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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 $3 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 Winx (2016-17) 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.

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 2018 Ladbrokes Cox Plate was held on Saturday 27th of October , 2018.

2018 Cox Plate Results

• 1st: Winx
• 2nd: Benbatl
• 3rd: Humidor

Cox Plate 2018
Date:	Saturday 27th of October , 2018
Track:	Moonee Valley Racecourse
Distance:	2040m
Status:	Group 1
Conditions:	Weight-For-Age
Prize Money:	$3 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 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) and the Group 2 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.

Ladbrokes Cox Plate Betting

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

All-in 2018 Cox Plate Betting is already out with three-time winner Winx the futures favourite to return to The Valley for a fourth time and unprecedented fourth success!

2018 Ladbrokes Cox Plate Field

The Cox Plate field represents the best weight-for-age hopefuls from around Australia and aboard. The official Cox Plate field will be released by the Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) on Tuesday October 23, 2018, following a number of declaration stages of early acceptances.

No	Last 10	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Barrier	Weight	Penalty	Hcp Rating
1	x1121x0151	BENBATL (GB)	Saeed Bin Suroor	Oisin Murphy	3	59kg	–	123
2	4184×81733	HUMIDOR (NZ)	Darren Weir	Damian Lane	7	59kg	–	118
3	1111×43236	KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE)	Darren Weir	John Allen	4	59kg	–	116
4	x3326x1111	AVILIUS (GB)	James Cummings	Glyn Schofield	1	59kg	–	115
5	13714×3225	D’ARGENTO	Chris Waller	Kerrin McEvoy	2	57.5kg	–	116
6	11x111x111	WINX	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	6	57kg	–	130
7	13×4192251	ROSTROPOVICH (IRE)	Aidan O’Brien	Ryan Moore	8	56kg	–	113
8	133115×521	SAVVY COUP (NZ)	Michael & Matthew Pitman	Chris Johnson	5	55.5kg	–	113

The official Cox Plate field drew a final field of eight hopefuls. Winx, now aiming to make it four straight Cox Plate wins drew barrier six, while last year’s narrow runner-up to the mighty mare, Humidor, has drawn the second widest gate at barrier seven. After running a disappointing sixth last weekend in the Caulfield Cup (2400m), Darren Weir trained Kings Will Dream backs up still hoping for a Group 1 win on Australian soil.

Fellow international raider and Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) winner Benbatl is also hoping to continue Godolphin’s strong form after winning back-to-back Group 1 races at Caulfield over the last fortnight.

2018 Ladbrokes Cox Plate Second Acceptances

No.	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer	Weight
1	x0x92834x6	AMBITIOUS (JPN)	H	7	Anthony Freedman	59kg
2	205138×464	ARBEITSAM	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	59kg
3	1x3326x111	AVILIUS (GB)	G	5	James Cummings	59kg
4	6x1121x01x	BENBATL (GB)	H	5	Saeed Bin Suroor	59kg
5	200x22110x	BLAIR HOUSE (IRE)	G	6	Charlie Appleby	59kg
6	78x512433x	CLIFFS OF MOHER (IRE)	H	5	Aidan O’Brien	59kg
7	x312561x16	COMIN’ THROUGH	G	5	Chris Waller	59kg
8	533x98x065	DANON LIBERTY (JPN)	H	7	Darren Weir	59kg
9	7x623x2x1x	EMOTIONLESS (IRE)	G	6	Charlie Appleby	59kg
10	7x28167x00	HARLEM (GB)	G	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	59kg
11	12153x16x2	HOMESMAN (USA)	G	5	Liam Howley	59kg
12	0x4184x817	HUMIDOR (NZ)	G	6	Darren Weir	59kg
13	1x68139x43	JON SNOW (NZ)	H	5	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	59kg
14	x11111x432	KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE)	G	5	Darren Weir	59kg
15	x57x15x825	MR GARCIA (GB)	G	6	Darren Weir	59kg
16	12141×2131	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	G	5	Darren Weir	59kg
17	3110328×27	OUR VENICE BEACH (IRE)	H	5	Liam Howley	59kg
18	111x31x310	PLEIN CIEL (GER)	G	6	Darren Weir	59kg
19	242630×355	PRIZED ICON	H	5	Kris Lees	59kg
20	025x2347x8	RADIPOLE (IRE)	G	6	Michael Moroney	59kg
21	722x240x92	RED EXCITEMENT	G	9	Gerald Ryan	59kg
22	25041x8x79	THE TAJ MAHAL (IRE)	H	5	Liam Howley	59kg
23	0x25828x26	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller	59kg
24	1116×63211	TRAP FOR FOOLS	G	5	Jarrod McLean	59kg
25	1x13714x32	D’ARGENTO	H	4	Chris Waller	57.5kg
26	3x1111x581	GRUNT (NZ)	H	4	Mick Price	57.5kg
27	41x780x006	MIGHTY BOSS	H	4	Mick Price	57.5kg
28	2x1295x271	SIEGE OF QUEBEC	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	57.5kg
29	111x1160x9	BONNEVAL (NZ)	M	5	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman	57kg
30	x400521x53	EGG TART	M	5	Chris Waller	57kg
31	x076x462x4	SHILLELAGH (NZ)	M	7	Chris Waller	57kg
32	111x111x11	WINX	M	7	Chris Waller	57kg
33	13×4192251	ROSTROPOVICH (IRE)	H	4	Aidan O’Brien	56kg
34	12133115×2	SAVVY COUP (NZ)	M	4	Michael & Matthew Pitman	55.5kg
35	11x0121x61	UNFORGOTTEN	M	4	Chris Waller	55.5kg
36	11×31	GEM SONG	C	3	Kris Lees	49.5kg
37	11×420	THE AUGUST	C	3	Brent Stanley	49.5kg
38	111×31	THE AUTUMN SUN	C	3	Chris Waller	49.5kg
39	1311	THINKIN’ BIG	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	49.5kg
40	3x4213x	EL DORADO DREAMING	F	3	Kris Lees	47.5kg
41	417801×39	FUTOOH	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	47.5kg

 

2018 Ladbrokes Cox Plate Third Acceptances

Ladbrokes Cox Plate Nominations

The 2018 Ladbrokes Cox Plate Nominations were taken by the Moonee Valley Racing Club on August 7, 2018 and drew 135 entries dominated by Winx who is shooting for a record 4th straight Cox Plate.

#	Last 10	Horse	Sex	Age	Trainer
1	111x55462x	ACE HIGH	H	4	David Payne
2	21x21x214x	ADMIRE ROBSON (JPN)	H	5	Darren Weir
3	113x16041x	ALIZEE	M	4	James Cummings
4	16x503768x	ALOISIA (NZ)	M	4	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
5	5x0x92834x	AMBITIOUS (JPN)	H	7	Anthony Freedman
6	1186112x8x	ANGELUCCI (NZ)	G	5	Lloyd Kennewell
7	1x4205138x	ARBEITSAM	G	5	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
8	1x	ASHARANI	F	3	David Vandyke
9	11x3326x1x	AVILIUS (GB)	G	5	James Cummings
10	1x	BEAT THE BANK (GB)	G	5	Andrew Balding
11	321x1x	BENBATL (GB)	H	5	Saeed Bin Suroor
12	4480x0221x	BETTYRAE RUBY	M	5	Tim Hughes
13	2x11x	BLAIR HOUSE (IRE)	G	6	Charlie Appleby
14	1111x1160x	BONNEVAL (NZ)	M	5	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman
15	934100x21x	BOOM TIME	H	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
16	1x	BROROCCO (GB)	G	6	Andrew Balding
17	222x1x334x	CALIBRATION (IRE)	H	5	Darren Weir
18	30x603717x	CATCHY	M	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
19	51x12446x	CLIFFS OF MOHER (IRE)	H	5	Aidan O’Brien
20	60x312561x	COMIN’ THROUGH	G	5	Chris Waller
21	x2x533x98x	DANON LIBERTY (JPN)	H	7	Darren Weir
22	11x13714x	D’ARGENTO	H	4	Chris Waller
23	2133230x0x	DEAUVILLE (IRE)	H	6	Aidan O’Brien
24	581111329x	DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR	G	6	Tony McEvoy
25	54x217549x	DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (IRE)	G	5	Liam Howley
26	70x400521x	EGG TART	M	5	Chris Waller
27	3x4213x	EL DORADO DREAMING	F	3	Benjamin Smith
28	–	EMOTIONLESS (IRE)	H	6	Charlie Appleby
29	35x135x16x	FOLKSWOOD (GB)	G	6	Charlie Appleby
30	417801x	FUTOOH	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
31	11x	GEM SONG	C	3	Kris Lees
32	11x	GOLD MAG (NZ)	G	4	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
33	211x	GOOD ’N’ FAST	C	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
34	11x	GRAFF	C	3	Kris Lees
35	3x1111x	GRUNT (NZ)	H	4	Mick Price
36	–	HAPPILY (IRE)	M	4	Aidan O’Brien
37	1262x1213x	HAPPY CLAPPER	G	8	Patrick Webster
38	867x28167x	HARLEM (GB)	G	7	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
39	12343x312x	HIYAAM (NZ)	M	4	Mick Price
40	139x15233x	HOLY SNOW	H	4	Mick Price
41	412153x16x	HOMESMAN (USA)	G	5	Liam Howley
42	3520x4184x	HUMIDOR (NZ)	G	6	Darren Weir
43	–	HUNTING HORN (IRE)	H	4	Aidan O’Brien
44	213x	HUSH WRITER (JPN)	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
45	–	HYDRANGEA (IRE)	M	5	Aidan O’Brien
46	6525x2124x	INSTANT DE REVE (FR)	G	6	Chris Waller
47	311x68139x	JON SNOW (NZ)	H	5	Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman
48	11x6260x1x	KAONIC (NZ)	H	4	Chris Waller
49	7x5252720x	KASPERSKY (IRE)	H	8	Michelle Payne
50	0x11130x2x	KEMENTARI	H	4	James Cummings
51	331x11111x	KINGS WILL DREAM (IRE)	G	5	Darren Weir
52	2x4452622x	LANCASTER BOMBER (USA)	H	5	Aidan O’Brien
53	1x	LANGLEY (JPN)	H	8	Darren Weir
54	–	LATROBE (IRE)	H	4	Joseph O’Brien
55	250x74232x	LE ROMAIN	G	6	Kris Lees
56	13310x	LEAN MEAN MACHINE	C	3	Chris Waller
57	114x39770x	LORD FANDANGO (GER)	H	6	Archie Alexander
58	–	LUCIUS TIBERIUS (IRE)	H	4	Aidan O’Brien
59	–	MAGIC WAND (IRE)	M	4	Aidan O’Brien
60	331x2221x	MANTASTIC (IRE)	G	5	Darren Weir
61	22x56x430x	MEROVEE	H	4	Chris Waller
62	1x	MIG ENERGY	G	3	Brent Stanley
63	12741x780x	MIGHTY BOSS	H	4	Mick Price
64	13323x	MILSEAIN (NZ)	M	4	Kris Lees
65	2x	MISS FABULASS	F	3	Kris Lees
66	1x	MORE SUNDAYS	C	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
67	0x4x57x15x	MR GARCIA (GB)	G	6	Darren Weir
68	363x27314x	MR MOONLIGHT MAGIC (GB)	H	6	James Cummings
69	13x	MURLESS (NZ)	G	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
70	x39x1x1x3x	NEOREALISM (JPN)	H	8	Noriyuki Hori
71	1x7433923x	NETTOYER	M	5	Wendy Roche
72	116412141x	NIGHT’S WATCH (NZ)	G	5	Darren Weir
73	5108x	NOT A SINGLE CENT	C	3	Ciaron Maher & David Eustace
74	3x	OCEAN EMPEROR (NZ)	H	7	Gary Hennessy
75	2x32322x	OOHOOD	F	3	Tony McEvoy
76	x2x115627x	ORDEROFTHEGARTER (IRE)	H	5	Liam Howley
77	83x222415x	OREGON’S DAY	M	5	Mick Price
78	2x3110328x	OUR VENICE BEACH (IRE)	H	5	Liam Howley
79	73211x209x	PAYROLL	M	6	Richard Laming
80	–	PHARRELL (FR)	H	4	Jean-Claude Rouget
81	x121122x1x	PIERATA	H	4	Gregory Hickman
82	1111x31x3x	PLEIN CIEL (GER)	G	6	Darren Weir
83	13173x5x	POETIC DREAM (IRE)	H	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
84	1x2x122x	POET’S WORD (IRE)	H	6	Sir Michael Stoute
85	20x242630x	PRIZED ICON	H	5	Kris Lees
86	x025x2347x	RADIPOLE (IRE)	G	6	Michael Moroney
87	32x11x5x0x	RED CARDINAL (IRE)	G	7	Darren Weir
88	53722x240x	RED EXCITEMENT	G	9	Gerald Ryan
89	–	RHODODENDRON (IRE)	M	5	Aidan O’Brien
90	42x315117x	RIVEN LIGHT (IRE)	G	7	William Mullins
91	1x76x2115x	ROMAN SON	G	5	Richard Freedman
92	x14312533x	ROMANCER (NZ)	G	5	Darren Weir
93	–	ROSTROPOVICH (IRE)	H	4	Aidan O’Brien
94	2720x2220x	SAMOVARE	M	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
95	34x110x	SANTOS	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
96	x2x38x947x	SATONO RASEN (JPN)	H	7	Chris Waller
97	112133115x	SAVVY COUP (NZ)	M	4	Michael & Matthew Pitman
98	–	SAXON WARRIOR (JPN)	H	4	Aidan O’Brien
99	3x11x	SCOTT BASE (NZ)	G	4	Johno Benner
100	4x31591x	SEABROOK (NZ)	F	3	Mick Price
101	057x77326x	SEABURGE	H	5	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
102	611212112x	SELF SENSE	G	8	David Brideoake
103	3361x8899x	SENSE OF OCCASION	G	8	Kris Lees
104	–	SEPTEMBER (IRE)	M	4	Aidan O’Brien
105	–	SHAMWOW (NZ)	F	3	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
106	1x076x462x	SHILLELAGH (NZ)	M	7	Chris Waller
107	112x1295x	SIEGE OF QUEBEC	H	4	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
108	1x4711224x	SILENT WARRIOR	G	5	Stuart Gower
109	31x691420x	SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRE)	H	5	Liam Howley
110	1303x0436x	SIRCCONI	G	4	Peter Morgan
111	750x55211x	SIXTIES GROOVE (IRE)	G	6	Darren Weir
112	11x	SMART ELISSIM	G	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
113	11x	SMART MELODY	F	3	Kris Lees
114	2249x1110x	SPANISH REEF	M	5	Ken Keys
115	1213x	SPANISH WHISPER	F	3	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
116	x11432x80x	SULLY (NZ)	G	4	Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young
117	11x	THE AUGUST	C	3	Brent Stanley
118	111x	THE AUTUMN SUN	C	3	Chris Waller
119	–	THE PENTAGON (IRE)	H	4	Aidan O’Brien
120	6925041x8x	THE TAJ MAHAL (IRE)	H	5	Liam Howley
121	131x	THINKIN’ BIG	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
122	–	THREEANDFOURPENCE (USA)	H	4	Aidan O’Brien
123	230x25828x	TOM MELBOURNE (IRE)	G	8	Chris Waller
124	1x5x4x1x2x	TOSEN BASIL (JPN)	H	7	Darren Weir
125	3x60x11x	TOULOUSE	G	3	David Payne
126	11116x632x	TRAP FOR FOOLS	G	5	Jarrod McLean
127	x1611x8x1x	UGO FOSCOLO (NZ)	G	5	Stephen Marsh
128	x111x0121x	UNFORGOTTEN	M	4	Chris Waller
129	–	URBAN FOX (GB)	M	5	William Haggas
130	00x437829x	VENTURA STORM (IRE)	G	6	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig
131	1153x6830x	WHEAL LEISURE	M	5	Archie Alexander
132	5x213x	WHITELEY	C	3	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott
133	11111x111x	WINX	M	7	Chris Waller
134	54x311113x	YOUNGSTAR	M	4	Chris Waller
135	146122x	ZOUSAIN	C	3	Chris Waller

View the full 2018 Ladbrokes Cox Plate Nominations now.

2018 Ladbrokes Cox Plate Prize Money

In total the 2018 Cox Plate will have prize money and trophies valued at around $3.05 million. Here is an estimate based on previous years:Cox Plate Prize Money

• 1^st – $1,800,000 and trophies valued at $38,000, $3,800, $3,800 and $3,800 plus $600 to owner, trainer, rider, breeder and groom
• 2^nd – $440,000
• 3^rd – $220,000
• 4^th – $130,000
• 5^th – $110,000
• 6^th – $100,000
• 7^th – $100,000
• 8^th – $100,000

Cox Plate Odds

To get the best odds on the race, you will need to know a little about how the Cox Plate odds are decided. Our Cox Plate odds page gives you the information you need to pick favourites at long prices in the early odds, and it will feature the full Cox Plate odds.

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.

Cox Plate Form Guide

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.

Previous Cox Plate Results

Looking at previous Cox Plate results can be helpful, given the number of horses who contest the race on multiple occasions. We have a Cox Plate winners page and a Cox Plate results page for your perusal. This could help you in your betting picks or simply to settle arguments at the pub.

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