Via Sistina (inside) won the 2024 Winx Stakes first-up at Randwick

Ladbrokes Cox Plate 2024 First Acceptances Leave 75 Hopefuls

Lucy Henderson September 11, 2024

Ladbrokes Cox Plate 2024 First Acceptances Leave 75 Hopefuls

Seventy-five weight-for-age hopefuls remain in the mix for the classic Group 1 $5 million Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) following first acceptances for the Moonee Valley classic on October 26.

Via Sistina (inside) won the 2024 Winx Stakes first-up at Randwick

2024 Ladbrokes Cox Plate favourite Via Sistina. Photo: Steve Hart.

The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival majors are fast approaching including the Australasian weight-for-age championship, the 2024 Cox Plate.

The event drew 137 nominations earlier in the season including 20 internationals.

That number has been cut to just 75 first acceptors with just two international raiders remaining in the mix.

Updated all-in Cox Plate betting markets at race sponsor Ladbrokes.com.au have Chris Waller‘s class, imported mare Via Sistina on top at an already short quote of $4.

Waller chases his fifth Cox Plate trophy with just his second horse following the historic four-peat of the might Winx (2015-18).

He has a total of 10 remaining Cox Plate entries in 2024 with his three-time Group 1 winning daughter of Fastnet Rock the one to beat following a first-up win in the Winx Stakes over 1400m with improvement to come.

Following closely in the Cox Plate odds as the only other current single-figure hope at $6 is one of the two raiders still in contention, the Mitsumasa Nakauchida-trained Prognosis from Japan.

Lys Gracieux won the Cox Plate for Japan back in 2019 and there’s money for Prognosis, a lightly raced seven-year-old son of Deep Impact with a great 2000m record, to be the next.

There are still 15 three-year-olds entered to take on the older horses including the likes of Storm Boy who won the San Domenico first-up and the well-fancied James Cummings-trained Broadsiding who claimed the Champagne Stakes – JJ Atkins Group 1 mile double as a two-year-old last season.

The Ladbrokes Cox Plate 2024 second acceptances are open until September 24.

Click here for the latest markets courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au.

2024 Ladbrokes Cox Plate First Acceptances

 Last 10HorseSexAgeTrainerHcp Rating
128221x90x4ADELAIDE RIVER (IRE)H5Kris Lees 
2411133x30xAIR ASSAULTG4Andrew Gluyas 
31190x220x2AMELIA’S JEWELM5Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 
413x11117x1ANOTHER WILG5Ciaron Maher 
51220x160x4ANTINO (NZ)G6Tony Gollan 
6872x6442x8ATHABASCAN (FR)G6John O’Shea & Tom Charlton 
721x8132x9xATISHU (NZ)M7Chris Waller 
85201x80x27ATTRITIONH5Mitchell Freedman 
931x612129xAUTUMN ANGELM4Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 
101x7x21112xBERKSHIRE BREEZE (IRE)G6Ciaron Maher 
11356x5089x6BERKSHIRE SHADOW (GB)G6Ciaron Maher 
1274x274313xBOIS D’ARGENT (GB)G8Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 
13623x013x2BOSUSTOWC3Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 
144331111xBROADSIDINGC3James Cummings 
1575x5356x81BUCKAROO (GB)G6Chris Waller 
166x66228x61CEOLWULF (NZ)G4Joseph Pride 
172343x4411xCIRCLE OF FIRE (GB)H5Ciaron Maher 
183×12131CRAIG (GB)G4Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 
1917x034021xDENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE)M7Anthony & Sam Freedman 
20131xDEPTH OF CHARACTERC3Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 
212x131139x3DESERT LIGHTNING (NZ)G5Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 
2217x3628x5xDETONATOR JACK (NZ)G6Ciaron Maher 
236x3x222x7xDOCKLANDS (GB)H5Harry Eustace 
24328×1EL CASTELLOC3Anthony Cummings 
251x211x1x1xELIYASS (FR)G6Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 
2611×6EPIMELESC3Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 
27428×2111EVAPORATE (NZ)G3Ben, Will & JD Hayes 
283174x12x3xFANGIRLM6Chris Waller 
2950x441131xFAWKNER PARK (IRE)G6Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 
30228x26366xFOXY CLEOPATRAM5Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 
31121x3241x4FREEDOM RALLYG5Tony Gollan 
3246x785111xGOLDEN PATH (NZ)G5Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 
3313xHENLEINC3Anthony & Sam Freedman 
3411155×6IMMEDIACY (NZ)G4Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 
3510x0213x4xKALAPOUR (IRE)G8Kris Lees 
36413x24234xKNIGHT’S CHOICEG5John Symons & Sheila Laxon 
37x4095365x3KOVALICA (NZ)G5Chris Waller 
38723320x70xLIGHT INFANTRY MAN (FR)G6Ciaron Maher 
39112xLINEBACKER (NZ)C3John O’Shea & Tom Charlton 
4041171x258xMOLLY BLOOM (NZ)M4Chris Waller 
4122x11253x2MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ)G7Ben, Will & JD Hayes 
42x1116x84x2MURAMASAG5Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young 
4326x64730x0MY OBERON (IRE)G8Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald 
44121xNDOLAC3Ben, Will & JD Hayes 
453209x7622xNEW ENDEAVOUR (IRE)G5Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 
4626x43x209xNEW ENERGY (IRE)G6Ciaron Maher 
472311x07x0xPENNYWEKA (NZ)M5Ciaron Maher 
482x62572x31PERICLESG5James Cummings 
49x5x110x27xPLACE DU CARROUSEL (IRE)M6Anthony & Sam Freedman 
50x28x4x8x1xPOINT KING (IRE)G6Anthony & Sam Freedman 
519791x18x4xPOST IMPRESSIONIST (IRE)G6Anthony & Sam Freedman 
52x348328473POUNDINGG6Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman 
53611x2121x5PRIDE OF JENNIM7Ciaron Maher 
541x35x12x4xPROGNOSIS (JPN)H7Mitsumasa Nakauchida 
553x1205xPROSTC3Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 
5631xRED ACESC3Nick Ryan 
5721x1311x7xRIFF ROCKETG4Chris Waller 
58319x513x2xROYAL CHAMPION (IRE)G7Anthony & Sam Freedman 
590567x154x1ROYAL PATRONAGE (FR)H6Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 
605x31123x8SAINT GEORGE (GB)H5Ciaron Maher 
61 SAV ON ICEC3Darryl Carrison 
6212110xSCARLET OAKM4Chris Waller 
6390x3669x0xSHARP ’N’ SMART (NZ)G5Graeme & Deborah Rogerson 
6429x2219x5xSOUTHPORT TYCOONH4Ciaron Maher 
65111134×1STORM BOYC3Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 
661x65464x1xTOM KITTENG4James Cummings 
672138142xTRAFFIC WARDENC3James Cummings 
6832x2x12x1xVIA SISTINA (IRE)M7Chris Waller 
696210x411xVIBRANT SUNM4Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) 
70112WANARUAHC3Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 
7120x11x611xWITHOUT A FIGHT (IRE)G8Anthony & Sam Freedman 
727x4111212xWOOTTON VERNI (FR)H4Chris Waller 
732x317062x1YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)G7Danny O’Brien 
7421x0132x66ZARDOZIM4James Cummings 
75646x111x2xZOUGOTCHAM5Chris Waller

Table Credit: Racing Australia. 

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