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Eleven pathways, six live tickets: has the Melbourne Cup’s ballot-free expansion been a success?
The Victoria Racing Club’s push for more ‘golden tickets’ into the Melbourne Cup will see six of the 11 free passes utilised next Tuesday. However, only three of those horses would not have made the final field without their exemptions.
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Two mares, six Cox Plates and $19 million: how the great weight-for-age race has defined the Chris Waller-era
For Chris Waller, the Cox Plate is more than six wins and almost $19 million in prize money earned by his runners. He has built two legends on its stage and on Saturday at Flemington, he can add a seventh chapter.
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Eleven pathways, six live tickets: has the Melbourne Cup’s ballot-free expansion been a success?
The Victoria Racing Club’s push for more ‘golden tickets’ into the Melbourne Cup will see six of the 11 free passes utilised next Tuesday. However, only three of those horses would not have made the final field without their exemptions.
Gallery – Stars of Saturday – Cox Plate day
All the action from Cox Plate day from the perspective of the photographers from The Image Is Everything.
A Cox Plate-winning Cosmic cocktail – A Japanese sire, a Kentucky Derby-winning damsire, a French phenomenon and 19 generations of Australian mares
Bob Peters’ will be rightly credited for the breeding inspiration behind Cox Plate winner Cosmic Crusader, but there is complex and fascinating backstory which lies in the pedigree of the latest star in the cerise and white silks.
Two mares, six Cox Plates and $19 million: how the great weight-for-age race has defined the Chris Waller-era
For Chris Waller, the Cox Plate is more than six wins and almost $19 million in prize money earned by his runners. He has built two legends on its stage and on Saturday at Flemington, he can add a seventh chapter.
