Former Moorefield jockey, Darby Munro holds the honour of winning 5 Cox Plates with 5 wins between 1933 and 1952.
Munro won on Rogilla in 1933, then Young Idea in 1937, Mosaic in 1939, Beau Vite in 1941 and in 1952 on Hydrogen.
Jack Purtell, who rode the Moorefield -trained Hiraji to victory in the 1947 Melbourne Cup, won the race 4 times – in 1950, 1951, 1954 and 1956. Brent Thomson, Hugh Bowman and Glen Boss have 4 wins.
The honour roll for this race has many distinguished gallopers and a host of repeat winners- Winx, Kingston Town, Phar Lap, Chatham, Young Idea, Beau Vite, Tranquil Star, Hydrogen , Tobin Bronze, Sunline, Field of Omagh, Northerly and So You Think.
Whilst Winx won 4 Cox Plates, Phar Lap is the most iconic winner of this prestigious race, which celebrated 100 years on Saturday. It is the only weight for age race in our top three Victorian spring races, and only great horses win this race.
The Cox Plate and the Melbourne Cup Double
Only 7 horses have won the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup double.
These horses are: Makybe Diva, Phar Lap, Might and Power, Saintly, Nightmarch (Moorefield horse), Delta and Rising Fast.
October 29 2020
