I can also confirm that Our Smoking Joe is in the Cox Plate not sure he has the turn of foot to win this race he just seems to lack that little bit in the big races I personally felt he had every single chance to win on the weekend can't see him winning this either after that.

with this in mind I would drop Super Kid from my original selections and promote Joe to the runners.

Bensley announced the field for the CP on Sky racing news yesterday arvo,can't remember but fairly sure he said there was only 12 runners.
Pocket wise I want ES to win as I backed it in July @ $11w $3 pl,then again @$6w/$2pl.
Savabeel was an exception to the rule ,the best horse usually wins the Cox aided by a good ride by a good jockey.

I got the same odds Go4it ,,,my only early bet for the majors this spring...I was alittle worried about ES after last run but he looked fantastic around Mv the other day.
I'm thinking of backing the Lad aswell...hes another that just loves the surface..
Grey Swallow is interesting,,though he seems to hang around the corners alittle....looks to be coming along nicely.

Had Savabeel clearly (rated) on top in 2004. Made a bundle. No doubts in my mind that the best horse won that year!

Darren Beadman to ride Our Smoking Joe
Kieren Fallon to ride Aqua D'Amore

Cox - Final Field
 

TAB Horse Jockey Barrier Weight
1 Casual Pass N Rawiller 11 58
2 Fields Of Omagh C Williams 7 58
3 Grey Swallow S King 1 58
4 El Segundo D Gauci 10 58
5 Lad Of The Manor D Nikolic 2 58
6 Honor In War S Arnold 13 58
7 Our Smoking Joe D Beadman 5 58
8 Racing To Win G Boss 6 56.5`
9 Apache Cat G Childs 3 56.5
10 Red Dazzler J Cassidy 3 56.5
11 Pompeii Ruler C Newitt 9 56.5
12 Aqua D’Amore K Fallon 8 56.5
13 Miss Finland L Cropp 4 46

Who you got this year? :cool:

COX PLATE (FNL FLD) 28/10
 

Horse Win Place
EL SEGUNDO $3.50 $1.55
RACING TO WIN $3.50 $1.55
GREY SWALLOW $9.00 $2.77
MISS FINLAND $10.00 $3.00
LAD OF THE MANOR $13.00 $3.66
POMPEII RULER $13.00 $3.66
RED DAZZLER $17.00 $4.55
FIELDS OF OMAGH $21.00 $5.44
OUR SMOKING JOE $21.00 $5.44
APACHE CAT $26.00 $6.55
AQUA DAMORE $26.00 $6.55
CASUAL PASS $26.00 $6.55
HONOR IN WAR $101.00 $23.22

Looks to be plenty of value outside the top 2!

Cheda,

What did Savabeel do after the Cox?

It was a fluke win and trhen they started raving how it was worth 10 million,I don't recall it ever winning another race!!

Good luck to you getting it when you did.

IMO this year it's

1) El Segundo

2)Racing to Win

3)Grey Swallow

4)Fields of Omagh