The 2015 Cox Plate nominations have been released and 173 gallopers remain a chance of contesting the Australasian Weight-For-Age Championships that will be held at Moonee Valley on October 24.
Adelaide became the first Northern Hemisphere-trained galloper to claim the Cox Plate when he came from the tail of the field to win the race in dramatic circumstances last year and internationally -trained gallopers remain a chance of contesting the Group 1 event.
Aidan O’Brien won the Cox Plate for the first time with Adelaide in 2014 and he could have as many as 3 runners in the race after including Cougar Mountain, Highland Reel and Ol’ Man River in the intial entries for the race.
The Cox Plate has been on the agenda for Arod since he took out the Group 2 Summer Mile Stakes (1609m) at Royal Ascot on July 11 and he is still on track to make the trip to Australia after he finished a gallant second behind the talented Solow in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes (1609m) at Goodwood on July 29.
Another international runner that is set to make the trip to Australia for the Cox Plate is OTI Racing-owned Gailo Chop, who failed to fire in the Group 1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2011m) during the recent Royal Ascot meeting in the United Kingdom.
Other international entries for the 2015 Cox Plate include Almodovar, Canndal, Collaboration, Goldstream, Last Bullet, Lightning Spear, Manndawi, Simba, Singing, Tullius, Turfdonna, Vadamos and Warrior Of Light.
There is plenty of hype around the crop of three-year-olds that will be in action during the 2015 Spring Racing Carnival and a number of talented colts and fillies could be set for the Cox Plate.
Vancouver stamped himself as one of the most exciting horses in the country when he took out the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens on March 21 and the Cox Plate will be his final goal during the 2015 Spring Racing Carnival if he performs well in both the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens on September 12 and the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on October 10.
Pride Of Dubai took out both the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) and the Group 1 Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) during his juvenile career and he is another horse that could end up in the Cox Plate, while the likes of were also included in the 2015 Cox Plate nominations.
Other three-year-olds that are a chance to contest the 2015 Cox Plate are Attack The Line, Black Vanquish, Odyssey Moon, Petits Filous, Prince Of Brooklyn, Press Statement, Ready For Victory and Rageese.
Shooting To Win, Hallowed Crown and Wandjina were all retired at the end of the 2014/2015 racing season, but the likes of Alpine Eagle and Kermadec will race on and could face off in the Cox Plate.
Alpine Eagle stamped himself as a colt to watch when he took out the Group 2 Autumn Classic (1800m) at Caulfield on February 28 and he was set for the Cox Plate after he stormed home to finish an unlucky second behind Wandjina in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m).
Kermadec finished a luckless fourth in the same race and he had no luck once again in the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m), but he finally had things go his own way in the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) and he stormed home to record a most impressive victory.
The Teofilo entire will be aimed at races like the Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m) and Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) in Sydney before he likely makes the trip to Melbourne for the Cox Plate.
Another locally-trained galloper that is set to take on the internationals in the 2015 Cox Plate is Criterion, who remains in the United Kingdom after finishing a credible fifth in the Group 1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2012m).
Criterion will have one more run in the United Kingdom when he contests the Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes (2012m) in August before he returns to Australia for the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) and the Cox Plate.
Contributer missed out on a clash with Criterion in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) due to injury, but is set to return to racing during the 2015 Spring Racing Carnival and is set to contest the Australasian Weight-For-Age Championships with stablemate Hartnell.
No mare has won the Cox Plate since Pinker Pinker in 2011, but Robert Smerdon-trained Noble Protector has been included in the nominations and is rated by many experts as one of the best chances in the race.
Noble Protector performed well without winning in two race starts during the 2014 Spring Racing Carnival and she showed what she was capable of when she claimed the Group 3 Schweppervescence Trophy (1600m) and Group 2 Sunline Stakes (1600m) in dominant fashion before she finished a more than credible third in the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) at Royal Randwick on April 11.
Gai Waterhouse is chasing her first Cox Plate victory and Pornichet, Adrift, Amanpour, Bohemian Lily, Café Society, Cosmic Endeavour, Ecuador and Excess Knowledge, have all joined Vancouver in the nominations, while Chris Waller has Beaten Up, Flamingo Star, Foreteller, Grand Marshal, Hawkspur, Moriarty, Preferment, Royal Descent, Silverball, Strawberry Boy, Weary, Who Shot Thebarman and Winx in the initial entries.
Cult hero The Cleaner, 2013 runner-up Happy Trails, talented mare First Seal, Australian Derby winner Mongolian Khan, Rosehill Guineas winner Volkstok’n’barrell and Godolphin-owned Sweynesse have also been included in the 2015 Cox Plate nominations.
– | Last 10 | Horse | Sex | Age | Trainer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 524004361x | ABIDEWITHME (NZ) | M | 6 | Peter G Moody |
2 | 611x1799x | ADRIFT (NZ) | M | 4 | Gai Waterhouse |
3 | x6745x458x | AKAVOROUN | G | 6 | Ciaron Maher |
4 | – | ALMODOVAR (IRE) | H | 4 | David Lanigan |
5 | 10x015416x | ALMOONQITH (USA) | H | 6 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
6 | 1x3x1112x | ALPINE EAGLE | H | 4 | Tony McEvoy |
7 | x2123x621x | AMANPOUR | M | 5 | Gai Waterhouse |
8 | 9x36211x0x | AMRALAH (IRE) | H | 6 | Robert Hickmott |
9 | 1080x5797x | AOMEN (IRE) | G | 8 | Anthony Cummings |
10 | x10x86690x | ARABIAN GOLD | M | 5 | Gai Waterhouse |
11 | 2415x2311x | AROD (IRE) | H | 5 | Peter Chapple-Hyam |
12 | 5x | ATTACK THE LINE | C | 3 | Brent Stanley |
13 | 9x343x034x | AWESOME ROCK | H | 4 | Leon & Troy Corstens |
14 | 1x120x | AZKADELLIA (NZ) | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher |
15 | 42x800530x | BEATEN UP (GB) | G | 8 | Chris Waller |
16 | 023x43028x | BIG MEMORY (FR) | G | 6 | Tony McEvoy |
17 | 88174x | BIKILA | G | 4 | Pat Carey |
18 | 011x | BLACK VANQUISH | C | 3 | Tom Hughes |
19 | 59x970x12x | BOBAN | G | 6 | Chris Waller |
20 | 0154x2121x | BOHEMIAN LILY (NZ) | M | 4 | Gai Waterhouse |
21 | 317x32303x | BOLD SNIPER (GB) | G | 6 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
22 | 3x21172x | BONDEIGER | H | 4 | Danny O’Brien |
23 | 1x2x | BOW CREEK (IRE) | H | 5 | John O’Shea |
24 | 8x | BROCKHOFF | C | 3 | Ciaron Maher |
25 | 2x61337x8x | CAFE SOCIETY (FR) | G | 6 | Gai Waterhouse |
26 | – | CANNDAL (FR) | H | 4 | Mikel Delzangles |
27 | – | COLLABORATION (GB) | G | 5 | Andrew Balding |
28 | 221112x | COMPLACENT | H | 5 | John O’Shea |
29 | 31x18x111x | CONTRIBUTER (IRE) | H | 6 | John O’Shea |
30 | 2191x1657x | COSMIC CUBE (NZ) | G | 5 | David Vandyke |
31 | 11x421005x | COSMIC ENDEAVOUR | M | 5 | Gai Waterhouse |
32 | – | COUGAR MOUNTAIN (IRE) | H | 5 | Aidan O’Brien |
33 | 753x32135x | CRITERION (NZ) | H | 5 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
34 | 2x131x | DAL CIELO (NZ) | C | 3 | Murray Baker |
35 | 1x25x6624x | DANDINO (GB) | H | 9 | Darren Weir |
36 | 1x43352x0x | DIBAYANI (IRE) | G | 6 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
37 | 111122x24x | DISPOSITION | G | 4 | Lee & Anthony Freedman |
38 | 321x07130x | DON DOREMO (NZ) | G | 5 | Robbie Laing |
39 | 17x | ECLAT | F | 3 | Mick Price |
40 | x114x2614x | ECUADOR (NZ) | G | 6 | Gai Waterhouse |
41 | 1828x2460x | ENTIRELY PLATINUM (NZ) | G | 6 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
42 | 004700x88x | ETHIOPIA | G | 7 | Pat Carey |
43 | 23x715x11x | EXCESS KNOWLEDGE (GB) | H | 6 | Gai Waterhouse |
44 | 221227228x | EXTRA ZERO | G | 9 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
45 | 16x7x2120x | FAWKNER | G | 8 | Robert Hickmott |
46 | 143x4412x | FENWAY | M | 4 | Lee & Shannon Hope |
47 | 112x21226x | FIRST SEAL | M | 4 | John P Thompson |
48 | 2221x8060x | FIVEANDAHALFSTAR | G | 6 | Anthony Cummings |
49 | 241411x82x | FLAMINGO STAR (GER) | H | 6 | Chris Waller |
50 | 1x | FLEUR FATALE | F | 3 | Brent Stanley |
51 | 0x9698464x | FORETELLER (GB) | G | 9 | Chris Waller |
52 | 25x12x009x | FOUNDRY (IRE) | G | 6 | Robert Hickmott |
53 | 3x | FRANCOME (NZ) | H | 4 | Andrew R Campbell |
54 | 214590x06x | GABRIAL (IRE) | G | 7 | Richard Fahey |
55 | x111x41x2x | GAILO CHOP (FR) | G | 5 | Antoine de Watrigant |
56 | x3311x6x0x | GALLANTE (IRE) | H | 5 | Robert Hickmott |
57 | 211x03737x | GO INDY GO | M | 4 | Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas |
58 | 11x111x | GOLDSTREAM (ITY) | H | 4 | Andreas Wohler |
59 | 11x889431x | GRAND MARSHAL (GB) | G | 6 | Chris Waller |
60 | 10x57x157x | GUARDINI (FR) | H | 4 | Paul Harley |
61 | 11x9Px570x | GUEST OF HONOUR (IRE) | G | 7 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
62 | 561x62307x | HAPPY TRAILS | G | 8 | Paul Beshara |
63 | 1167x2114x | HARTNELL (GB) | G | 5 | John O’Shea |
64 | 11x60212x | HAURAKI | G | 4 | John O’Shea |
65 | x00033075x | HAWKSPUR | G | 6 | Chris Waller |
66 | x411111x8x | HE OR SHE | G | 5 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
67 | 3x14x2111x | HI WORLD | H | 4 | Peter G Moody |
68 | – | HIGHLAND REEL (IRE) | H | 4 | Aidan O’Brien |
69 | 8547x2610x | HIMALAYA DREAM (FR) | G | 6 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
70 | 319x313x1x | HIS MAJESTY (IRE) | G | 6 | Kim Waugh |
71 | 1315x4700x | HOOKED | H | 5 | John P Thompson |
72 | 2x9750840x | IHTSAHYMN | G | 5 | Patrick Payne |
73 | 1x | I’LL TAKE THE JAG (NZ) | G | 4 | John Sargent |
74 | 12x47x | INFANTRY (GB) | G | 5 | Tony Noonan |
75 | 8x | IRON BOSS | C | 3 | Mark Kavanagh |
76 | 373350x19x | IT’S SOMEWHAT (USA) | G | 5 | John O’Shea |
77 | 9x2240651x | JABALI | H | 4 | Mick Price |
78 | 2341x | JAMEKA | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher |
79 | 121x43431x | KERMADEC (NZ) | H | 4 | Chris Waller |
80 | 51x | LAST BULLET | C | 3 | John Hyam |
81 | x395x1160x | LATE CHARGE | H | 5 | Wendy Kelly |
82 | 22x | LAZUMBA | F | 3 | Steve Richards |
83 | 84x630210x | LEEBAZ (NZ) | G | 6 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
84 | 00357x214x | LET’S MAKE ADEAL | M | 6 | Nigel Blackiston |
85 | 623x61444x | LIGHT UP MANHATTAN | H | 4 | Ciaron Maher |
86 | 1x2x | LIGHTNING SPEAR (GB) | H | 5 | Olly Stevens |
87 | 16x811621x | LOVED UP | M | 4 | Brett Cavanough |
88 | 130x49376x | LUCIA VALENTINA (NZ) | M | 5 | Kris Lees |
89 | 32212x167x | LUCKY HUSSLER | G | 6 | Darren Weir |
90 | 22x453339x | MAASTRICHT (NZ) | M | 4 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
91 | – | MACAVITY | G | 3 | John O’Shea |
92 | x84618411x | MAGICOOL | G | 4 | Mark Kavanagh |
93 | 2x | MANNDAWI (FR) | G | 6 | Ed Dunlop |
94 | 31x7348x0x | MAY’S DREAM | M | 5 | Darren Weir |
95 | 1x117x299x | MESSENE | G | 7 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
96 | 4x71128x | MINNESINGER | H | 4 | Lee & Anthony Freedman |
97 | 101111151x | MONGOLIAN KHAN | H | 4 | Murray Baker |
98 | 123x7551x | MONTEUX | H | 4 | Peter G Moody |
99 | 831x80429x | MORIARTY (IRE) | G | 8 | Chris Waller |
100 | 2317x1310x | MOURINHO | G | 8 | Darryl Blackshaw |
101 | 1x | MR INDIVIDUAL | C | 3 | Leon & Troy Corstens |
102 | 3813x | MR OPTIMISTIC | C | 3 | Tony Noonan |
103 | 222x131x0x | MUTUAL REGARD (IRE) | G | 7 | John Sadler |
104 | 34x127202x | NINTH LEGION | G | 6 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
105 | x1324x113x | NOBLE PROTECTOR (GB) | M | 6 | Robert Smerdon |
106 | 2x21x67x1x | OBSERVATIONAL (GB) | G | 5 | Robert Hickmott |
107 | 1423826x | ODYSSEY MOON | C | 3 | Rodney Northam |
108 | – | OL’ MAN RIVER (IRE) | H | 4 | Aidan O’Brien |
109 | x124211x7x | ORBEC (FR) | H | 5 | John P Thompson |
110 | 16x1016x7x | OUR IVANHOWE (GER) | H | 6 | Lee & Anthony Freedman |
111 | 4x | PALAIOS (NZ) | C | 3 | Brian Jenkins |
112 | 1520x | PAYROLL | F | 3 | Richard Laming |
113 | 11x | PETITS FILOUS | F | 3 | Ciaron Maher |
114 | 611x290x3x | PETROLOGY | H | 4 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
115 | 130673510x | PONDAROSA MISS (NZ) | M | 5 | Peter Hollinshead |
116 | 41x951511x | PORNICHET (FR) | H | 5 | Gai Waterhouse |
117 | 27x0556x5x | PRECEDENCE (NZ) | G | 10 | Bart & James Cummings |
118 | 2421x0628x | PREFERMENT (NZ) | H | 4 | Chris Waller |
119 | 111x | PRESS STATEMENT | C | 3 | Chris Waller |
120 | 3211x | PRIDE OF DUBAI | C | 3 | Peter & Paul Snowden |
121 | 116x684x4x | PRINCE CHERI (FR) | H | 7 | David Vandyke |
122 | 11x | PRINCE OF BROOKLYN | C | 3 | Mick Price |
123 | 2x8782123x | PRINCE OF PENZANCE (NZ) | G | 6 | Darren Weir |
124 | 1141x6857x | PROTECTIONIST (GER) | H | 6 | Kris Lees |
125 | 127318040x | PUCCINI (NZ) | H | 5 | Peter & Jacob McKay |
126 | 6x22x | RAGEESE | C | 3 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
127 | 147x | READY FOR VICTORY | C | 3 | Mick Price |
128 | – | REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (IRE) | G | 5 | David Lanigan |
129 | 011x59504x | RHYTHM TO SPARE (NZ) | G | 6 | Michael Moroney |
130 | 47226x122x | RISING ROMANCE (NZ) | M | 5 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
131 | 2220x7433x | ROYAL DESCENT | M | 6 | Chris Waller |
132 | 3x3x | SAILING BY | F | 3 | Mick Price |
133 | 1122x | SARDAAJ (NZ) | M | 4 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
134 | 229x15450x | SCISSOR KICK | H | 4 | Paul Messara |
135 | 5x | SEAGROVE | F | 3 | John O’Shea |
136 | 2145x | SEMPRE LIBERA | F | 3 | Gai Waterhouse |
137 | 2x12x | SERENA MISS (NZ) | F | 3 | Graeme & Deborah Rogerson |
138 | 3111x230x | SET SQUARE | M | 4 | Ciaron Maher |
139 | 21x941347x | SETINUM | G | 4 | Shane Fliedner |
140 | x63425823x | SHOREHAM | G | 6 | Gerald Ryan |
141 | 3x0x21141x | SILVERBALL (FR) | G | 7 | Chris Waller |
142 | – | SIMBA (GB) | H | 5 | Andreas Wohler |
143 | 4x2532x14x | SINGING (FR) | H | 6 | Andreas Wohler |
144 | 4124x0811x | SMOKIN’ JOEY | G | 8 | Wez Hunter |
145 | 1x | SNOOPY | C | 3 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
146 | x33133121x | SORIANO (NZ) | M | 6 | Graeme & Deborah Rogerson |
147 | 7844x5414x | SPILLWAY (GB) | H | 6 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
148 | 75079x708x | STIPULATE (GB) | G | 7 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
149 | 1122x2332x | STRATUM STAR | H | 4 | Darren Weir |
150 | 1332x5611x | STRAWBERRY BOY | G | 7 | Chris Waller |
151 | 1138x2240x | SWEYNESSE | H | 4 | John O’Shea |
152 | 31384x452x | SYSMO (FR) | G | 7 | Tony McEvoy |
153 | 0x | TAAJ | C | 3 | Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes |
154 | 1153x | TARQUIN | C | 3 | John O’Shea |
155 | 11939x245x | THE CLEANER | G | 8 | Mick Burles |
156 | x11x4x3x0x | THE UNITED STATES (IRE) | H | 6 | Robert Hickmott |
157 | 36x | THE WEALD | C | 3 | John O’Shea |
158 | 5312x0535x | THUNDER LADY (NZ) | M | 4 | John Sargent |
159 | x531411x2x | TREVIERES (FR) | G | 8 | Peter Morgan & Craig Widdison |
160 | 2x12111x2x | TRUST IN A GUST | H | 5 | Darren Weir |
161 | 1x1x | TULLIUS (IRE) | G | 8 | Andrew Balding |
162 | 1531x | TURFDONNA (GER) | M | 4 | Andreas Wohler |
163 | 21x2131x | TURN ME LOOSE (NZ) | H | 4 | Murray Baker |
164 | – | VADAMOS (FR) | H | 5 | Andre Fabre |
165 | 1x111x | VANCOUVER | C | 3 | Gai Waterhouse |
166 | 4710320x2x | VELOX (GB) | G | 6 | David Hayes & Tom Dabernig |
167 | x160x2112x | VESPA (NZ) | H | 4 | Johno Benner |
168 | 1x1113213x | VOLKSTOK’N’BARRELL (NZ) | G | 4 | Donna Logan |
169 | 103x0x0x7x | WALES | H | 6 | Richard Laming |
170 | – | WARRIOR OF LIGHT (IRE) | G | 5 | David Lanigan |
171 | 60x130082x | WEARY (FR) | G | 6 | Chris Waller |
172 | 1103x5442x | WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ) | G | 7 | Chris Waller |
173 | 2x7515211x | WINX | M | 4 | Chris Waller |