Ladbrokes Cox Plate 100 - Saturday 24th October 2020

13 Named in honour of the four-time W.S. Cox Plate winning jockey, the Brent Thomson Award is given to the rider with the most accumulated amount of points on a 3,2,1 system across the two- days of the Ladbrokes Cox Plate Carnival. ‘The Babe’ enjoyed a long and fruitful career in the saddle with over 2500 winners to his name worldwide. He was born in New Zealand in 1958 and by the time he turned 16 was champion apprentice. It would be the following year as a 17-year-old that Thomson would win his first W.S. Cox Plate aboard Fury’s Order and begin one of the most dominant runs of any rider in the history of the race. In the four years that followed, Thomson would win three consecutive W.S. Cox Plates from 1977-1979 aboard Family of Man and the Colin Hayes pair So Called and the brilliant Dulcify. Given Thomson’s remarkable success in Australasia’s Weight- for-Age Classic, the Brent Thomson Jockey Challenge was first introduced in 2018. The winner of the Catanach’s Brent Thomson Award will receive a Platinum Whip trophy expertly crafted by Catanach’s valued at plus a Fisher & Paykel Wine Cabinet with prizes valued at over $5,000. HONOUR ROLL: 2018 - JOHN ALLEN & HUGH BOWMAN (10 POINTS), 2019 - JAMIE KAH & DWAYNE DUNN (10 POINTS) CATANACH ’ S BRENT THOMSON JOCKE Y CHAL L ENGE