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Damian Lane

Damian Lane set to continue Japan sojourn

Leading Melbourne jockey Damian Lane expects to receive approval to continue riding in Japan during the Australian off-season.
The Cox Plate

MVRC to explore a night-time Cox Plate

Running the 100th Cox Plate at The Valley under lights is one option the Moonee Valley Racing Club committee will explore.
Te Akau Shark

Te Akau looking to Australian spring

Te Akau Racing will have a strong team for the Australian spring but principal David Ellis says he is not looking for a permanent base...
Jim Cassidy

Jim Cassidy remembers Might And Power

Jim Cassidy has remembered his greatest moments on champion racehorse Might And Power who has died aged 26.
Melbourne Cup

VRC planning for Melbourne Cup in November

The Victoria Racing Club is hoping it can run the Melbourne Cup on its traditional date in November.
Cox Plate

Coronavirus could delay Cox Plate a year

If crowds continue to be locked out of racing, the Moonee Valley Racing Club may consider postponing the 100th running of the Cox Plate.
Moira Murdoch

The little horse who won hearts and a great race

As only one of two women to have trained the winner in the 99-year history of the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m), New Zealander Moira...
Ocean Park

Cox Plate memories rekindled for Hennessy

Gary Hennessy will be reliving his greatest training triumph when he heads along to the Matamata races tomorrow. The South Waikato Racing Club’s meeting is...
Bonecrusher

Bonecrusher: The horse of a lifetime

It says much for the impact that champion galloper Bonecrusher had on his trainer Frank Ritchie and strapper (and Ritchie’s son) Shaune that the mere...
Brent Thomson

Cox Plate and “The Babe” come to town

Kiwis have a great connection with the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m), but none more-so than four-time winning jockey Brent Thomson, and the legendary hoop...
Surfers Paradise

Unforgettable Cox Plates for O’Sullivan

Former champion jockey Lance O’Sullivan will never forget his first ride in the Group 1 W.S. Cox Plate (2040m) and neither will racing fans throughout...
The Cox Plate

100th Cox Plate set to tour New Zealand

Ahead of the 100th running of the Cox Plate at The Valley, the trophy will begin a tour of New Zealand at the Auckland Cup...
Yoshito Yahagi

Japanese horse Mozu Ascot to run in Sydney

Japanese horse Mozu Ascot has raced his way to a start in the Doncaster Mile for Cox Plate-winning trainer Yoshito Yahagi.
Lys Gracieux

Lys Gracieux named Japanese champion horse

Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux has been honoured with Japan's highest award, Horse of the Year, in an almost unanimous vote.
Damian Lane

Jockey hoping for history-making Cup win

Jockey Damian Lane has the chance to become the first jockey in history to claim Australian racing's big four races by winning the Melbourne Cup.
Damian Lane

Melbourne Cup next for Damian Lane

Jockey Damian Lane will complete a history making grand slam if he adds the Melbourne Cup to his wins in the Golden Slipper, Caulfield Cup...
Yoshito Yahagi

Lys Gracieux’s trainer hopes to return

Cox Plate-winning Japanese trainer Yoshito Yahagi has had a runner at the past two Melbourne spring carnivals and hopes to return with more.
Te Akau Shark

Best still to come from the Shark

Not that he needed convincing but trainer Jamie Richards left Moonee Valley on Saturday evening with confirmation that he has a galloper capable of matching...

Cox Plate attendance falls post-Winx era

Adverse weather and without the drawing power of Winx, the Moonee Valley Racing Club has reported a drop in crowd figures for the Cox Plate...
Lys Gracieux.

Japanese mare Lys Gracieux stars in Plate

The Yoshito Yahagi-trained Japanese mare Lys Gracieux has shown her class to win the Cox Plate, adding to Australian jockey Damian Lane's list of feature...
Yoshito Yahagi

Cox Plate win special for Yoshito Yahagi

The Cox Plate has long been a race Japanese trainer Yoshito Yahagi wanted to win.

Gallen delighted with Cox Plate placing

NRL star Paul Gallen thought Te Akau Shark had little chance when so far back at the halfway point of the Cox Plate before finishing...

Litt proud of Castelvecchio in Cox Plate

Recently married trainer Richard Litt has some extra spending for a honeymoon after Castelvecchio finished a gallant second in the Cox Plate at The Valley.

What the jockeys said after the Cox Plate

Comments from the riders in the $5 million Cox Plate, won by Japanese mare Lys Gracieux from Castevecchio.

Lys Gracieux wins the $5 million Cox Plate

Japanese star Lys Gracieux has won the $5 million Cox Plate, beating the three-year-old Castelvecchio and New Zealander Te Akau Shark.