W.S. Cox Plate W.S. Cox Plate The W.S. Cox Plate is a Moonee Valley Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 2040 metres, held at Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in late October. The race is Australia's richest weight-for-age race with stakemoney of A$5,000,000. The race is named in honour of W.S. Cox, the racing club's founder. Between 1999–2005 the event was included in the Emirates World Series Racing Championship, a global "grand prix" of horse racing. The series included the King George VI and Queen
Moonee Valley Football Club April 29, 1933 Moonee Valley Football Club had their first game and first win vs Woodlands Football Club. That year, Jack Taylor a future President of the club won the Essendon District Football League (EDFL) Best & Fairest award. Moonee Valley has a strong junior section in which they field teams in the Under 10's, 12's, 14's and 16's. In 2012 after losing to the undefeated Pascoe Vale Football Club by over 90 points in the semi-final, Moonee Valley went on to beat them in the Grand Final by 7 points winning their first Under 16 Division 2 Premiership since