The Cox Plate is Australia’s premier weight-for-age race, run every year at Moonee Valleey racecourse just 10 days before the Melbourne Cup. We list all of the Cox Plate winners dating back to 1922 and take a closer look at the those special horses that have won the race more than once.
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Multiple winners of the Cox Plate
The list of multiple Cox Plate winners is headlined by the mighty mare Winx, who won four times in a row between 2015 and 2018. Kingston Town famously won three in a row in the early eighties and string of other horses won two Cox Plates, notably: Phar Lap, Tobin Bronze, Flight, Sunline and Northerly. Fields of Omagh also won two Cox Plates a three full years apart, in between, he ran second and third in the great race; he was nine years old when he won his second W.S Cox Plate.
List of multiple Cox Plate winners
| Horse | Number of wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Winx | 4 | 2015 – 2018 |
| Kingston Town | 3 | 1980 – 1982 |
| So You Think | 2 | 2009 – 2010 |
| Fields Of Omagh | 2 | 2003, 2006 |
| Northerly | 2 | 2001 – 2002 |
| Sunline | 2 | 1999 – 2000 |
| Tobin Bronze | 2 | 1966 – 1967 |
| Hydrogen | 2 | 1952 – 1953 |
| Flight | 2 | 1945 – 1946 |
| Tranquil Star | 2 | 1942, 1944 |
| Beau Vite | 2 | 1940 – 41 |
| Young Idea | 2 | 1936 – 1937 |
| Chatham | 2 | 1932, 1934 |
| Phar Lap | 2 | 1929 – 1930 |
Cox Plate wins by jockey
A number of jockeys have had an affinity with the Cox Plate, winning the race on several occassions. Darby Munro won a remarkable 5 Cox Plates between 1933 and 1952. Hugh Bowman, Glen Boss, Brent Thomson and Jack Purtell have each won 4 Cox Plates.
Trainers to have won multiple Cox Plates
When it comes to trainers, one name is synonmous with the Cox Plate more than any other. T.J. Smith won an incredible 7 Cox Plates. Not far behind was Jack Holt with 6, Bart Cummings with 5 while Chris Waller appears to have plenty of years left to add to his tally of 4.
Complete list of Cox Plate winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sir Dragonet (IRE) | 4 b c | Glen Boss | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | 02:08.5 |
| 2019 | Lys Gracieux (JPN) | 6 b m | Damian Lane | Yoshito Yahagi | 02:04.2 |
| 2018 | Winx | 7 b m | Hugh Bowman | Chris Waller | 02:03.5 |
| 2017 | Winx | 6 b m | Hugh Bowman | Chris Waller | 02:02.9 |
| 2016 | Winx | 5 b m | Hugh Bowman | Chris Waller | 02:06.4 |
| 2015 | Winx | 4 b m | Hugh Bowman | Chris Waller | 02:03.0 |
| 2014 | Adelaide (IRE) | 4 b h | Ryan Moore | Aidan O’Brien | 02:03.8 |
| 2013 | Shamus Award | 3 b c | Chad Schofield | Danny O’Brien | 02:05.3 |
| 2012 | Ocean Park | 4 b h | Glen Boss | Gary Hennessy | 02:04.1 |
| 2011 | Pinker Pinker | 4 b m | Craig Williams | Greg Eurell | 02:05.4 |
| 2010 | So You Think | 4 b h | Steve Arnold | J B Cummings | 02:07.5 |
| 2009 | So You Think | 3 b c | Glen Boss | J B Cummings | 02:04.0 |
| 2008 | Maldivian | 6 b g | Michael Rodd | Mark Kavanagh | 02:06.9 |
| 2007 | El Segundo | 6 b g | Luke Nolen | Colin Little | 02:06.3 |
| 2006 | Fields Of Omagh | 9 b g | Craig Williams | David A. Hayes | 02:06.9 |
| 2005 | Makybe Diva | 6 b m | Glen Boss | Lee Freedman | 02:09.3 |
| 2004 | Savabeel | 3 br c | Chris Munce | Graeme Rogerson | 02:06.9 |
| 2003 | Fields Of Omagh | 6 b g | Steven King | Tony McEvoy | 02:07.6 |
| 2002 | Northerly | 6 b g | Patrick Payne | Fred Kersley | 02:06.3 |
| 2001 | Northerly | 5 b g | Damien Oliver | Fred Kersley | 02:05.8 |
| 2000 | Sunline | 5 b m | Greg Childs | Trevor McKee | 02:07.7 |
| 1999 | Sunline | 4 b m | Greg Childs | Trevor McKee | 02:05.4 |
| 1998 | Might and Power | 5 b/br g | Jim Cassidy | Jack Denham | 02:03.5 |
| 1997 | Dane Ripper | 4 b f | Damien Oliver | J B Cummings | 02:07.7 |
| 1996 | Saintly | 4 ch g | Darren Beadman | J B Cummings | 02:05.7 |
| 1995 | Octagonal | 3 br c | Shane Dye | John Hawkes | 02:06.4 |
| 1994 | Solvit | 6 b g | David Walsh | Moira Murdoch | 02:02.6 |
| 1993 | The Phantom Chance | 4 ch g | Robert Vance | Colin Jillings | 02:02.8 |
| 1992 | Super Impose | 8 ch g | Greg Hall | Lee Freedman | 02:05.5 |
| 1991 | Surfers Paradise | 4 br g | Lance O’Sullivan | David J. O’Sullivan | 02:03.8 |
| 1990 | Better Loosen Up | 5 b c | M Clarke | David A. Hayes | 02:01.5 |
| 1989 | Almaarad | 6 ch c | M Clarke | Colin Hayes | 02:03.2 |
| 1988 | Our Poetic Prince | 4 br h | Noel Harris | John Wheeler | 02:06.9 |
| 1987 | Rubiton | 4 br h | Harry White | P C Barns | 02:02.9 |
| 1986 | Bonecrusher | 4 ch g | G Stewart | Frank T Ritchie | 02:07.2 |
| 1985 | Rising Prince | 5 ch h | Kevin Langby | Ms D Stein | 02:05.3 |
| 1984 | Red Anchor | 3 ch c | Mick Dittman | T J Smith | 02:03.7 |
| 1983 | Strawberry Road | 4 b h | Mick Dittman | Doug Bougoure | 02:09.1 |
| 1982 | Kingston Town | 6 bl g | Peter Cook | T J Smith | 02:05.5 |
| 1981 | Kingston Town | 5 bl g | Ron Quinton | T J Smith | 02:06.7 |
| 1980 | Kingston Town | 4 bl g | M Johnston | T J Smith | 02:07.3 |
| 1979 | Dulcify | 4 b h | Brent Thomson | Colin Hayes | 02:04.9 |
| 1978 | So Called | 4 b h | Brent Thomson | Colin Hayes | 02:08.7 |
| 1977 | Family of Man | 4 b h | Brent Thomson | George Hanlon | 02:05.3 |
| 1976 | Surround | 3 gr f | Peter Cook | Geoff T. Murphy | 02:04.3 |
| 1975 | Fury’s Order | 5 ch h | Brent Thomson | Wally McEwan | 02:20.4 |
| 1974 | Battle Heights | 7 br g | Gary Willetts | R Douglas | 02:09.9 |
| 1973 | Taj Rossi | 3 b c | S Aitken | J B Cummings | 02:08.3 |
| 1972 | Gunsynd | 5 gr h | Roy Higgins | T J Smith | 02:01.9 |
| 1971 | Tauto | 6 b/br g | L Hill | R Agnew | 02:03.9 |
| 1970 | Abdul | 3 gr c | P Jarman | Geoff T. Murphy | 02:05.5 |
| 1969 | Daryl’s Joy | 3 br c | William Skelton | S A Brown | 02:05.4 |
| 1968 | Rajah Sahib | 3 br c | George Moore | T Hill | 02:04.8 |
| 1967 | Tobin Bronze | 5 ch h | Jim Johnson | Graeme H. Heagney | 02:04.8 |
| 1966 | Tobin Bronze | 4 ch h | Jim Johnson | Graeme H. Heagney | 02:07.2 |
| 1965 | Star Affair | 3 ch c | P Hyland | Angus Armanasco | 02:02.0 |
| 1964 | Sir Dane | 4 br h | Roy Higgins | R J Shaw | 02:03.9 |
| 1963 | Summer Regent | 5 br g | J Riordan | R T Cotter | 02:06.2 |
| 1962 | Aquanita | 6 b/br h | F Moore | R J Shaw | 02:04.3 |
| 1961 | Dhaulagiri | 5 b g | G Lane | B Courtney | 02:04.8 |
| 1960 | Tulloch | 6 b h | Neville Sellwood | T J Smith | 02:01.1 |
| 1959 | Noholme | 3 ch c | Neville Sellwood | Maurice McCarten | 02:02.7 |
| 1958 | Yeman | 6 ch g | L Whittle | H Wiggins | 02:16.4 |
| 1957 | Redcraze | 7 ch g | George Moore | T J Smith | 02:05.6 |
| 1956 | Ray Ribbon | 5 b c | Jack Purtell | G S Barr | 02:04.9 |
| 1955 | Kingster | 3 br c | W Camer | J Green | 02:04.4 |
| 1954 | Rising Fast | 5 b/br g | Jack Purtell | Ivan Tucker | 02:03.8 |
| 1953 | Hydrogen | 5 br h | Bill Williamson | E Hush | 02:05.3 |
| 1952 | Hydrogen | 4 br h | Darby Munro | E Hush | 02:04.5 |
| 1951 | Bronton | 3 ch c | Jack Purtell | R Sinclair | 02:05.5 |
| 1950 | Alister | 3 ch c | Jack Purtell | H Wolters | 02:06.2 |
| 1949 | Delta | 3 br c | Neville Sellwood | Maurice McCarten | 02:04.8 |
| 1948 | Carbon Copy | 3 ch c | Harold Badger | D McCormick | 02:04.2 |
| 1947 | Chanak | 3 b c | Harold Badger | Jack Holt | 02:05.0 |
| 1946 | Flight | 6 b m | J O’Sullivan | Frank Nowland | 02:05.0 |
| 1946 | Leonard | 4 ch h | W Briscoe | Lou Robertson | 02:06.0 |
| 1945 | Flight | 5 b m | J O’Sullivan | Frank Nowland | 02:08.8 |
| 1944 | Tranquil Star | 7 ch m | Scobie Breasley | R Cameron | 02:06.7 |
| 1943 | Amana | 4 ch h | A Dewhirst | R J Shaw | 02:03.8 |
| 1942 | Tranquil Star | 5 ch m | K Smith | R Cameron | 02:00.8 |
| 1941 | Beau Vite | 5 br h | Darby Munro | Frank McGrath, Sr. | 01:58.3 |
| 1940 | Beau Vite | 4 br h | E McMenamin | Frank McGrath, Sr. | 01:57.8 |
| 1939 | Mosaic | 4 br h | Darby Munro | J H Abbs | 01:56.5 |
| 1938 | Ajax | 6 ch h | Harold Badger | F Musgrave | 01:56.7 |
| 1937 | Young Idea | 5 br h | Darby Munro | Jack Holt | 01:58.5 |
| 1936 | Young Idea | 4 br h | H Skidmore | Jack Holt | 02:01.0 |
| 1935 | Garrio | 3 b c | K Voitre | Lou Robertson | 01:58.5 |
| 1934 | Chatham | 6 b h | S Davidson | F Williams | 02:03.0 |
| 1933 | Rogilla | 6 ch g | Darby Munro | Les Haigh | 01:58.5 |
| 1932 | Chatham | 4 b h | James Munro | F Williams | 02:02.8 |
| 1931 | Phar Lap | 5 ch g | James Pike | Harry Telford | 02:01.5 |
| 1930 | Phar Lap[37] | 4 ch g | James Pike | Harry Telford | 01:59.3 |
| 1929 | Nightmarch | 4 br c | Roy Reed | A McAulay | 02:01.5 |
| 1928 | Highland | 7 b/br g | W Duncan | Jack Holt | 02:06.7 |
| 1927 | Amounis | 5 br g | J Toohey | Frank McGrath, Sr. | 02:00.5 |
| 1926 | Heroic | 5 ch h | H Cairns | Jack Holt | 01:58.0 |
| 1925 | Manfred | 3 b c | F Dempsey | H McCalman | 01:57.0 |
| 1924 | The Night Patrol | 6 b h | G Young | James Scobie | 01:59.2 |
| 1923 | Easingwold | 5 ch h | G Harrison | Jack Holt | 01:57.2 |
| 1922 | Violoncello | 6 ch h | J King | C H Bryans | 01:57.5 |
