The Valley

COX PLATE MOMENT Legendary For a scribbler casting around perals, the Cox Plate has become a tease. The problem is: how do write about the race without appearing a slobber? I’ll explain. The Moonee Valley Racing Club, rather like that good colt Shakespear in his classic year, insists on staging masterpiece after masterpiece. They gave us the Kingston Town trilogy; that used up a few parts. Then as a variation, they staged the Bonecrusher - Our Waverley Star slugfest. And how do you follow that? - Les Carlyon

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