A field of nine has been finalised for the 2025 Cox Plate with favourite Via Sistina drawing gate seven for Chris Waller and James McDonald, while one three-year-old has accepted to run in Nepotism.
Interestingly only one horse is coming off a last start win in Globe, and only three of the field have won a race so far this preparation.
The last three year-old to win the race was Shamus Award in 2013 although northern hemisphere bred State Of Rest was three years and six months when winning in 2021 as a southern hemisphere four-year-old.
Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) Group 1 – $6,000,000
1. Light Infantry Man (Fr) (Fast Company) Ciaron Maher / Ethan Brown (9) 59.0
2. Antino (NZ) (Redwood) Tony Gollan / Blake Shinn (6) 59.0
3. Attrition (Churchill) Mitchell Freedman / Craig Williams (2) 59.0
4. Buckaroo (GB) (Fastnet Rock) Chris Waller / Mark Zahra (4) 59.0
5. Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) / Ben Melham (7) 59.0
6. Via Sistina (Ire) (Fastnet Rock) Chris Waller / James McDonald (5) 57.0
7. Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) Matt Laurie / Damian Lane (1) 55.5
8. Aeliana (NZ) (Castelvecchio) Chris Waller / Hugh Bowman (8) 55.5
9, Nepotism (Brutal) Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes / Zac Lloyd (3) 49.5
TAB.com.au market
$2.00 Via Sistina
$3.50 Antino
$7.00 Aeliana
$9.00 Treasurethe Moment
$15.00 Globe
$17.00 Buckaroo
$26.00 Nepotism
$51.00 Attrition
$71 Light Infantry Man