7 MOONEE VALLEY RACING CLUB 6 Taking advantage of the growing popularity of the Spring Carnival at Flemington, Sam added a Spring meeting to his racing program at Kensington. He chose the Saturday before the Victoria Derby – which remains the W.S. Cox Plate to this day. When the crowds became too large for the Kensington track, he leased a 98-acre farm from Richard Feehan, officially becoming the Moonee Valley racetrack on 15 September 1883. William ‘Sam’ Cox was a noted sportsman and amateur rider from Scotland. He quickly became a pioneer of thoroughbred racing in Australia, opening his first venture, Kensington Park Racecourse, in 1874. A DOCUMENTARY BY THIS FILM STUDIO IN ASSOCIATION WITH RCKT CO. WITH SCREEN AUSTRALIA. HOSTED BY JOSH GIBSON AND FEATURING JAMIE KAH, BRUCE MCAVANEY, ANTHONY MITHEN, DANNY O’BRIEN AND BEN HAYES. A J O U R N E Y I N S I D E T H E V I C T O R I A N R A C I N G I N D U S T R Y CATCH UP AND STREAM FREE WATCH FREE ONLINE UNDER FEATURED DOCUMENTARIES SEARCH ‘HERE FOR THE HORSES - RACING VICTORIA’ W H E R E T O WA T C H D I S C O V E R M O R E & W A T C H T R A I L E R THE STORY BEHIND THE RACE William Samuel Cox
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