2011 Cox Plate

Major Cox Plate 2011 contender Descarado has been scratched from the race this Saturday October 22, 2011, at Moonee Valley.

Descarado was suffering from swelling to his near hind leg and, despite experiencing lameness on just a one out of five level, has bee ruled unfit to run in this Saturday’s $3 million Cox Plate.

The five-year-old turned heads earlier…

New Zealand trainer John Bary is unconcerned by 2011 Cox Plate runner Jimmy Choux’s poor track gallop performance at Moonee valley this morning.

Jimmy Choux was beaten convincingly by fellow Cox Plate contender Rekindled Interest in the gallop, however, Bary was unfazed.

“It just got messed up a bit. We thought we’d use a pacemaker and they just walked early…

Trainer Rick Hore-Lacy has ruled out any possibility of Toorak Toff running in the 2011 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley Racecourse on October 22, 2011.

Toorak Toff won his last start in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes last Saturday in what was a remarkable comeback to racing after undergoing a throat operation early this year.

“He definitely won’t…

Gary Portelli has decided to abandon Somepin Anypin’s Cox Plate campaign this spring after he was unable to win his first-up race at Rosehill on September 10.

Somepin Anypin was originally nominated for the $3 million Cox Plate, however Portelli felt it was unwise to pay the fees for the second declarations.

“We nominated him for the Cox Plate but…

The 2011 Cox Plate field has been whittled down to 59 nominations after second declarations were released today.

Stradbroke Handicap winner Sincero remains in the 2011 Cox Plate horse racing field after his impressive win in the Group 1 George Main Stakes at Rosehill last weekend ahead of Ilovethiscity.

Sincero currently remains unbeaten since his Stradbroke win and…

New Zealand trainer John Bary is confident that his stable star Jimmy Choux can win this weekend’s Group 1 Windsor Park Plate at Hastings Racecourse after he demonstrated his ability in a track gallop.

The talented four-year-old entire is nominated for this year’s $3 million Cox Plate and Bary believes he is on track to take out the weight-for-age event…

The first declarations for the 2011 Cox Plate have been released today and reveal that 96 horses remain in the contest for a start in the $3 million race.

There is a notable absence of So You Think, who has now been officially ruled out of a start in this year’s race.

So You Think, who has won the Cox…

Trainer Nigel Blackiston will aim Littorio at the 2011 Cox Plate on October 22, 2011, after he won the Makybe Diva Stakes last Saturday.

Littorio was having his comeback start on the weekend after being forced out of racing for almost a year and a half due to injury.

“The only time he’s left the stable complex is he had…

The likelihood of So You Think returning to Australia for a tilt at a third Cox Plate is all but disappearing with the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe pinned as his probable target.

A win in the 2011 Cox Plate would see So You Think equal Kingston Town’s historic record of three wins in a row.

However, stringent quarantine restrictions…

A 2011 Cox Plate run is back on the cards for talented mare More Joyous following her hasty recovery from a tendon injury.

The five-year-old More Than Ready mare was initially not expected to run during the spring racing carnival at all due to the severity of her injury, however, has made a miraculous recovery.

”She was only a 10…