9 MOONEE VALLEY RACING CLUB 8 1930, 1931 — Phar Lap “Big Red” Phar Lap becomes the first horse to win successive W.S. Cox Plates. 1922 - Violoncello Violoncello wins the first ever W.S. Cox Plate - run over 1900m with a purse of 1,000 pounds. 1976 — Surround To this day, only one filly has ever won the W.S. Cox Plate – that was the three-year-old Surround. 1966, 1967 — Tobin Bronze Tobin Bronze takes out successive W.S. Cox Plates. There have been 84 individual winners of the W.S. Cox Plate in the last 100 years - and 102 editions of the race. In 1946 there were two editions of the race due to the sheer number of entrants. Take a trip along the timeline as we summarise some of the many notable moments with links to famous race videos. A billboard of the timeline is also installed on the Meeting Place wall at The Valley. 1946 There were two divisions of the W.S. Cox Plate in 1946. The mare Flight won the stronger division having won the previous year, and Leonard won the other at record odds of 50-1. 1957 W.S. Cox Plate Cup replaced with a silver plate trophy due to the high price of gold. 1972 — Gunsynd The W.S. Cox Plate receives more promotion and prizemoney following popular favourite Gunsynd’s win. 1960 — Tulloch Tulloch wins in front of a record crowd of 50,670. 1922-1967 W.S. COX PLATE Timeline
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