2012 Cox Plate Day Race Fields & Program

The second Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival major is the $3 million Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) running at Moonee Valley Racecourse this Saturday, the official Cox Plate Day 2012 race fields and schedule detailed below.

Moonee Valley racing gets underway this Cox Plate Day at 1:00pm (AEST) with a field of juveniles facing off in the lucrative $250,000 Inglis Banner (1000m) and continues through until Race 9 at 6:00pm (AEST) when some smart mares will take each other on in the $150,000 Group 3 Trojan Hand Tools Stakes (1600m).

Of course the big one at the Valley on Saturday that race fans and punters everywhere are gearing up for is the 2012 Cox Plate which is set to steal the show late in the day running as Race 8 at 5:15pm (AEST).

This year’s Cox Plate field is an intriguing line-up with one of the three 3YO’s in the mix, the Gai Waterhouse-trained Pierro, leading the Cox Plate odds at bookmaker.com.au paying $4.

Among their main rivals are Turnbull Stakes winner Green Moon ($4.60), flying Kiwi galloper Ocean Park ($5.50) who has won three Group 1 races on the trot, and another Waterhouse-trained three-year-old Proisir ($9).

Other top Cox Plate Day races include:

2012 Mitchelton Wins Moonee Valley Vase (Race 5) – only seven three-year-olds accepted with red hot Victoria Derby fancy It’s A Dundeel the one to beat, the undefeated Kiwi coming off an upset win in the Spring Champion Stakes in Sydney

2012 Drake International Moonee Valley Cup (Race 6) – one of the weekend’s Melbourne Cup lead-ups, good field of stayers engaged here include international Ibicenco for Luca Cumani who makes their Australian debut

2012 Schweppes Crystal Mile (Race 7) – another small field of just seven with Chris Waller’s veteran galloper Rangirangdoo and Rob Heathcote’s flying Brisbane raider Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Toorak Handicap last time out, the top fancies

So you don’t miss a minute of the Cox Plate Day racing and betting action below we have the complete Moonee Valley race card for Saturday including the race times and fields for all nine events on the program.

2012 Cox Plate Day Schedule

Race 1 – 1:00pm – $250,000 Ingils Banner (1000m)

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	5	DIRECT CHARGE	Robbie Laing	Steven Arnold	9	57kg	60
2	8	ALL RIGGED UP	Michael Templeton	Kerrin McEvoy	12	57kg	60
3	6	STORM SHIELD	David Hayes	Chad Schofield (a)	5	57kg	59
4	–	CRACK A ROADIE	Stephen Theodore	Craig Williams	10	57kg	–
5	–	LANNISTER	Dean Binaisse	Michael Rodd	13	57kg	–
6	–	POMPEIUS	Frankie Stockdale	Brenton Avdulla	8	57kg	–
7	–	RYKER	Gai Waterhouse	Nash Rawiller	1	57kg	–
8	–	SHAMUS AWARD	Danny O’Brien	Michael Walker	7	57kg	–
9	–	TWIN TEA BAGS	Stephen Theodore	Brad Rawiller	2	57kg	–
10	7	MEZERAY MISS	Matt Laurie	Ben Melham	6	55kg	60
11	–	DIVA DEE	Anthony Cummings	Vlad Duric	11	55kg	–
12	–	FANTOME GRIS	Leon Corstens	Damien Oliver	3	55kg	–
13	–	PINOVA	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	4	55kg	–

Race 2 – 1:35pm – $100,000 City Jeep Handicap (1000m)

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	x211921x27	KULGRINDA	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	9	58.5kg	103
2	3856211036	FREERETURN	Jason Warren	Ben Melham	3	58kg	98
3	1731117×31	OBSIDIAN DRAGON	David Balfour	Steven Arnold	8	58kg	102
4	379x40720x	WINTER KING (NZ)	Stephen Brown	Luke Currie	7	58kg	98
5	9x1136x318	SNITZEM	Leon Corstens	Glen Boss	5	56kg	94
6	007412534x	BEYOND PARDON	Robert Smerdon	–	4	55kg	92
7	15x2158x72	GALBRAITH	Peter Healey	Peter Mertens	2	55kg	92
8	x155x3270x	BIGELOW	Shea Eden	Damien Oliver	1	54.5kg	91
9	351x111x	I GET AROUND	Paul Perry	Craig Williams	6	54kg	80

Race 3 – 2:10pm – $100,000 Drummond Gold Handicap (2040m)

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	587190×653	EXTRA ZERO	David Hayes	Craig Williams	7	59kg	100
2	215x43x880	SHEWAN	Robert Smerdon	Glen Boss	2	59kg	100
3	81430×6531	MIDNIGHT MARTINI	Mark Kavanagh	Michael Rodd	3	57.5kg	101
4	52297×5171	TEXAN WARNEY	Darryl Dodson	Ms Holly McKechnie	5	56kg	94
5	x441111216	DESTINY’S KISS	Robert Smerdon	Dwayne Dunn	1	54kg	87
6	8x725622x2	AKZAR (IRE)	Rob Blacker	Luke Nolen	4	54kg	82
7	310126×002	MOURINHO	Peter Gelagotis	Hugh Bowman	6	54kg	82

Race 4 – 2:45pm – $150,000 Group 3 Telstra PhoneWords Stakes (1200m)

Alternative Race Name: Red Anchor Stakes

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	4x1222x2	CHOSEN MOMENT	Anthony Freedman	Craig Williams	3	56kg	72
2	2x28x12	HIDDEN WARRIOR	Paul Perry	Nash Rawiller	9	56kg	70
3	4113×9468	MAURY	John P Thompson	Mark Zahra	4	56kg	70
4	3x1327x	HAUSSMANN	Peter Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	8	56kg	70
5	1254×61	STARS IN THE SKY	Leon Corstens	Damien Oliver	2	56kg	67
6	12	ESSAY RAIDER	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Ms Clare Lindop	7	56kg	67
7	11428×841	CAVALRY ROSE	Gerald Ryan	–	6	55.5kg	92
8	122273×333	SATURN ROCK	Robert Smerdon	Glen Boss	5	54kg	74
9	2×1	VICARIO	Mick Price	Craig Newitt	1	54kg	64

Race 5 – 3:20pm – $220,00 Group 2 Mitchelton Wines Vase (2040m)

Alternative Race Name: Moonee Valley Vase

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	1×1111	IT’S A DUNDEEL (NZ)	Murray Baker	James McDonald	5	57kg	106
2	16×4112	VIKING STAR	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Ms Clare Lindop	7	57kg	74
3	28×7175	IF I COULD (NZ)	Mark Kavanagh	Damien Oliver	6	57kg	64
4	6×142	SUPER COOL	Mark Kavanagh	Michael Rodd	4	57kg	67
5	48×241339	BULLION EXPRESS	Dean Binaisse	Vlad Duric	2	57kg	60
6	6×851634	PRISONER OF WAR	David Hayes	Chad Schofield (a)	1	57kg	62
7	734×253	NISOS	Paul Rocke	Craig Williams	3	57kg	62

Race 6 – 3:55pm – $250,000 Group 2 Drake International Cup (2500m)

Alternative Race Name: Moonee Valley Gold Cup

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	9x6908x900	UNUSUAL SUSPECT (USA)	Michael Kent	Brad Rawiller	3	58kg	103
2	74277×4106	PRECEDENCE (NZ)	Bart Cummings	James McDonald	9	57kg	104
3	55121×0795	RIALYA	Lloyd Kennewell	Damien Oliver	8	57kg	99
4	08230×4534	IRONSTEIN	Gerald Ryan	Brenton Avdulla	5	56.5kg	101
5	x91611x648	SHENZHOU STEEDS (NZ)	Michael Moroney	Kerrin McEvoy	7	56.5kg	100
6	41x089x300	MOUDRE	Ciaron Maher	Craig Williams	4	56kg	103
7	521315×539	REUBEN PERCIVAL (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse	Nash Rawiller	10	56kg	98
8	8x32x42x7x	IBICENCO (GER)	Luca Cumani	Craig Newitt	6	55kg	100
9	38x5x00074	MIDAS TOUCH (GB)	Robert Hickmott	Hugh Bowman	11	55kg	105
10	403164×920	FICTIONAL ACCOUNT (IRE)	David Hayes	Chad Schofield (a)	1	54.5kg	95
11	583125×038	VATUVEI	Peter G Moody	Luke Nolen	2	54kg	82

Race 7 – 4:30pm – $220,000 Group 2 Schweppes Crystal Mile (1600m)

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	942604×420	RANGIRANGDOO (NZ)	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	3	59kg	114
2	x32111x131	SOLZHENITSYN (NZ)	Robert Heathcote	Corey Brown	1	59kg	108
3	0x77903229	SPACECRAFT	David Hayes	Chad Schofield (a)	6	59kg	93
4	x42870x008	ILLO (GER)	Bart Cummings	Michael Rodd	4	59kg	100
5	24x6x13816	TOKUGAWA	Leon Corstens	Steven King	5	59kg	94
6	4x84442x12	AMBIDEXTER	Peter Snowden	Kerrin McEvoy	7	58.5kg	106
7	13111136×4	SILENT ACHIEVER (NZ)	Roger James	James McDonald	2	56.5kg	105

Race 8 – 5:15pm – $3 million Group 1 Sportingbet Cox Plate (2040m)

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	2x32132x17	SHOOT OUT	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	4	59kg	116
2	97x454x153	SINCERO	Stephen Farley	Michael Rodd	12	59kg	114
3	2010x47x49	GLASS HARMONIUM (IRE)	Michael Moroney	James McDonald	2	59kg	110
4	2120x1x521	GREEN MOON (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	Craig Williams	5	59kg	112
5	33x625x030	REKINDLED INTEREST	Jim Conlan	Dwayne Dunn	1	59kg	111
6	3x760x1x40	LINTON	John Sadler	Steven Arnold	14	59kg	108
7	33446×1215	HAPPY TRAILS	Paul Beshara	Kerrin McEvoy	8	59kg	109
8	3321×76	ETHIOPIA	Pat Carey	Rhys McLeod	6	57.5kg	108
9	121282×111	OCEAN PARK (NZ)	Gary Hennessy	Glen Boss	9	57.5kg	114
10	7x1111x114	MORE JOYOUS (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse	Nash Rawiller	11	57kg	125
11	5255×31140	SOUTHERN SPEED	Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas	Luke Nolen	13	57kg	115
12	x11111x112	PIERRO	Gai Waterhouse	Corey Brown	7	49.5kg	114
13	1112×3541	ALL TOO HARD	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Chris Munce	3	49.5kg	111
14	1112	PROISIR	Gai Waterhouse	Craig Newitt	10	49.5kg	102

Race 9 – 6:00pm – $150,000 Group 3 Trojan Hand Tools Stakes (1600m)

Alternative Race Name: Tesio Stakes

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	Hcp. Rating
1	11211×5222	SPIRIT SONG	Aaron Purcell	Brad Rawiller	4	59kg	105
2	x002182x23	SKYERUSH	Guy Walter	Hugh Bowman	6	58.5kg	104
3	115152×170	ZURELLA (NZ)	Shaune Ritchie	James McDonald	5	57.5kg	102
4	1x4147x200	HI BELLE	John Gunning	Craig Williams	8	57kg	101
5	014316×211	STAR OF GISELLE	Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra	Kerrin McEvoy	2	54.5kg	96
6	11x5077x05	PRETTY PINS (NZ)	John P Thompson	Mark Zahra	9	54kg	85
7	64470×8584	SEAN BAILE MOR	Todd Balfour	Brenton Avdulla	7	54kg	76
8	x622242516	TRANQUERA	Robbie Griffiths	Michael Rodd	3	54kg	72
9	x89106x817	TAVARNELLE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Dwayne Dunn	1	54kg	70