-year olds to win the Cox Plate.
www.cox-plate.com   (445 words)

  
 Just Racing
Six horses have won the VRC Derby and the Cox Plate in the same year - Manfred (1925), Delta (1949), Alister (1950), Daryl's Joy (1969), Taj Rossi (1973) and Red Anchor in 1984.
Only one horse in post World War 2 history has been able to win the Epsom and the Cox Plate in the same year and that was the stallion Noholme in 1959.
The Cox Plate was run in two divisions in 1946 - Flight won one division and Leonard the other.
www.justracing.com.au /fr_cox_plate.php?type=facts   (638 words)

  
 Australian Thoroughbred Racing in the Americas!
The 2006 Cox Plate had ended not the way it was supposed to- but the way it needed to.
Saturday, 26 August 2006: Leading Cox Plate contenders Racing To Win and Eremein were upstaged by warhorse Court's In Session in the Warwick Stakes at Randwick on Friday night, but both showed they were on track for the spring.
Thursday, 20 July 2006: Cox Plate contender Grey Swallow is among the first annual shipment of northern hemipshere shuttle stallions due to touch down in Sydney on Thursday.
www.australianracing.com /index.php?page_id=25&section_id=4   (2285 words)

  
 ABC Sport - Sport - No Honor in Cox Plate
American horse Honor in War has been withdrawn from today's Cox Plate after testing positive to a prohibited substance.
Racing Victoria said the horse tested positive to a steroid that is legal in America and was administered 60 days ago in the United States.
Grandstand's Richard Svenson sought the views of opposing coaches Michael Hagan and Nathan Brown after Parramatta defeated St George Illawarra 20-12 in round 14.
www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200610/s1775744.htm   (271 words)

  
 Tattersalls Cox Plate, Moonee Valley Racing Club, Moonee Valley
Offering a purse of 1000 Pounds, the W.S. Cox Plate was first run in 1922 and was won by imported stallion Violencello.
The Tattersall's Cox Plate is regarded as the premier race in Australasia and one of the most exciting race days in the world.
Today the Tattersall's Cox Plate carries total prizemoney of $3,000,000 and is the second richest race in Australia behind the Melbourne Cup.
www.tattersallscoxplate.com.au   (266 words)

  
 The Virtual FormGuide - The Ir-Vine - 13/06/02 Jack Holt and the Cox Plate
Metellus was to run in the Cox Plate the next year, but the now six-year-old struggled home in sixth place behind the top class performer Amounis.
He was seven when he won the Cox Plate in 1928 in a thrilling finish with Billy Duncan riding hard.
Holt's next runner in the Cox Plate came in the form of the the four-year-old Hall Mark in 1934.
www.cyberhorse.com.au /tvf/irvine/2002racing/0613holt.shtml   (1123 words)

  
 Racing and Sports - 2006 Tattersall's Cox Plate, WS Cox Plate 2006, Moonee Valley Australian Spring Carnival: Cox Plate ...
If you talk the talk you have to be able to walk the walk and Graeme Rogerson and Savabeel did just that in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley today.
The colt became the first three-year-old since Octagonal in 1995 to take out Australasia's premier weight-for-age event and his trainer backed up what many thought were outrageous claims about the horse's ability.
From the first race on 2005 Cox Plate Day, full results, photo finishes and raceday photogallery will be available.
coxplate.racingandsports.com.au /index.asp?f=displayNews&NID=50730   (574 words)

  
 Australian Sports Tours :: Carlton Draught Cox Plate
Champion mare Makybe Diva has claimed a historic Cox Plate victory at Mooney Valley in 2005.
Makybe Diva is the first horse in history to claim two Melbourne Cups and a Cox Plate and her victory in the $3 million race has helped her eclipse Sunline as Australia's top prizemoney earner.
Packages for the 2006 Cox Plate will be available mid 2006.
www.astsports.com.au /details.asp?id=473   (307 words)

  
 Crikey - Sport - A racing debate – the status of the Cox Plate
The barriers were drawn yesterday for the race many regard as the finest on the Australian racing calendar, the Tattersalls WS Cox Plate, to be run at Moonee Valley this Saturday.
And the case for regarding the Cox Plate as the "finest" race in Australia is a strong one.
The case for the Cox Plate is also strengthened when you browse through the winners since the race was introduced in 1922.
www.crikey.com.au /Sport/20061025-A-racing-debate-the-status-of-the-Cox-Plate.html   (460 words)

  
 Cox Plate
Because it was strategically placed on theracing calendar between the Caulfield Cup, Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup,the Cox Plate immediately became a race of importance and prestige.
And since 1999, the Cox Plate is the only southern hemisphere race to beincluded in the World Series.
No wonder the Cox Plate is called the 'greatest two minutes in sport' and itsprizemoney has reacted accordingly rising to over AUD$3 million.
www.enterbet.com /horse-bet/Cox-Plate-fran01.html   (294 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Makybe Diva Wins Australia's Cox Plate
Makybe Diva ridden by Glen Boss leads the field in to the straight in the 2005 Cox Plate in Melbourne, Australia.
MELBOURNE - Makybe Diva won Saturday's Cox Plate, the Australian leg of the World Racing Championship, to enhance her reputation as one of the country's greatest race horses.
Ridden by her regular jockey Glenn Boss, Makybe Diva settled near the rear of the field and circled a wall of horses approaching the home turn then sprinted away to beat Lotteria by a length and a quarter with 2003 Cox Plate winner Fields of Omagh third.
www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-10-22/33619.html   (348 words)

  
 Racing and Sports - 2007 Tattersall's Cox Plate, Moonee Valley Australian Spring Carnival: Cox Plate 2007
The Tattersall's Cox Plate is part of the World Series Racing Championship which includes thirteen races in eleven countries on four continents.
It is the only southern hemisphere race to be included in the Series, which features races such as the King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Ascot, the Breeders Cup in the United States, and the Japan and Hong Kong Cups.
The Group 1 Tattersall's Cox Plate is undoubtedly the weight-for-age Championship of Australasia.
coxplate.racingandsports.com.au   (679 words)

  
 Racing Victoria Limited - FORM FOCUS - 2006 TATTERSALL'S COX PLATE
In most Cox Plates there is an unknown element and there is certainly no shortage of that in the 2006 edition.
Grey Swallow will attempt what many consider the impossible and claim the Cox Plate first-up from a spell (the grey entire has won five races from five first-up attempts), while Honor In War will be having his first start since a fourth placing over 1600m in the United States on 9 September.
Half of the past 20 Cox Plate winners were last-start winners going into the Cox Plate, four of them in the Yalumba.
www.racingvictoria.net.au /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1544&Itemid=250   (787 words)

  
 Cox Plate - InformationBlast
The Cox Plate is a Thoroughbred horse race held yearly by the Moonee Valley Racing Club in honour of W.S. Cox, the club's founder.
The race is a weight-for-age, unlike the Melbourne Cup, which is handicapped according to the ability as well as the age of the horse.
Originally referred to as the W.S. Cox Plate, the MVRC began using sponsorship with naming rights in the mid 90's with the first sponsor as motor car manufacturer, BMW.
www.informationblast.com /Cox_Plate.html   (285 words)

  
 Racing and Sports - Leaders in Horse Racing News, Statistics and Technology
Fields Of Omagh won the 2003 Cox Plate at his second attempt and subsequently finished second to Savabeel in 2004 and third last year behind the champion mare Makybe Diva.
While the great Kingston Town will be revered to be the only triple Cox Plate runner Fields Of Omagh will surely go down as the most popular and courageous of all modern day runners in the famous race.
When Fields Of Omagh ran in his first three Cox Plates including his 2003 victory he was under the training of Tony McEvoy before Hayes returned from Hong Kong to take charge again of the Lindsay Park stable.
www.racingandsports.com.au /racing/rsNewsArt.asp?NID=94664   (1072 words)

  
 V8Central Forums - Cox Plate
With the Cox Plate not so far away and with Makybe Diva in hot form i feel she will be a hot favourite for the event.
So with the narrow track and the history of the front runners who are in the top 4 winning the Cox Plate ive backed Lad of the Manor at $11 on fixed returns.
He has had 4 starts at the cox plate for a 5th, 1st, 2nd and a 3rd.
www.v8central.com /snitz3403/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12532   (312 words)

  
 COX PLATE FORM COMMENTS
Time in that race was quicker than the Cox Plate.
Great HK mare won the Moonee Valley Oaks over the Cox Plate course and distance before she departed Australia.
On-pace runner who is unknown at this distance but she is by the same sire as champion mare Sunline who won two Cox Plates.
racing.scmp.com /Intrace/INT/CoxPlate20102004.htm   (806 words)

  
 Northerly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Although it would cost Childs another Cox Plate, his loyalty to Sunline was commendable and paid dividends the following autumn when, following her first decent spell, she returned in breathtaking form to sweep all before her as a rising 7 year old during the autumn of 2002.
Northerly went for for a spell, and set his sights on the Cox Plate, and the mighty mare Sunline, who was attempting to create history in emulating Kingston Town to win the race for the third successive time.
Northerly duly won the Cox Plate win, unfortunately it was unpopular on the day as he denied the great Sunline her third Cox Plate, and the interference in the straight made the result very controversial.
www.ausracing.net.au /images/newpics/pagehtml/northerly.htm   (1513 words)

  
 /10/2004
The 2004 Cox Plate, with a A$2 million prize to the winner, promises to be one of the most exciting on record with as many as seven or eight leading contenders including the visitors Elegant Fashion and Paolini.
The AJC Australian Derby winner Starcraft looked to have a mortgage on the Cox Plate until his surprise defeat in the Yalumba Stakes at Caulfield on 9 October.
And the Cox Plate has a strong history of horses performing well from one year to the next.
racing.scmp.com /Intrace/INT/CoxPlate18102004a.htm   (472 words)

  
 Crikey - Sport - Cox Plate creates history – and more may follow
Saturday’s WS Cox Plate created racing history, and raised the tantalising prospect that next week’s Melbourne Cup might create even more.
The Cox Plate also proved – if it was necessary to do so – that Australia has the most professional race callers in the world.
On Thursday he announced that the Cox Plate would be "Foo’s" last race, and his call of what must have been a race filled with emotion was absolutely flawless.
www.crikey.com.au /Sport/20061030-Cox-Plate-creates-history-and-more-may-follow.html   (409 words)

  
 W S COX PLATE
W.S. The most famous weight-for-age race in Australia is undoubtedly the Moonee Valley Race Club's W.S. Cox Plate which is run each October between the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.
Named in honour of Sam Cox, the founder of Moonee Valley, the race is now acknowledged as one of the classic events of the international racing calendar and the only southern hemisphere race to be included in the World Series.
Many outstanding horses have won the race since its first running in 1922 and the names are well-known to keen followers of the Australian turf.
au.geocities.com /wscoxplate   (148 words)

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