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The Ladbrokes Cox Plate is the premier weight-for-age race in Australia and is known as Australasia’s weight-for-age championship. This Group 1 race is run over 2040m on turf at Moonee Valley Racecourse in late October each year and is held as part of the illustrious Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.

Worth over $5 million, the race attracts the champion gallopers from across the globe competing for the richest weight-for-age prize in Australia and is the second of the three Spring Majors following the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) the Saturday before.

The Cox Plate is often referred to as “the race where legends are made” and has been won by many turf greats over the years including So You Think (2009-10) and historic four-time champion Winx (2015-18) who were the last multiple Cox Plate winners. Winx joined Kingston Town (1980-82) as the only three-time Cox Plate champion with her narrow victory over Humidor in the 2017 Cox Plate results, which also saw the heroic mare set a race record time set by herself in 2015. She then surpassed Kingston Town with her fourth Cox Plate trophy in 2018 before her retirement.

In 2014 the then Aidan O’Brien-trained Adelaide became the first Northern Hemisphere-trained Cox Plate winner and since then the number of international Cox Plate nominations continues to rise. The 2019 Cox Plate results saw Lys Gracieux from Japan join Adelaide as the only Cox Plate winners trained outside of Australia / New Zealand.

In 2020 Irish expat Sir Dragonet won the Cox Plate first-up down under in his debut for Ciaron Maher & David Eustace.

In 2021 Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien prepared Northern Hemisphere-trained three-year-old State Of Rest for a Cox Plate victory emulating the success of his father from 2014.

In 2022 Anamoe atoned for his devastatingly close second the year before to post a dominant victory for the punters in the Cox Plate results.

The punters were in luck in the 2023 Cox Plate results that saw Hong Kong hero Romantic Warrior narrowly defeat Mr Brightside in an epic finish to the 103rd running of the classic.

Romantic Warrior would go on to frank the Cox Plate form with a dominant Hong Kong campaign that summer winning the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup and Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup at Sha Tin.

The 2024 Ladbrokes Cox Plate runs on Saturday, October 26, 2024 as the second of the ‘Big 3’ Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival majors.

Ladbrokes Cox Plate
Date:	Saturday, October 26, 2024
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	2040m
Status:	Group 1
Conditions:	Weight-For-Age
Prize Money:	$5 million
Age:	3 year olds and over

The WS Cox Plate is one of the most highly bet on and anticipated races in the country. Cox Plate betting is also popular with the punters as it is included in some of the major betting doubles in the Spring Carnival.

Punters often indulge in the Cox Plate – Melbourne Cup double, but only six horses have won achieved the feat with Makybe Diva, Might and Power, Saintly, Nightmarch, Phar Lap and Rising Fast. Rising Fast is an especially notable winner as he is the only horse in history to also have won the Caulfield Cup in the same year, taking out this feature treble in 1954.

The race’s position towards the end of the Spring Carnival means punters have a plethora of trials and lead-up runs to consider the entries’ Cox Plate form and chances of success in the Cox Plate.

There are a range of different events the final Cox Plate field may come via, including three-years-old hopefuls coming out of the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) a fortnight before. Earlier races to watch as an indication for the Cox Plate include the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) in September, the Group 2 John F. Feehan Stakes (1600m) and the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m).

A change of scheduling for the Melbourne Cup Carnival from 2016 saw the race formerly known as the Mackinnon Stakes and run on Victoria Derby Day moved to the first Saturday of November and raced as the new Group 1 Emirates Stakes (2000m) in a bid to attract more Cox Plate graduates. That race has now been moved to the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival taking place on the Saturday after the Melbourne Cup and is run as the Champions Stakes.

Randwick Racecourse in Sydney hosts the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) on the same date as Melbourne’s Cox Plate Day.

2024 Cox Plate Results

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• 2nd: TBD
• 3rd: TBD
• 4th: TBD

2024 Ladbrokes Cox Plate Betting

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Futures Cox Plate betting odds open months in advance of the race offering all-in markets on the potential horses lining-up in that year’s Cox Plate field. Cox Plate betting is often dominated by horses that ran well in the previous season’s Cox Plate results.

Our Cox Plate betting page has more information on the many types of bets you can place, including advice on placing a Cox Plate trifecta, a Cox Plate quinella, a Cox Plate exacta, or a Cox Plate First Four bet. We also suggest the best online bookmakers to join for Cox Plate betting.

The latest Cox Plate 2024 betting markets provided by Ladbrokes.com.au are listed below for your to back your Cox Plate tips at the right price.

Anamoe ($2.40 in 2022) and Hong Kong raider Romantic Warrior ($3.60 in 2023) – both ridden by jockey James McDonald – are the latest favourites in Cox Plate betting to win.

Cox Plate Tips

Our exclusive Ladbrokes Cox Plate betting tips will be provided below a few days out from the Group 1 classic. Also head to our dedicated Cox Plate Tips page for more information on who to back and who to sack in the weight-for-age Moonee Valley feature this spring.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL 2024 COX PLATE TIPS & BEST BETS

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The Danger: TBD

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Best Roughie: TBD

2024 Cox Plate Form Guide

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One of the best and cheapest tools you can use to improve your betting is a detailed Cox Plate form guide like you would find at an online bookie. Our page on the Cox Plate form guide will help anyone new to punting better understand how to read a form guide.

Key 2024 Cox Plate Dates

• 2024 Cox Plate Nominations: Close on Tuesday the 6th of August, 2024.
• 2024 Cox Plate First Acceptances: Close on Tuesday the 10th of September, 2024.
• 2024 Cox Plate Second Acceptances: Close on Tuesday the 24th of September, 2024.
• 2024 Cox Plate Third Acceptances: Close on Tuesday the 8th of October, 2022.
• 2024 Cox Plate Final Acceptances: Close on Tuesday the 22nd of October, 2023 at 8:30am (AEDT).

2024 Ladbrokes Cox Plate Field

The Cox Plate field represents the best weight-for-age hopefuls from around Australia and aboard. The official 2024 Cox Plate field will be released by the Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 following a number of declaration stages of early acceptances.