Cox Plate Form Guide

Cox Plate Form Guide

Use a 2017 Cox Plate Form Guide to help you pick the winner in Australia’s richest weight-for-age horse race.

2017 Cox Plate Results

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The Cox Plate is a Group 1 horse race for three-year-olds and up that is run over 2040m at the Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne.Cox Plate Form Guide

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The Cox Plate is the feature event of the Cox Plate Carnival at Moonee Valley and is part of a nine race program that also includes four group 2 races and two group 3 races, making it a quality day of racing. The Cox Plate field is internationally renowned for the impressive calibre of horses it attracts.

Notable winners of the Cox Plate include:

• Phar Lap (1930, 1931)
• Ajax (1938), Tulloch (1960)
• Kingston Town (1980, 1981, 1982)
• Naturalism (1992, 1993)
• Might And Power (1998)
• Makybe Diva (2005)
• So You Think (2010)
• Winx (2015)

The Cox Plate is one of those races that draws incredible coverage from all corners of Australia and throughout the global horse racing community. One of the major leadup races to the Melbourne Cup, the Cox Plate garners great attention, and for good reason. A thrilling 2040m event, the Cox Plate is one of the best races to have a punt on. However, always ensure you check the Cox Plate form guide prior to laying down your bets. To maximise returns and bet safely, use a trusted online bookmaker such as Ladbrokes.com.au. If you want to diversify your bets, why not check out the other races held on Cox Plate Day?

Cox Plate Form Guide Tips

A large number of people never get the chance to learn how to read the Cox Plate form guide, which tends to put them behind from the outset in the punting game. The Cox Plate form guide is widely recognised as the most important asset any punter can have for betting on the race, so it pays to understand what’s on it.

As one of the most highly competitive weight for age events in the southern hemisphere, the Cox Plate form guide is often your only method of having a real chance at picking the winner.

When you’re looking into the Cox Plate form guide, there are a few important features to focus on. A good Cox Plate form guide will display each horse’s overall statistics as well as a breakdown of all of their starts with enough information on each race to allow you to perform some decent analysis.

A horse’s overall placings can give you a good indication of their chances in future races. It is usually expressed like this:
Total Starts : Wins – Seconds – Thirds
So, for example, a horse who has had 20 starts, won four of them, came second in five, and third in three, then it would look like this:
20:4-5-3
The same method is used for other statistics. One of these is distance. The Cox Plate is raced over 2040m, so the distance statistics will express how many starts a horse has had at that distance, as well as how many first, second and third places they have received. 2040m is a somewhat odd length, so it won’t be unusual for many of the horses on the Cox Plate form guide to have zero starts at that distance.

The type of track that a horse performs well on is also a good indicator of success. Right at the top of the Cox Plate form guide there will be a list of stats expressing how many starts and placings a horse has received on Fast, Good, Dead, Slow and Heavy tracks. As most of the horses who will appear on the final Cox Plate form guide are talented stars, they will most commonly have run on Good surfaces. Check the track report on the day to see what the Moonee Valley track is rated as.

There is a myriad of important facts and statistics on the Cox Plate betting and form guide, but there is one overall rule to keep in mind. Pick top quality horses, every time. Don’t put yourself out there hoping for a bit of luck. Do the research, and pick horses that consistently perform strongly regardless of their company. Keep in mind that recording only a couple of wins over a career isn’t such a bad thing if those wins are in Group 1 company against talented horses. It is better to win one Group 1 race in an impressive field than three Group 3 races against mediocre opponents.

When you’re reading the Cox Plate form guide, go for a horse that rarely fails to fire. Make sure that the weather and track conditions at Moonee Valley are ideal for that horse, and that it has seen some success over similar distances in decent company. Most importantly, the Cox Plate form guide is there to improve your racing experience. Don’t get frustrated searching for the perfect horse or a sure thing; it will never happen. Just have fun, and enjoy punting!