Cox Plate Day 2016 lights up Moonee Valley Racecourse today, Saturday October 22, with a bumper 10-race card headlined by the showdown between Winx and Hartnell in the $3 million Group 1 W.S. Cox Plate (2040m).
Winx is the headline attraction at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day 2016. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
There’s rain around in Melbourne today and a top of just 12 degrees, so the Soft (5) track rating at the course proper at the Valley is unlikely to be upgraded opening up the Cox Plate Day results for proven wet-track performers.
Racing kicks off at Moonee Valley this afternoon at 12:10pm and continues through until the card closer at 5:45pm (AEDT).
Moonee Valley Track Report – 22/10/2016
- Rail: True Entire Circuit
- Weather: Overcast
- Track Type: Turf
- Track Rating: Soft (5)
- Irrigation: Nil last 24 hours, 18mm last 7 days
- Rainfall: 14.5mm last 24 hours, 27mm last 7 days
Read our full 2016 Cox Plate Day Tips & Preview to sort the pretenders from the genuine contenders you should be backing at Moonee Valley through Ladbrokes.com.au this afternoon.
The meeting’s marquee race – the Cox Plate – jumps at 5:00pm (AEDT) as the penultimate event on the card and the Australasian weight-for-age championship is clear of scratchings.
The original 10-horse Cox Plate field can be had at Enhanced Odds (T&Cs apply) through Ladbrokes.com.au giving punters a bit of value on the glamour mare Winx.
Fixed Win Cox Plate betting has her at $1.85, easing out slightly from $1.80, to go back-to-back.
Her biggest danger is Hartnell, the John O’Shea-trained Turnbull Stakes winning in peak form and firming in from $3.70 to $3.50 to score the upset Cox Plate results.
Check out the full Cox Plate Day scratchings below.
Moonee Valley Scratchings – 22/10/2016
Total Scratching: 23
Race 1 (12:10pm) – $250,000 Restricted Listed Inglis Banner (1000m)
- #6 Institution (12)
- #9 Miss Wahoo (4)
- #10 Balle D’Or (10)
Race 2 (12:40pm) – $100,000 City Jeep Handicap (955m)
- #11 General Jackson (2)
- #12 El Prado Gold (3)
- #13 Military (7)
Race 3 (1:15pm) – $120,000 Listed Bertocchi Crockett Stakes (1200m)
- #4 My Country (16)
- #5 Modern Wonder (7)
- #10 Najmaat (9)
- #12 Motown Lil (14)
- #16e Love Me Baby (10)
Race 4 (1:50pm) – $150,000 Group 3 Telstra Phonewords Stakes (1200m)
- #3 Dalradian (12)
- #4 Highland Beat (7)
- #7 Matty (1)
- #8 Invincible Joy (11)
- #9 Terindah (8)
Race 5 (2:25pm) – $150,000 Group 3 Merlin Garage Door Openers Stakes (1600m)
- #4 Manageress (12)
Race 6 (3:00pm) – $200,000 Group 2 P.W. Glass Fillies Classic (1600m)
- #9 Ceylon (10)
- #12 Khaseeb (3)
- #14 Nina Peak (1)
Race 7 (3:35pm) – $200,000 Group 2 Schweppes Crystal Mile (1600m)
- #2 Stratum Star (3)
- #6 Tashbeeh (8)
- #9 Observational (6)
Race 8 (4:10pm) – $300,000 Group 2 Antler Luggage Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m)
- No official scratchings
Race 9 (5:00pm) – $3,000,000 Group 1 W.S. Cox Plate (2040m)
- No official scratchings
Race 10 (5:45pm) – $200,000 Group 2 LUCRF Super Vase (2040m)
- No official scratchings
*All times quoted are local (AEDT) and subject to change
