KINGSTON TOWN 2022 KINGSTON TOWN GREATNESS AWARD INDUCTEE Greatness Award THE COX FAMILY The Cox family has been associated with the administration of racing in Australia and the Moonee Valley Racing Club for close to 140 years. William Samuel Cox (1831-95) opened his first venture, Kensington Park Racecourse, in 1874, and it operated with considerable success until 1882. Cox took pains to ensure that the racing was honest and to offer sufficient prizemoney to attract a good class of horse. He also had a flair for timing, and he secured an October meeting on the Saturday before the VRC Derby, which remains today, featuring the greatest Weight For Age in Australia, the W.S. Cox Plate. Looking for a larger property Cox bought land at nearby Moonee Valley, and opened his new racecourse there in 1883. When Samuel Cox died in 1895, his son A.H. Cox, one of the first VRC stipendiary stewards and an acknowledged expert on racing, took over as Secretary of the private Moonee Valley Racing Club. Another of Samuel Cox's sons, W.S. Cox Junior, was a successful amateur jockey and trainer. The Cox family was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006, and this year, for the Centenary of the W.S. Cox Plate, the Club proudly presents them with the 2022 Kingston Town Greatness Award.
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