Group 1 TATTERSALL'S Cox Plate (2040m)
 

1 ACTIVATION (NZ) Graeme Rogerson 58
2 BENTLEY BISCUIT Gai Waterhouse 58
3 CARGO CULT Colin & Cindy Alderson 58
4 CASUAL PASS Mathew Ellerton 58
5 EL SEGUNDO (NZ) Colin Little 58
6 FIELDS OF OMAGH David Hayes 58
7 GRAND ZULU Gwenda Markwell 58
8 GREY SWALLOW (IRE) Dale Sutton 58
9 HONOR IN WAR (USA) Paul McGee 58
10 IMPERIAL STRIDE (GB) Saeed Bin Suroor 58
11 LAD OF THE MANOR (NZ) Roger Hoysted 58
12 MOLOTOV Jim Conlan 58
13 OUR SMOKING JOE Lee Freedman 58
14 POLAR BEAR (GB) David Hayes 58
15 ROMAN ARCH Robbie Laing 58
16 SUPER KID (NZ) David Hayes 58
17 TEMPLE HILLS (NZ) Peter G Moody 58
18 UNDUE Shane Clarke 58
19 ZIPPING Graeme Rogerson 58
20 APACHE CAT Greg Eurell 56.5
21 DARCI BRAHMA (NZ) Mark Walker 56.5
22 MAYBE BETTER Brian Mayfield-Smith 56.5
23 POMPEII RULER Mick Price 56.5
24 PRIMUS John O'Shea 56.5
25 RACING TO WIN John O'Shea 56.5
26 RED DAZZLER Mick Price 56.5
27 AQUA D'AMORE Gai Waterhouse 55.5
28 MNEMOSYNE John Hawkes 54
29 REWAAYA (NZ) David Hayes 54
30 SEACHANGE (NZ) Ralph Manning 54
31 CHURCHILL DOWNS David Hayes 48.5
32 DANEVER David Hayes 48.5
33 EXCITES Paul Perry 48.5
34 HE'S NO PIE EATER Graeme Rogerson 48.5
35 ANAMATO David Hayes 46
36 MISS FINLAND David Hayes 46

Current Cox Plate Market (All In)
 

RACING TO WIN 3.00 1.50
EL SEGUNDO 3.30 1.57
GREY SWALLOW 9.00 3.00
LAD OF THE MANOR 11.00 3.50
MISS FINLAND 13.00 4.00
POMPEII RULER 13.00 4.00
RED DAZZLER 15.00 4.50
FIELDS OF OMAGH 21.00 6.00
OUR SMOKING JOE 21.00 6.00
APACHE CAT 26.00 7.25
CASUAL PASS 26.00 7.25
ZIPPING 26.00 7.25
REWAAYA 35.00 9.50
EXCITES 51.00 13.50
PRIMUS 51.00 13.50
SEACHANGE 51.00 13.50
SUPER KID 51.00 13.50
IMPERIAL STRIDE 71.00 18.50
UNDUE 71.00 18.50
AQUA DAMORE 81.00 21.00
BENTLEY BISCUIT 101.00 26.00
CHURCHILL DOWNS 101.00 26.00
DARCI BRAHMA 101.00 26.00
HONOR IN WAR 101.00 26.00
MNEMOSYNE 101.00 26.00
POLAR BEAR 101.00 26.00
ACTIVATION 151.00 38.50
ANAMATO 151.00 38.50
GRAND ZULU 151.00 38.50
ROMAN ARCH 151.00 38.50
CARGO CULT 201.00 51.00
DANEVER 201.00 51.00
MAYBE BETTER 201.00 51.00
MOLOTOV 201.00 51.00
TEMPLE HILLS 201.00 51.00
HES NO PIE EATER 301.00 76.00

36 runners remain! At this point in time main hopes look to be:

Racing To Win
Miss Finland
Casual Pass
Red Dazzler
Excites
Churchill Downs
Grey Swallow
El Segundo
Lad Of The Manor
Pompeii Ruler
and a real bolter - He's No Pie Eater

This batch will no doubt decrease in number once final acceptors are declared.

One thing for sure, Damien Oliver won't have a ride in the Cox!
Will serve a suspension from after Saturday’s Caulfield Cup meeting returning to the saddle on VRC Derby Day!

Cox Plate
 

I've no doubt the current fav Racing The Win will get the distance but handling the other way of going and Moonee Valley are 2 big question marks for me!

For connections sake hope Zipping gets a run in the Caulfield Cup. As the betting suggests MUCH better chance in that than in this.

Surprised El Segundo is so short, most disappointing for mine last start.

Agree 100%

Well I have been on Apache Cat for along time now for this race and with the appointment of one G Childs for this race I am very happy now there would have been only 2 jockeys I would have been happier to see on him Kerrin McEvoy or Brett Prebble so I guess you could say that I have a fairly high opinion of Childs.

if Excites gets into the field he might be a rough chance to and the other I like is Grey Swallow he could simply be alot better than this lot I wouldn't leave him out of anything your doing for the race. The only negative I have heard against Grey Swallow is that he will be 1st up into this race and noone has ever one a Cox Plate 1st up before well guess what guys no mare had won 2 cups in a row and no horse had won 3 cups in a row, History is there to be changed and records are made to be broken.

You guys that are dismissing El Segundo do so at your own peril.

I'm not going into logistics because although it was expected to win easily in the Yalumba,the run WAS NOT as bad as you guys apparently see it.

I had a good bet on it in July @ $11/3.40

I,m more than happy with that,and if you guys who are surprised it's so "short"would like to make me an offer,I'll back it again with you.

Did you ever stop to think WHY it is still well in the market?

My surprise is about Racing to Win being so short.It has never raced in Melb. let alone the tricky MV circuit.It has not won beyond 1600mtrs.

How anyone with half a brain could believe all the media hype around this horse and back it ay such ridiculous odds is beyond me.

El Segundo will win this race.

My only query is the import,Grey Swallow.

Make no mistake,this is a proven quality animal who has been set for this race for some time.They must have faith in his ability to put him into a Cox Playe first up!