2010 Cox Plate Second Declarations

Forty-nine weight-for-age stars remain in contention for the 2010 Cox Plate after second declarations were taken yesterday.

The $3 million Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) will take place at Moonee Valley on October 23 and Bart Cummings’ reigning champion So You Think is still the hot favourite in the Cox Plate betting markets following the second declaration stage, his price slashed to $2.50 at Sportsbet.

Cummings opted not to pay up for So You Think for the 2010 Caulfield Cup second declarations, which were also taken yesterday, instead focusing on the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup this spring.

Current Caulfield Cup favourite Dariana and Allez Wonder are the other two Cox Plate acceptances for the Cups King.

Other early favourites at Sportsbet to win the Cox Plate that were paid up for yesterday include Whobegotyou, Shoot Out, More Joyous and Typhoon Tracy.

Notable absentees from the 2010 Cox Plate second declarations include Heart Of Dreams who is out for the spring after jarring up in Saturday’s Underwood Stakes, Largo Lad also out due to injury, last year’s beaten Melbourne Cup favourite Alcopop, Golden Rose winner Toorak Toff, Sniper’s Bullet and Caulfield Cup bound Moudre.

Notable Absentees from 2010 Cox Plate Second Declarations:

Heart Of Dreams (Mick Price)
Alcopop (Jake Stephens)
Toorak Toff (Rick Hore-Lacy)
Sniper’s Bullet (Tracey Bartley)
Moudre (Ciaron Maher)
Largo Lad (David Hayes)
Faint Perfume (Bart Cummings)

Just one overseas contender remains in Cox Plate contention, Macau’s Luen Yat Forever.

There were 71 acceptors in the 2010 Caulfield Cup Second Declarations, including seven international runners, while 44 remain in contention for the Caulfield Guineas and 58 in the Thousand Guineas after second declarations yesterday.

Second declarations for the iconic 150^th Melbourne Cup will be out on October 5 and published here so bookmark this page.

Our preferred online bookie [sportsbet] have now adjusted the betting markets for both the Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup so check out the new odds and lock in a better price on your favourites today!

#	Horse	Trainer	Weight (kg)	Hcp. Rating
1	WHOBEGOTYOU	Mark Kavanagh	59	120
2	ZIPPING	Robert Hickmott	59	117
3	SHOCKING	Mark Kavanagh	59	120
4	ALANDI (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	59	119
5	DANLEIGH	Chris Waller	59	118
6	THESEO	Gai Waterhouse	59	118
7	METAL BENDER (NZ)	Chris Waller	59	117
8	VIGOR (NZ)	Danny O’Brien	59	116
9	BUCCELLATI (GB)	Tony Noonan	59	115
10	LA ROCKET	Dale Sutton	59	115
11	TRIPLE HONOUR (NZ)	Chris Waller	59	115
12	VOSNE ROMANEE (NZ)	Jeff Lynds	59	115
13	ZAVITE (NZ)	Anthony Cummings	59	114
14	WALL STREET (NZ)	Jeff Lynds	59	112
15	LUEN YAT FOREVER	Pou Choi	59	108
16	C’EST LA GUERRE (NZ)	Robert Hickmott	59	107
17	HERCULIAN PRINCE (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse	59	107
18	STERLING PRINCE (NZ)	Wayne Hillis	59	107
19	SNAPY HALO (ARG)	John O’Shea	59	104
20	DEALER PRINCIPAL	Anthony Cummings	59	–
21	MOURAYAN (IRE)	Robert Hickmott	59	–
22	SHOOT OUT	John Wallace	57.5	118
23	SO YOU THINK (NZ)	Bart Cummings	57.5	122
24	MONACO CONSUL (NZ)	Michael Moroney	57.5	116
25	DESCARADO (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse	57.5	115
26	ZABRASIVE (NZ)	John O’Shea	57.5	115
27	DOUBTFUL JACK	Peter G Moody	57.5	113
28	CAPTAIN SONADOR	Roger Milne	57.5	111
29	LINTON	Robert Hickmott	57.5	111
30	ROTHESAY	Gerald Ryan	57.5	107
31	COUNT ENCOSTA	John P Thompson	57.5	106
32	THE HOMBRE	John Bary	57.5	104
33	TRUSTING	John P Thompson	57.5	103
34	TYPHOON TRACY	Peter G Moody	57	118
35	ALLEZ WONDER	Bart Cummings	57	109
36	AVIENUS	Mark Webb	57	107
37	JESSICABEEL (NZ)	John O’Shea	57	107
38	GHOSTMILK (IRE)	Peter G Moody	57	96
39	MORE JOYOUS (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse	55.5	115
40	DARIANA	Bart Cummings	55.5	113
41	ONCE WERE WILD	Gai Waterhouse	55.5	112
42	VALDEMORO	Tony Vasil	55.5	111
43	SMALL MINDS	John P Thompson	55.5	107
44	KATIE LEE	Graeme Rogerson	55.5	106
45	NO EVIDENCE NEEDED	John P Thompson	55.5	106
46	ZANTELAGH	Mark Kavanagh	55.5	97
47	INTENCION	Tony Vasil	49.5	100
48	ORIGINATE	John P Thompson	49.5	–
49	YOSEI	Stuart Webb	47.5	105