The 'dream' W.S.Cox Plate race 1975-2018

[Jascave]

If you were to put together a hypothetical field to race for the W.S. Cox Plate from the period 1975 until now, who'd make the list?

This is my field:

1. Winx
2. Makybe Diva
3. Kingston Town
4. Sunline
5. Bonecrusher
6. Lonhro
7. Our Waverley Star
8. Might and Power
9. Dulcify
10. Better Loosen Up

 

[McEvoy]

Northerly?

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Needs more Shamus Award or Savabeel.

It should only contain winners. Lonhro & Our Waverley Star out, Northerly & Surround in

 

[Jugada]

Winx
So You Think
Kingston Town
Northerly
Sunline
Might and Power
Dulcify

That'll do.

 

[Duritz]

How the * do you pick 10 and leave out Northerly...

 

[chunkylover]

******* Lohnro? Surely trolling

 

[balmainforever]

Surely trolling for putting a non winner of the race in there.
I'd have Red Anchor in there.

 

[Fabab]

Octagonal.

 

[Dominion]

Lonhro over Northerly and So You Think is some nice trolling

 

[pendlebury_10]

Pinker Pinker has to get a look in

 

[onebillsdrive]

Joke thread if no Northerly......How can you have Our Waverly Star only I think won two races in Australia and no Cox Plates

 

[Jugada]

So You Think is a much bigger oversight than Northerly. Second only to Winx

 

[FallingLiefs]

So You Think is a much bigger oversight than Northerly. Second only to Winx

not when you include sunline. FFS they're directly comparable.

 

[54Dogs]

Field is usually 14 IIRC

In

Northerly
Saintly
Super Impose
So You Think
Octagonal
Strawberry Road

Out

Lonhro
Our Waverley Star

Would also be tempted to try and sneak Surround in there, dominant 3yo filly with 47 would create interest

 

[Nuke]

FOO to sneak into the field, then get up by a nose and cost me another beach house. /not bitter

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Better Loosen Up to give Winx a run for her money!

Greatest Cox Plate win EVER!

30L off the lead with 800m to go
Runs a quicker last 800m than all of the sprinters in the sprint race that day!

This is my field:

1. Winx
2. Makybe Diva
3. Kingston Town
4. Sunline
5. Bonecrusher
6. Northerly
7. So You Think
8. Might and Power
9. Dulcify
10. Better Loosen Up
11. Fields Of Omagh
12. Surround
13. Octagonal
14. Super Impose

 

[54Dogs]

I think Strawberry Road is under rated because we didn't see him after he went OS, a lot less international coverage back then

 

[blueboy25]

FOO to sneak into the field, then get up by a nose and cost me another beach house. /not bitter

I won big on FOO which allowed me to buy a beach house.

 

[RobbyRoy]

Yeah definitely get Northerly and SYT in there for starters. See if that makes any difference to the poll.

 

[Lebbo73]

You’re all on drugs. Might And Power wins this race by panels!

 

[TBellicious]

So You Think would have almost certainly won 4 Cox Plates had he not left

 

[Better Loosen Up]

You’re all on drugs. Might And Power wins this race by panels!

He would certainly take some running down!

 

[HeathySure]

So You Think would have almost certainly won 4 Cox Plates had he not left

he probably would have won 1 more then retired to stud.
anyone rate his stud career? seems to be a tiny bit disappointing to me although he gets a lot of winners.

 

[IKnowtheDog]

The octave in Martin's voice when Naturalism goes down

 

[FallingLiefs]

he probably would have won 1 more then retired to stud.
anyone rate his stud career? seems to be a tiny bit disappointing to me although he gets a lot of winners.

Lots of runners, reasonable output . Horses are generally very large. On the underperform side of expected but still very good. Will be a consistent sire of derby/oaks for winners for some time yet.

Was surprised to see them knock 25k off the stud fee this year but they’re trying to keep his numbers up and stayers never fashionable.