The field for the W.S. Cox Plate was declared today with Assertive Lad and Ustinov included to provide a final line-up of nine starters.

1 NORTHERLY (5) F Kersley/P Payne 58.0
2 ASSERTIVE LAD (9) G Waterhouse/J Cassidy 58.0
3 GRANDERA (3) S Bin Suroor/F Dettori 58.0
4 DEFIER (6) G Walter/C Munce) 58.0
5 FIELDS OF OMAGH (8) T McEvoy/D Oliver 58.0
6 LONHRO (7) J Hawkes D Beadman 56.5
7 USTINOV (1) J.B. Cummings/S Arnold 56.5
8 SUNLINE (4) T McKee/G Ghilds 55.5
9 BEL ESPRIT (2) J Symons/K McEvoy 48.5

*courtest of AAP/Racing and Sports.

I can't wait to hear the roar as they fan around the home turn and Sunline is 2 or more lengths clear.

[ This Message was edited by: osulldj on 2002-10-25 16:20 ]

Go the Queen! I'd love to see her go out a winner! Three Cox Plates and 14 Group 1 wins - both equal to Kingston Town. Hope she can hang on!

Showers down here - wish I could take them back home with me - The track surface will be interesting.

I like Grandera, Defier and Sunline and in that order but what a field, small but full of talent.

Great race.

I hope too that Sunline can do it but at the odds I will be backing Ustinov and Grandera and taking them each with the field in a quinella.

I just hope Bel Esprit mows them all down.

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straight to the rails....

Always thought Lonhro, but he wont want to give her too much start in the straight. With rain about, I'm warming to Sunline...

[ This Message was edited by: Tab Hunter on 2002-10-25 23:28 ]

No mention of 2002/2003 Horse Of The Year, so here he is, Northerly by a neck - from Sunline/Lonhro with Bel Esprit rattling home late.

No mention of 2002/2003 Horse Of The Year, so here he is, Northerly by a neck - from Sunline/Lonhro with Bel Esprit rattling home late.

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Homer Simpson said "what are the chances of getting sick on a Saturday?, must be a million to one!" Well I just won the lottery, not any saturday but Cox Plate Saturday. Look at the time, 2.30 & I just got out of bed. Hope Sunline feels better then I do.

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